michael j. fox made the disease very popular in the media.nson's disease is the most common degenerative disease, of the central nervous system and everyone knows it as the tremor they have when they sit still and when they walk it gets better and it usually starts on one side of the body and overtime causes rigidity and they have a stooped posture and guess what? it affect their voice and they have a soft spoken and monotonous kind of voice and they are coming up with a computer software, the way you speak to your... they have a data bank, the computer can decide whether you have parkinson's or not. so it is amazing, you can actually call in through remote without going to a doctor, call and speak for three minutes and the computer says you have early parkinson's or not. why is it important? most of the diagnosis today is clinical. we look at the patient and their symptoms, but, now with the computer you can actually see the diagnosis. >> eric: before you get any symptoms. >> for screening it is important and once you are treated it can be u

he's already been in touch with the michael j. fox foundation, the parkinson's disease foundation.ne in new york called bachmann strauss foundation. he's been talking to him. over the last 48 hours, to hear stories and e-mails and tweets. >> look at that picture. >> his star on the walk of fame last year. >> how proud are you as his son to see your dad, you know him better than anyone, show this brave moment. >> that was my most proud day with my dad. that was not easy for him because i know what he's gone through over the years to deal with it. so very proud and more proud that he's going to now help people and he's been hearing from others with parkinson's who said, thank you for having courage. thank you for showing you can live with the disease and have a sense of humor. >> shout out to your mom. >> >> that's great. >> we'll be right back after your local news. ->> live, local, latebreaking. this is a wbal-tv 11 news update. >> humidity is in the comfortable range. high temperatures between 90 and 95330% chance for a thunderstorm. thunderstorm. chance for [ cat meows ] [ woman

my charity is the michael j. fox foundation for parkinson's research.because all the money comes and goes right in toward research. ysabel: what is it like in the kitchen with all those other shows? >> there is a lot of camaraderie. they're all professionals. involved in that community. we all know each other's. >> some of the chefs that are there i have looked up to. it was great to be there in that environment. >> telling us a little bit about how you decided to become a cook. >> i grew up with my grandparents and my grandmother and she always took those cuts of meat. the was something there was just a part of her life. sure is very much a peasant and italian pope. i wanted to embrace what my grandmother tried to teach me. ysabel: remind >> this said his kidneys and liver of a heart. it also includes a tailspin in the head. unfortunately in the u.s. the turner knows of at those. we ball by animals and hole form and into the country. i sell tons of it. i work directly with all my reenters -- ranchers. and all of those cuts help you acquired the taste.

. >> is there inspiration to be drawn from those who announced a diagnosis from michael j. fox> he has a huge influence raising money for research and so on. i've gotten a lot of messages from viewers out there who say that, you know, maybe i can help a little bit in that way too. >> i was wondering about the reaction. now that you've done it, are you glad that you did? and are you glad you did it this way? >> i'm still ambivalent about it. >> because? >> i don't know. for the same reason i gave you. they continue to be there. i guess i just wish i didn't have it. >> of course. of course. what's a good day? what's a bad day? what's your day to day like for you? >> the pharmacists send me greeting cards and bouquets of flowers because i spend so much time and money there. actually, i can keep it pretty much under control taking a lot of different things a day. i'm constantly reaching in for another pill. i had to take one once during an interview. the guy said to me, he says, does that keep you going? he thought network correspondents were taking drugs to stay up, and some of th