22 Feb 2025

The nationwide survey for Motor Neurone Disease

From Saturday Morning, 7:42 am on 22 February 2025

Photo: © Julien PASTERNAK - www.sperling-photography.com

A series of walks to raise awareness about Motor Neurone Disease are happening across the country from 10am this morning.

Motor Neurone Disease, known as MND, is an incurable condition that robs people of their ability to move, speak, and eventually, breathe.

Every week, three people are diagnosed with it and two people die.

Dr Natalie Gauld is a pharmacist, researcher, and advocate who was diagnosed with MND in 2022. 

She's leading a groundbreaking nationwide survey, backed by the Health Research Council, to improve the lives of people diagnosed with the disease.

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