A patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has become the first person in the world to control an iPad entirely by ...

Measuring the electrical activity of muscles in the neck in ALS may be easier for some patients than using the tongue for ...

Certain subsets of microglia were found to be enriched in nervous system tissues from people with amyotrophic lateral ...

Each day for a Raleigh 33-year-old woman is a fight against time. Just two years after being diagnosed with ALS, Olivia “Whitford” Wooten is in hospice.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is an incurable neurological disorder affecting motor ...

Neurologist and Duke ALS Clinic Director Richard Bedlack “stitches strength” for his patients, showing the powers of hope.

Brooke Eby, who is 35 and has ALS, is teaching us what it means to live when you know your time of death is coming sooner ...

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

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 ...

Salym Liufau was at a family birthday party in 2022 when she squatted to pick up her kids, a motion she’d done a million ...