It has nothing to do with Michael J. Fox's superb performance in the 1991 blockbuster, Doc Hollywood, but it seems he has another chance to play doctor. Sweden's Karolinska Institute has given the critically acclaimed actor and Parkinson's disease awareness raiser the title of honorary doctor. Perhaps this will inspire a sequel. If not, it's still quite an honor.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Sweden's Karolinska institute says it will give an honorary degree of medicine to 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 motor skills.
Karolinska says Fox will receive the doctorate in a ceremony in New York on Friday.