During May, ALS Awareness Month, let's pay special tribute to my sister Nell, all the others living with this disease, and those who have gone before them. Think of them the next time you take a step. Embrace your child. Speak softly to your loved one.
It's been six months since Hurricane Sandy ravaged the East Coast. While the media and majority of the American public have largely moved on to other...
It's odd to think of my autopilot life, the one before. Working at a job I loved and navigating the daily dance of sibling warfare, homework and appointments. Then one night I looked down at my left hand. "Holy shit," I yelped. "You need to go to the doctor," John said.
Dawn Clark Netsch was the first woman I really admired. I was five years old and in awe of her--her voice, her clothes, her ideas. When she spoke, she knew what she was talking about. I wanted my hair cut just like hers. I wanted to grow up and be like her.
Dan Toler, who played guitar in the Allman Brothers Band, has passed away from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, according to news reports. He was 65.
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As if being diagnosed with a terminal disease (for the record, I have no intention of letting this beat me) isn't bad enough, it is a disease that the general public has never heard of or knows very little about.
No press is bad press when it comes to creating awareness and action around a disease as devastating as ALS. After the conclusion of the AFC champions...
It had taken nearly 18 months from the day I noticed my first symptom to get to that exam room. I suppose in the back of my mind, I always suspected or maybe even knew it was ALS.
The thought of him being able to communicate with the world truly excited me, and I thought he would be equally enthusiastic. "Nobody wanted my opinions on politics before... I doubt they want them now," the automated machine chirped back. Even as he was dying, he was funny.
"I discussed your desire to swim the Channel with the doctors on the tumor review board, and I'm sorry, but no one believes that you will be able to do it. The fatigue from the chemo will be too great." I looked at my husband and thought they don't know me.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Some Minnesota lawmakers hope to force the release of Lou Gehrig's medical records, saying they might provide insight into whether the ...
AMSTERDAM -- The Netherlands' Princess Maxima has joined a thousand other swimmers braving a two-kilometer tour of Amsterdam's ancient canals to raise...
Rather than wait to break the news on his show "Cake Boss" (Mon., 9:30 p.m. ET on TLC), Buddy Valastro opened up to People. There, he revealed that hi...
Writer Dudley Clendinen, whose struggles with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease were self-chronicled on publ...
May is ALS Awareness Month and while most of us have heard of ALS Disease, often referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease, there is little we actually know.
Curtis Johnson, a 55-year-old business man and educator who suffers from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis otherwise known as ALS, finds that even though he lives in Washington he cannot get the assistance he needs to end his suffering when the time comes.
Mind-controlled Star Wars games are one thing, but what about using a thought-tracking device for a more practical application? Using technology to mo...
One thing all researchers agree on is that the types of head injuries sustained during football games can cause depression, changes in mood and behavior, memory loss, and even early dementia.
Former New Orleans Saints special teams standout and current ALS patient Steve Gleason can't help but wonder whether his football career contributed t...
Scientists already know how to see into your mind's eye, and now they can hear the voices in your head. In a new paper published in PLoS Biology, rese...
CAMBRIDGE, England (AP) — Intel Corp. is looking for ways to help famed British physicist Stephen Hawking reverse the slowing of his speech, accordi...
In a foreclosure crisis that's been short on compassion, one California couple facing tragedy has been able to delay eviction with help from their ban...