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Unlike many chronic conditions linked to lifestyle, where being ‘unhealthy’ increases risk, MND doesn’t follow the usual rules

The infection is usually caught in places like hotels after inhaling droplets of water from things such as air conditioning or hot tubs

Lawrence has died at the age of 61, a year on from making his devastating motor neurone disease diagnosis public.

Researchers argue that "we may need to reevaluate the causal assumptions that underlie brain disease models of addiction."

Benefits included a reduced risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes

South Korean researchers say they had found an 8 percent lower risk

The 555-mile cycle set off from Belfast on Sunday in memory of the late Scottish rugby star Doddie Weir.

Motor neuron disease (MND) is a devastating condition that causes progressive muscle weakness by damaging the motor neurons, the nerve cells that connect the brain to muscles. These neurons allow us to move, breathe, eat and ultimately, stay alive.

COMMENT: As the right-to-die legislation passes its final Commons hurdle, Mary Dejevsky explains how it falls far short of helping those who might have been pinning their hopes on it, namely people like her late partner with chronic progressive conditions such as Parkinson’s disease