Reading Time: 3 minutesThe International Symposium on ALS/MND has now begun! As researchers, clinicians and health and social care professionals from around the world came together in the
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Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night I attended Professor Linda Greensmith’s inaugural lecture. When a researcher is awarded a ‘personal chair’ (in other words becomes a professor) they are
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast weekend 19 neurologists and researchers gathered in a hotel seminar room in The Netherlands to talk about building closer links across Europe. Prof Leonard
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe last few days have been quite a hectic for the research development team for many reasons. Annual conference workshop This year, our Annual Conference
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlternative treatments can be tempting if you have a disease like MND, for which conventional medicine can only offer one moderately effective drug. Unfortunately this temptation is easily
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy reasons for being an ‘incurable optimist’ is the increasing amount of research being carried out and the number of researchers interested in MND and
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen the alarm went off at 6.25am on Saturday morning my body shrieked at me to stay in bed! However, as I had accepted an
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith the internet providing an expanse of ‘quackery’ jumbled up with facts, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for anybody to know what source of information can

Symposium Highlights: A Former Carer’s Perspective
Reading Time: 7 minutesLast month, we hosted the 35th International Symposium on ALS/MND in Montreal, Canada. The International Symposium brings together researchers, healthcare professionals and people with and affected

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis blog is part of our Symposium Blogathon series – where we are counting down to the 33rd International Symposium. Numbers in bold blue type correspond