He can access ... Enhancing levels of "healthy fats" like omega-3s in the brain could be beneficial in motor neuron disease (MND) finds a new study in fruit flies and brain cells, led by UCL ...

Today the victim of motor neurone disease, he hasn't the strength to open a packet of crisps. Here he tells how his life has changed beyond recognition in less than a year. Eight months ago I ...

For, the 52-year-old man has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a type of motor neurone disease. While Dr Sloan was often able to be the hero, there is no cure for ALS - the ...

A grandmother has been told she has just years left to live after her first symptoms of motor neurone disease (MND) were mistaken for stress from her divorce. Diana Keys, 65, started “falling ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a relatively rare but very serious disease of the nervous system. A cure is not yet ...

Actor Eric Dane has revealed he has been diagnosed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), better known as Motor Neurone Disease in the UK. It is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease in the United ...

have discovered that a unique trio of medications could hold the key to improved treatment outcomes for hereditary cases of motor neuron disease (MND) caused by mutations in the SOD1 protein.

"In ALS, motor neurons degenerate and die, which leads to muscle weakness and, ultimately, paralysis. Because ALS is a complex disease with few effective therapies, there is an urgent need to ...