Living in a disadvantaged community may decrease the length of time a person can survive with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, by over 30%, a study suggests. Similar studies have shown that ...

Formerly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is now commonly referred ... cord that control breathing and voluntary muscle movement. As these motor neurons start to ...

Barbara Goodfriend, 83, opted for medical aid in dying after being diagnosed with ALS. The New Jersey widow ended her life in ...

MAID is currently legal in 10 states and Washington, D.C., but eight other states are considering similar laws this year.

Living in a disadvantaged community may decrease the length of time a person can survive with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, by over 30%, a Michigan Medicine-led study suggests.

Roy and his wife, Jamie, asked Wake County to offer that lump sum to officers like him who medically retire but don’t ...

Trouble sleeping is common in other neurodegenerative diseases, but past research has only suggested that it occurs in ...

A trial that will test a noninvasive device called MyoRegulator as a treatment for ALS was cleared to start enrolling ...

Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative condition that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, leading to the loss of ...