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Afternoon Edition: 12/01/2015

12/01/2015

BBC Radio 5 Live - Afternoon Edition, 12/01/2015

Gordon Aikman, aged 29, discusses fighting motor neurone disease.

Gordon Aikman discusses fighting motor neurone disease, and clinical neurologist Dr Allan Ropper talks about the treatment of Michael J Fox's tremors caused by Parkinson's disease.

"If we believe the stats I've only got another 7 months to go".  29 year old Gordon Aikman on living with Motor Neurone Disease, a condition that gradually destroys the nerves that control movement.  Half of those with MND die within 14 months of diagnosis.    Also, treatment for Michael J Fox's tremors included drilling holes in his brain reveals clinical neurologist Dr Allan Ropper.

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