Woman Learns She Has Same Disease that Took the Lives of Her Mom and Sister, Leaving Teenage Son 'Absolutely Devastated'
Holly Turner's doctors initially thought her tremors were due to stress, but they were symptoms of ALS, which also took the ...
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Blood test could lead to better diagnosis and management of ALS
The study involved 139 people who had ALS and 70 people who did not have ALS but had similar diseases, such as lower motor neuron disease and primary lateral sclerosis. Researchers tested their blood ...
Progress spurred by ALS Ice Bucket Challenge — and what remains to be done 10 years later
The brainchild of two ALS sufferers, the Ice Bucket Challenge took off in August 2014 — and the initiative is still having an ...
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Which blood test is best at monitoring ALS?
A new study compares three types of blood biomarkers: neurofilament light chain proteins, glial acidic proteins and phosphorylated tau 181.
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Roberta Flack, legendary ‘Killing Me Softly’ singer, dead at 88
She publicly revealed she had ALS in late 2022. The progressive disease “has made it impossible to sing and not easy to speak,” Flack’s manager Suzanne Koga said in a release at the time.
‘Killing Me Softly’ singer Roberta Flack born in Black Mountain, NC dies after ALS diagnosis
The Grammy Award-winning songstress, Roberta Flack was born in Black Mountain on February 10, 1937. However, she was raised ...
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Novel Agent Safe in ALS, Phase II Study Suggests
Tetramethylpyrazine nitrone was safe for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), but neither a high nor low daily ...
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Blood Test Promises Better ALS Diagnosis, Management
Please mention in your story that the study is published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.MINNEAPOLIS — ALS, or ...