What would you do if you found out you were a carrier for a debilitating disease like ALS? Author Mindy Uhrlaub discovered ...

For over an hour, Jeff Vierstra lay still in Columbia University’s ALS clinic, as a doctor poked him ankle-to-throat with an ...

Columnist Dagmar Munn feels as if she's finding her voice again as she picks up her speech exercises, and then some.

Answer ALS, a large-scale research initiative headquartered in New Orleans and Washington, D.C., has announced the launch of ...

A recent study has revealed a critical gap in the use of accessibility features among people living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and their caregivers. Though over 90% of ALS patients ...

ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, making the brain unable to control muscle movement.

ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the motor neurons, the nerve cells that ...

Types of ALS There are two main kinds, depending on whether the disease runs in your family. Sporadic: This makes up 90% to 95% of all ALS cases, as it occurs in people who have no known family ...

Patient randomization is nearly complete in Medicinova’s Phase 2b/3 COMBAT-ALS trial testing MN-166 (ibudilast) for the ...

ALS symptoms affect muscles in your hands, arms, feet, and legs. The disease can also affect how you speak and swallow. ALS symptoms in women may be different than in men.

More recently, ALS has significantly weakened his voice and Abrevaya has helped him deliver his testimony. "This is the closing argument for our lives," Wallach told House lawmakers in July 2021.

A total of 163 teams battled in the 14th annual tournament that raised money for the fight against Lou Gehrig's disease.