News Update

A new study has found unusually high rates of motor neuron disease (MND) across western NSW and in some areas the prevalence was up to 7 times higher than expected.

"We strongly suspect that there's a group of chemicals that are in our environment that are one of the causes of motor neuron disease." - Professor Dominic Rowe

It’s a horrific disease dubbed “the beast” that has no known cure and kills within two years — and there’s a “disturbing” theory about what’s causing it.

Three men have pushed themselves to the limit today to raise money for Motor Neurone Disease research. The trio ran a gruelling 117 kilometres...

New South Wales has become the first state in Australia to classify motor neurone disease (MND) as a notifiable disease. Doctors will now be required to register all MND cases...

Wagga will be the site of a pilot project aimed at pinpointing the cause 'Motor Neuron Disease'.
It's all part of an Australian first MND Surveillance Centre...

Deaths from motor neurone disease have tripled in Australia in the past four decades, and scientists have now identified key regional “hotspots”...

Exposure to pesticides and other environmental factors could be behind far higher rates of motor-neurone disease in regional areas, experts warn...