Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes the gradual loss of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis, and ...

Medically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MD Multiple sclerosis (MS) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also called Lou Gehrig's disease) are both diseases that affect your central nervous system ...

In the beginning, not even Hynek Wichterle's postdoc thought his idea to slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral ...

Stone will be joining Dane — whom she has been friends with "for a long time" — on the long-awaited third season of the HBO ...

New advances in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology may make speech for those who've lost the ability to do easier than ...

Long-term exposure to sulfur dioxide, an air pollutant generated by the burning of fossil fuels, increases the risk of ALS, a ...

Tommy and Vickie Smith have faced more than their share of health challenges. Tommy has been living with amyotrophic lateral ...

US Senators Introduce Bipartisan ABLE Employment Flexibility Act, a Tax-Free Savings Account for People With Disabilities and ...

A new discovery about mutations in a gene that causes ALS may allow researchers to design targeted therapies, a study found.

Answer ALS, in collaboration with ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI) and Augie's Quest, today announced plans to ...

Quite often in the final years of his life and robbed of the ability to get around town on his own, Brad Dusek had his caretaker escort him to the old football field at Lamar Middle School. He would ...

In a recent study, scientists successfully decoded not only the words people tried to say but the words they merely imagined saying.