Motor Neurone Disease: What Do We Really Know?
8 October - 21 mins
Podcast Series
Newstalk Daily
When former England rugby captain Lewis Moody revealed he’d been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, he joined a heartbreaking list of athletes, like Doddie Weir and Rob Burrow, whose lives were changed by the illness.
MND is a devastating neurological condition that progressively weakens the body, and in recent years, concern has grown over whether elite sport could be a contributing factor,.
But is there really a link between repeated head impacts and the onset of this disease, or are genetics and chance playing a greater role?
In today’s episode, Ciara Doherty is joined by Professor Orla Hardiman, Professor of Neurology at Trinity College Dublin and Director of Ireland’s National...
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