In 1980, a local hospital hired me to launch their brand-new wellness department. I knew it would be an uphill battle. Back ...

Five Canadian college students personally affected by ALS were named recipients of the Kevin Daly Bursary, an award for their ALS advocacy. Financial programs like student bursaries help alleviate ...

Filmmaker and University of Virginia graduate Chris Farina had the idea for a documentary about death and dying about 10 ...

The ALS Nexus 2026 conference highlighted cutting-edge research, experimental therapies, and advances in care for ALS.

Requests for a medically assisted death in ALS appear to be tied to individual preferences rather than disease severity, a ...

Many well-intentioned people romanticize caregiving, perhaps out of compassion or even admiration of one person caring for ...

Newly diagnosed ALS patients show significantly higher levels of nano- and microplastics in their cerebrospinal fluid and ...

An emerging body of evidence has hinted that ALS survival may be influenced by exposure to toxins or pollutants in the environment. Specifically, a handful of prior studies have found that ALS ...

A newer set of diagnostic criteria for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was significantly more sensitive at identifying people with the disease than two older diagnostic approaches, a real-world ...

Enrollment is complete in a Phase 2b trial of PHENOGENE-1A for mild-to-moderate ALS. ALS is a progressive disorder in which motor neurons die, with nervous system inflammation thought to play a role.

A few months after my husband Todd’s ALS diagnosis, we traveled with our children from our home in southeast Wisconsin to meet up with Todd’s sister and brother-in-law at a rented condo overlooking ...

To anyone recently diagnosed with ALS, don’t let anyone else write the ending to your story. There is still life to live, ...