Scientists are hoping to treat diseases including cancer and Alzheimer's by influencing how cells make life-or-death ...

Randal Halfmann at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City is hoping to treat diseases including cancer and ...

Correspondence from supporters and opponents of the Medical Aid In Dying Act highlight the choice Hochul must consider.

“My advice is to say ‘yes’ to the party, the trip, the adventure - and while you are there, please raise a glass and ‘Cheers’ for me!” wrote Linda Brossi Murphy McCarthy, McKinney & Lawler Funeral ...

Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. Researchers have found that patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis have ...

A Massachusetts writer who battled ALS left her loved ones a final story: A tongue-in-cheek, self-penned obituary that has won legions of fans online. “Well, if you are reading this obituary, it looks ...

Motor neurone disease (MND) affects nerves found in the brain and spinal cord, which tell your muscles what to do. This leads them to weaken and stiffen over time and usually affects how you walk, ...

The Trump administration's deadly cuts to medical research show why California must fight back and Democrats must regain ...

Lou Gehrig famously said upon his retirement that he considered himself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth. This was despite the fact that he had been diagnosed with ALS, a disease that ended ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. I have ALS, an incurable and fatal disease. There’s a good chance I will die within a few years. But my spirit ...