Actor Michael J. Fox Named Honorary Doctor In Sweden

Source: www.thestar.com - Peter Howell

(March 08, 2010) Sweden's Karolinska institute gave an honorary degree of medicine to Canadian actor Michael J. Fox for his work to raise funds and awareness for Parkinson's disease. The institute, which awards the annual Nobel Prize in medicine, says the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research has since 2000 given more than $175 million to research aimed at developing drugs against the disease. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1991. The disease is a progressive neurological condition that impairs the motor skills. The 48-year-old star of Family Ties and Back to the Future will collect the degree at a ceremony in New York.