List friends, I missed this live but got the written transcript of this segment
which aired on our local cable last night. It talks about mjf and perhaps
the pope having pd.I couldn't wair to post it so excuse the format.

>> Tony: LOOKING AT OUR HEALTH
NEWS NOW, HERE'S PAMELA.
>> Pamela: THERE ARE NEW DRUGS
TO TREAT IT, A NEW LEVEL OF
WORLD'S WARINESS AND A MAJOR
VANCOUVER CONNECTION IN THE
FIGHT AGAINST PARKINSON'S
DISEASE.
IN TERMS OF TREATMENT, THERE
ARE ACTUALLY FOUR NEW DRUGS
COMING ON THE MARKET.
TWO ALREADY APPROVED.
IN TERMS OF AWARENESS,
TELEVISION STAR MICHAEL J. FOX
WHO HAS PARKINSON'S HIMSELF IS
BECOMING INCREASINGLY PUBLIC
ABOUT THE DISEASE, AND THE
VANCOUVER CONNECTION COMES
FROM A LOCAL RESEARCHERSER WHO
HAS JUST RECEIVED THE ORDER OF
CANADA FOR HIS WORK WHICH
MIGHT WELL LEAD TO A CURE.
>> LIFT UP YOUR RIGHT HAND AND
TAP THE THUMB WITH THE FIRST
FINGER...
>> (Reporter): BOB HORN IS ONE
OF 100,000 CANADIANS WHO HAS
PARKINSON'S DISEASE, A
DEGENERATIVE BRAIN DISORDER
THAT CAUSES THE DESTRUCTION OF
THE NERVE CELLS THAT MAKE
DOPAMINE, A CHEMICAL THAT
HELPS COORDINATE MOVEMENT.
>> THE SIMPLE THING LIKE
OPENING A CREAMER FOR YOUR
COFFEE OR OPENING A JAM
CONTAINER, HAVE A PIECE OF
TOAST, IS VERY DIFFICULT
THING.
>> (Reporter): THERE ARE
SURGERIES THAT CAN HELP REDUCE
SYMPTOMS AND DRUGS.
IN THE LAST YEAR FOUR NEW
MEDICATIONS HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPED.
>> Mr. MICHAEL J. FOX.
>> (Reporter): AT THE GOLDEN
GLOBE AWARDS LAST NIGHT
MICHAEL J. FOX PROVED JUST HOW
MUCH CURRENT THERAPIES HAVE
HELPED HIM.
>> I'D LIKE TO THANK MY DOCTOR,
Dr. COME WHO ACTUALLY OPENED
MY BRAIN, SO YOU GOTTA LIKE A
GUY LIKE THAT.
AND Dr. -- AND PUT IT ALL BACK
IN PLACE AND -- HOPEFULLY.
>> (Reporter): IT'S IMPORTANT
TO NOTE THERE IS NO CURE, NO
WAY TO STOP THE DISEASE FROM
PROGRESSING, AND THERE WON'T
BE UNTIL THE CAUSE OF
PARKINSON'S IS DISCOVERED.
Dr. KAHN IS DEDICATED TO
UNLOOKING THE MISI ARE TO
FINING THE CAUSE.
THIS MONTH HE WAS HONOURED
WITH THE ORDER OF CANADA FOR
HIS WORK.
>> IT'S A DISEASE WHICH WE
ALREADY HAVE A NUMBER OF KLAUS
ABOUT BECAUSE WE KNOW WHICH
CELLS ARE PRIMARILY INVOLVED
AND WHAT THE CHEMICAL AGENT
THAT THEY PRODUCE IS.
AND WE CAN REPLACE THIS
CHEMICAL AGENT AND HELP
PATIENTS SO WE KNOW A LOT
ABOUT THE ILLNESS BUT WE DON'T
KNOW THE CAUSE AND WE DON'T
KNOW WHY THE CELLS DIE.
>> (Reporter): FINDING OUT WHY
THE CELLS THAT PRODUCE
DOPAMINE DIE MIGHT WELL BE
DONE WITH THIS MACHINE, A PET
SCAN.
PARKINSON'S PATIENTS COME FROM
ALL OVER THE WORLD TO HAVE
Dr. CALNE'S RESEARCH TEAM TAKE
IMAGES OF THEIR BRAIN HERE AT
U.B.C.
THIS IS THE PART OF THE BRAIN
THAT CAUSES THE TROUBLE.
IN A HEALTHY BRAIN IT APPEARS
LARGE AND BRIGHT.
THAT MEANS LOTS OF DOPAMINE IS
BEING PRODUCED.
BUT IN A PARKINSON'S BRAIN,
VERY LITTLE DOPAMINE CAN BE
PRODUCED SO THE IMAGE IS
SMALLER.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
THE DISEASE BETTER, BECAUSE
THE INCIDENCE OF PARKINSON'S
AND OTHER DEGENERATIVE BRAIN
SKIESS IS ON THE RISE.
>> PREVENT -- DISEASE IS HIS
ON THE RISE.
>> PRESENT RATE OF INCREASING,
INTO YOUR DEGENERATIVE
DISEASES AND THE DECREASING
RATE OF CANCER, THERE ARE
PREDICTIONS BY 2040 THEY'LL BE
COMMONER THAN CANCER AS A
CAUSE OF DEATH.
>> IS IT A LITTLE TOO HOPEFUL
TO THINK THERE COULD BE A CURE,
THAT IT COULD HAPPEN?
>> I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY A
REALITY THAT IT COULD HAPPEN.
THE REAL PROBLEM IS WHEN.
AND I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S
IMMINENT, BUT I DO FEEL THAT
WITHIN THE NEXT GENERATION,
SCIENTISTS STUDYING THESE
PROBLEMS, IT'S LIKELY TO
HAPPEN.
>> Pamela: PARKINSON'S DISEASE
MOST OFTEN OCCURS AFTER THE
AGE OF 65, BUT FOR SOME REASON
YESTERDAY TO BE DETERMINED, IT
TENDS TO STRIKE MANY BRITISH
COLUMBIANS EARLIER THAN THAT.
THE AVERAGE AGE OF ONSET HERE
IS 50.
ONE THEORY IS THAT IT MIGHT
HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE
ENVIRONMENT.
>>> MICHAEL J. FOX MAY BE
TODAY'S MOST HIGH PROFILE
PARKINSON'S PATIENT BUT MANY
OTHER EYES ARE ON THE MAN WHO
REPORTEDLY SUFFERS FROM THE
DISEASE BUT HAS NEVER PUBLICLY
ADMITTED IT.
POPE JOHN PAUL II.
THE PONTIFF'S CURRENT TOUR OF
MEXICO HAS FOCUSED NEW
ATTENTION ON HIS FAILING
HEALTH, ALTHOUGH THE VATICAN
IS STILL RESISTING ANY
CONCRETE COMMENTS.
JOHN PAUL IS SAID TO HAVE
DIFFICULTY STANDING FOR LONG
PERIODS OF TIME AND HIS SPEECH
IS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO
UNDERSTAND.
>>> A NEW STUDY PROVIDES MORE
EVIDENCE THAT VITAMIN E COULD
BE AN IMPORTANT WEAPON AGAINST
STOOIRMS DISEASE.
THE STUDY SUGGESTS THAT ROGUE
BITS OF A NATURAL PROTEIN MAY
PROMOTE ALZHEIMER'S BY
DISRUPTING THE FLOW OF BLOOD
IN THE BRAIN.
BUT THAT VITAMIN E CAN BREAK
DOWN THOSE PROTEINS.
THE STUDY IS REPORTED IN THE
JOURNAL NATURE-NEUROSCIENCE.
>>> THAT'S OUR HEALTH TONIGHT,
TONY.
>> Tony: THANK YOU, PAMELA.