NEUROLOGY
PARKINSON S DISEASE
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Question
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Elvis Presley
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Michael Jordan
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Michael J. Fox
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Muhammad Ali
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Detailed explanation-1: -Michael J. Fox, iconic actor, author and advocate whose Hollywood career has been marked by worldwide acclaim, honor and awards, launched the Foundation in 2000 after publicly disclosing his 1991 diagnosis, at age 29, with Parkinson’s disease.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the documentary, Fox said that he also abused dopamine pills, explaining that he took them “like Halloween Smarties” in an attempt to quell early Parkinson’s symptoms, like tremors, and to deal with its mental health fallout.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -But his world changed in 1991, when doctors diagnosed him with Parkinson’s disease at age 29. For the next seven years, Fox kept his diagnosis to himself and continued acting. In 1998, he decided to reveal his condition to the public.