Amanda Staveley: Newcastle, my brain disease and the doctor who gave me hope
- Posted on December 6, 2025
- By The Times
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Amanda Staveley: Newcastle, my brain disease and the doctor who gave me hope

The football financier who helped the Saudis buy Newcastle United has Huntington’s disease, a hereditary terminal condition with debilitating symptoms. Now a new treatment has been pioneered by a British professor (who happens to be her own doctor)