A study published in the journal Drug Safety examined side effects linked with individual statin brands reported to the American drug watchdog, the Food and Drug Administration. It found two of the most commonly used statins – simvastatin and atorvastatin – increased the risk of suffering from ALS, a form of motor neurone disease, 17 […]
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Heart drugs: Statins could increase form of motor neurone disease risk
CONTROVERSIAL heart drugs statins increase the risk of developing a form of motor neurone disease, new research shows.
Motor Neurone Disease: Lucy Lintott was diagnosed at 19 – ‘I won’t let it define me’
AS LUCY LINTOTT carried two Sunday roast dinners through the restaurant the waitress’s life could not have been further removed from that of the eminent theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking living 400 miles away in Cambridge.
Stephen Hawking dead: What is motor neurone disease? Symptoms of fatal condition
STEPHEN HAWKING has died at the age of 76, his family have announced. The physicist lived for more than 50 years with motor neurone disease, a rare condition that affects the brain and nerves. What are the symptoms?
Motor neurone disease symptoms: Weakness in joints could be sign of MND
MOTOR neurone disease is a progressive disease that attacks the motor neurones, or nerves, in the brain and spinal cord. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Motor neurone disease: Workplace exposure to electromagentic fields 'linked to ALS'
GETTY Research suggests workplace exposure to electromagentic fields is linked to a higher risk of ALS Experts noted an association between exposure to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ALS causes weakness and wasting in the limbs and people only tend to live for two to five years from first experiencing […]
Motor neurone disease: Workplace exposure to electromagentic fields ‘linked to ALS’
WORKPLACE exposure to electromagentic fields is linked to a higher risk of developing the most common form of motor neurone disease, research suggests. Daily Express :: Health Feed