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NBC: Michael J. Fox Will Return To Series TV
NEW YORK (AP) — NBC has made it official: Michael J. Fox is coming back to series TV more than a decade after he left to concentrate on fighting Parkinson's disease. His new comedy series, based loosely on his personal life, has a 22-episode...
Tags: Arrested Development (tv program) , Michael J. Fox, Family Ties (tv program), Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company
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Hollywood's Disabled Actors Protest NBC's 'Ironside' Casting - When Is It Their Turn?
ReutersMay 21 (TheWrap.com) - When the '60s procedural "Ironside" is revived on NBC this fall, the setting will move from San Francisco to New York and the lead character will be African-American. But one thing hasn't changed: The actor playing Ironside can...Tags: Television Industry, Screen Actors Guild, Kevin McHale, Lost (tv program), Fox Broadcasting Company
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You're not alone; support groups are there to help
When do you decide as a caregiver you need a support group? This is an individual decision. It may be that you do not realize you could benefit from one. A support group could assist you with tips and a venue to express yourself and your concerns. It...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Conservation, Human Interest, Environmental Issues
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Steinberg: Athletes Speak might help find solution to concussion problem
A new health epidemic looms on the horizon like a ticking time bomb. It is the spectre of cumulative brain damage suffered from repetitive sub-concussive hits to the head in football and other sports. A concussion does not necessitate being knocked...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Alzheimer's Disease, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
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Struggling with maths? Plug in to improve
Reuters* Researchers used "transcranial random noise stimulation" * Five days of stimulated training boosted maths performance * Technique could help people with learning difficulties By Kate Kelland LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Applying painless but...Tags: Medical Research, Science and Technology, Diseases and Illnesses, Alzheimer's Disease, Mathematics
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Upfronts Wrap: 5 Things We Know About Next Season
ReutersMay 17 (TheWrap.com) - Networks have made their big pitches to advertisers for the new season, and when you look past the bright lights, veneered smiles and massaged viewership data, here's what they all said: We know ratings are down, and we're going to...Tags: Jimmy Fallon, The Mindy Project (tv program), 24 (tv program), Cosmology, The X Factor (tv program)
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Osprey Lodge assisted-living facility produces video 'The Faces of Parkinson's'
TAVARES — A sobering poem written by a man reflecting on his Parkinson's diagnosis is at the heart of a new music video entered in a world-wide competition about the progressive disease. "The Faces of Parkinson's," shot at Osprey Lodge, an...Tags: Poetry, Medical Specialization, Diseases and Illnesses, Princeton University, Entertainment
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Harris Bank to pay $400K to settle 2012 suit by disabled workers
Tribune reporterBMO Harris Bank will pay $400,000 to 14 former workers to resolve a disability lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC, which enforces federal laws against job discrimination, had alleged in a lawsuit filed in...Tags: Colon Cancer, Justice System, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Laws, Judges
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Networks send SOS to Michael J. Fox, Robin Williams and other stars
If viewers are losing interest in broadcast TV, what can lure them back? Executives hope they have an answer: stars. Lifting the curtain on their 2013-14 schedules at the "upfronts" in New York this week, the networks behaved like smartphone-...Tags: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (tv program), Computer Hardware, Barry Diller, Carnegie Hall, Netflix Inc.
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Beverly Jeanne Badham Anderson
Beverly Jeanne Badham Anderson, a radiant all-round Southern California bombshell, successful musical theater light opera singer and actress, and exceptional wife and mother of five children died April 28, at home. She was 81. Anderson was born June...
Tags: Connie Stevens, Camelot (tv program), John Raitt, Theater, Entertainment Events
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Struggling with math? Plug in to improve
ReutersApplying painless but targeted electrical stimulation to parts of the brain that play a role in number manipulation may in future be a way to help people who struggle with math, scientists said on Thursday. Researchers who experimented with a type of...Tags: Science and Technology, Medical Research, Diseases and Illnesses, Alzheimer's Disease, University of Oxford
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Espionage, comedy veterans touted for upcoming U.S. TV season
ReutersBy Liana B. Baker NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - The big four U.S. broadcast networks, in need of new TV hits to turn around slumping ratings, are betting espionage programs and old comedy stars will convince advertisers to spend about $9 billion during...Tags: Television Industry, CBS Corp., Modern Family (tv program), GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Awards and Prizes
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