MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

NEUROLOGY

PARKINSON S DISEASE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is the actor who funded a well-known foundation to find a cure for parkinson’s disease
A
Elvis presley
B
Michael jordan
C
Michael J.Fox
D
Muhammad Ali
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -History. Established in 2000 by Canadian actor Michael J. Fox, the foundation has since become the largest non-profit funder of Parkinson’s disease research in the world, with more than $1 billion of research projects to date.

Detailed explanation-2: -Beginning his career in the 1970s, he rose to prominence portraying Alex P. Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties (1982–1989). Fox is famous for his role as protagonist Marty McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990), a critical and commercial success.

Detailed explanation-3: -I just had this blank, I couldn’t remember the lines, ‘’ he said recently on Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out podcast. The memory loss is a difficult adjustment for Fox, who used to crank out pages of dialogue without a second thought. “I knew it, like in an instant, and it continued to be that way for me, ‘’ he recalled.

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