During ALS Awareness Month this May, the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is highlighting unprecedented scientific progress, inspiring personal stories, legislative advocacy, and national ...

The reality of living with ALS is that it affects everyone differently. Our symptoms progress at vastly different rates.

Each year, the American Hospital Association publishes a calendar of health-related dates so providers can plan relevant community events, create awareness about various health concerns and educate ...

In the early years after my ALS diagnosis, those braces represented one more massive change in my life that I had to learn to ...

It includes data and information provided by individuals who choose to register and complete the risk factor surveys.” The ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Parkinson’s disease both affect the brain and nervous system and worsen over time. However, they have key differences that are vital to recognizing the ...

The immune system may play a fundamental role along with the central nervous system in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as “Lou Gehrig’s disease,” Mount Sinai researchers report. Their ...

Using machine learning models, researchers at Michigan Medicine have identified a potential way to diagnose amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, earlier from a blood sample, a study suggests. The ...

Most people with ALS don’t have a family history of it. Still, some cases of ALS are linked to inheriting specific gene mutations. Even nonfamilial cases can be linked to sporadic gene mutations that ...

A new study applying multi-omics techniques and machine learning identified 33 plasma proteins that differ significantly in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The findings suggest ALS ...