Fergus Henderson - Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's Disease

Henderson's stoic approach to Parkinson's Disease, which was diagnosed in 1996, increased the regard in which he was held and he was awarded an MBE in 2005. The same year he underwent innovative Deep Brain Stimulation which vastly improved his mobility.

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