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 ...

Brooke Eby posted a "dying diary" to describe the feeling of her ALS and progressing paralysis. The 36-year-old TikToker ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease predominantly affecting upper and lower motor neurons. Here, the authors outline previous and current efforts to characterize ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as ALS, is a neurodegenerative disorder which affects motor neurons. These are the neuronal cells responsible for muscle innervation, whose degenerations leads ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, attacks nerve cells known as motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, gradually leading to paralysis. The loss of function of an important gene, C9orf72 ...

A Jacksonville woman's experience caring for her husband with ALS has formed a foundation to help other families fighting ...

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

Intakes of vitamin C and carotenoids and risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Pooled results from 5 cohort studies. Annals of Neurology, 2012; DOI: 10.1002/ana.23820 ...

Raffaella Uccelli, Alessandra Binazzi, Pierluigi Altavista, Stefano Belli, Pietro Comba, Marina Mastrantonio, Nicola Vanacore, Geographic distribution of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis through motor ...