"1 in 300": The Quiet Risk Lurking Behind Scottish Rugby

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Yesterday at 10:23

When the latest high‑profile diagnosis of Lewis Moody with motor neurone disease (MND) was announced, many in the rugby world felt a familiar and terrible resonance. But his case also resurrected a statistic that is often cited quietly and with dread: "1 in 300 people will develop MND in their lifetime." That figure is sometimes […]

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