Reading Time: 4 minutes With all the talk of new gene discoveries in recent years, the Sunday morning scientific session returned to the original discovery in 1993 that mutations
Month: December 2014
Reading Time: 3 minutes Association-funded researcher, Prof Julie Snowden from the University of Manchester was invited to present her research on MND and frontotemporal dementia at this year’s 25th
Reading Time: 3 minutes As well as biomedical research, we fund healthcare research to lead to better symptom management and support for people living with MND. On the final
Reading Time: 3 minutes The opening presentation of this morning’s session of the International Symposium on ALS/MND set the tone for the rest of the day – almost literally,
Reading Time: 4 minutes Head injury has been a hot topic in the media in relation to MND. I also receive a number of enquiries from people living with
Reading Time: 3 minutes During the second day of the symposium Association-funded researcher, Dr Chris McDermott, presented his highly anticipated research on a new neck support for people living
Reading Time: 3 minutes Saturday afternoon saw the 25th International Symposium on ALS/MND expand from two to three sessions running in parallel. Times have changed from the early years of
Reading Time: 4 minutes Our general election campaign for 2015 is featured around communication because we believe that nobody should have to lose their voice to MND. The afternoon
Reading Time: 2 minutes Over the summer I travelled over the Healy mountain Pass in Ireland – my memory of the drive is lots of hairpin bends. Fast forward
Reading Time: < 1 minute After seeing the works of art on the wall – I wonder if the people in the picture will be inspired to buy a poster