TOKUSHIMA--A drug normally used to alleviate nerve pain and backaches can slow the progression of the early stages of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), researchers from Tokushima University ...

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Formerly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is now commonly referred to as “ALS.” It is a neurological disease that affects motor ...

ALS is a progressive disease that affects nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement and breathing. It causes the nerve cells to degenerate and die. As this occurs, the nerve cells stop ...

Entertainment ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease after the famous baseball player, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease. It attacks the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that ...

Do you know that your nerve cells get destroyed if you are suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis? Shocked? Read on to know more about this not so known fatal disease. Yoga holds promise for ...

Denali Therapeutics said on Monday its experimental drug failed to meet the main goal of a mid-to-late stage trial involving patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal ...