Eight parents share the extraordinary journey of raising children while living with a disease that steals speech, mobility, ...

A team at UC Davis has made a major leap in neurotechnology, enabling a man with ALS to speak again through a brain-computer interface that converts thoughts into speech in real time. Unlike prior ...

Celebrities including Russell Andrews and Eric Dane have fought ALS while inspiring others and advocating for research ...

A new study reveals that gut bacteria may play a key role in triggering ALS and frontotemporal dementia. Harmful sugars produced by these microbes can spark immune responses that damage the brain.

Hilton Als became a staff writer at The New Yorker in 1994 and a theatre critic in 2002. He began contributing to the magazine in 1989, writing pieces for The Talk of the Town. He won the Pulitzer ...

Professional wrestler Tanea Brooks, better known as Rebel, has revealed she has been diagnosed with terminal ALS. The 47-year-old shared a video with fans in which she shared that she had been ...

The drug is for a small subset of patients. But evidence that breathing and strength can get better for some of them is remarkable for a paralyzing, usually fatal disease. Amanda Sifford of Cape Coral ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that is marked by fasciculation, spasticity and progressive weakness of muscles, and results in difficulty speaking, ...

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Leslie Kramer is a writer for Institutional Investor, correspondent for CNBC, journalist for Investopedia, and managing editor for Markets Group. Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, ...