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Thursday, March 14, 2002 Fox talks Parkinson's in TV documentary By BILL BRIOUX Michael J. Fox will be featured on the upcoming Canadian documentary The Parkinson's Enigma, a special to air April 7 on CTV and April 11 on The Discovery Channel. The former Spin City star, who walked away from his TV career a season-and-a-half ago after revealing he was suffering from Parkinson's Disease, joins famed neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks in talking about PD, which afflicts 60,000 new people in North America every year. STARTLING THEORY One startling theory put forth in the special is that Parkinson's is not a disease at all but a virus or perhaps a brain injury caused by toxins in the environment. Fox, who got his start on the CBC series Leo & Me in 1976, reveals that four members of that crew have been diagnosed with Parkinson's. Coincidence or clue? The possibility of reversing the effects of Parkinson's through stem cell therapy is also examined in the hour-long special. SOURCE: C-News http://www.canoe.ca/TorontoShowbiz/ts.ts-03-14-0083.html * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn