Charity finds grants for crucial alterations take average 375 days, with many MND patients dying in this time People with motor neurone disease (MND) are dying waiting for grants to make their homes ...

Areflexic, or flaccid, bladder and bowels occur when the spinal cord injury is low enough to damage the cauda equina and alpha motor neurons. It also occurs in all spinal cord injury patients during ...

A father has died moments after taking part in a tribute to a schoolboy who passed away with motor neurone disease (MND). Chris Bailey was killed in a fatal crash while heading back home from the ...

Researchers in Australia have identified a three-drug combination that greatly extends the survival of motor neuron cells in lab tests, providing new hope for motor neuron disease (MND) patients.

The test was developed by researchers at the US-based not-for-profit Brain Chemistry Labs, who analysed 788 blood samples – roughly half from patients with the disease and half from people without it.

A teenager from south Wales thought to be the youngest sufferer of motor neurone disease has sadly died aged 14. Kyle Sieniawski, from Pontypridd, had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...

‘I refused to let my motor neurone disease stop me from riding a horse’ Tamara Howard was just 27 when she received the devastating diagnosis. In the years since, she relied on horse-riding as a ...

Changes in motor units closely reflect disease severity in people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), suggesting potential ...