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Healthcare MND Research News Research we fund

Screening for Cognitive and Behavioural Change in MND

4 October 201314 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesMND Association-funded researcher Dr Sharon Abrahams (University of Edinburgh) has recently published an article on the Edinburgh Cognitive ALS Screen (ECAS) in the prestigious journal

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Adaptive licensing and MND

15 April 201314 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesI have recently updated the clinical trials section of our website with a couple of MND clinical trials that are currently recruiting. This has led me to

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23rd Symposium: Chicago 2012 Healthcare MND Research Symposium

Reflections on the poster session

7 December 201214 April 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn Chicago, it’s the beginning of the third day of the International Symposium on ALS/MND. I feel that I’ve become almost institutionalised: I get up,

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23rd Symposium: Chicago 2012 Healthcare MND Research Symposium

Recognising and supporting the role of informal carers

6 December 201214 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe symposium session ‘Carer and Family Support’ provided a platform to better understand the role that informal carers play in the lives of people with

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Dr Chris McDermott talks about his research at our Annual Conference

26 September 201213 April 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis year’s Annual Conference research talk was given by Dr Chris McDermott and focused on his research at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SiTraN).

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A summary of the Holistic Care and Quality of Life session

1 December 2011

Reading Time: 4 minutesI wanted to write a ReCCoB blog about the Holistic Care and Quality of Life session, which is closely related to my interests, not least

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Medical research should start and finish with the patient

9 June 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutesResults of a recent poll suggest that the UK public is incredibly supportive of healthcare research within the NHS. These results will now be used

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Natasha – incurable optimist

23 June 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter being asked to write about why I am a research optimist, I tried to think about the achievements in MND research. After attending the Care Centre

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Care Centre Directors Meeting

18 June 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Wednesday I attended the MND care centre directors meeting. This is where all of the care centre directors, care centre co-ordinators, our regional care development

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Symposium programme begins to take shape

4 June 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOver the last month the symposium programme committee, including myself and Brian, have been busy reading the abstracts submitted for presentation at the International Symposium

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