Sharing ALS updates with others is a personal choice. Columnist Juliet Taylor explains how she and her late husband decided ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rare neurological disorder that affects specific nerve cells in the spinal cord known as motor neurons. Symptoms involve issues with swallowing and speech ...

The ALS Association notes that people with bulbar onset ALS may have speech problems as the earliest symptom of the disease. Speech therapy may begin before or after the onset of speech ...

The amendments also changed the inclusion criteria. While the study had previously been open to patients who were up to three ...

Scientists have made a remarkable discovery: small, antenna-like structures on cells, the so-called cilia, appear to play a ...

Despite the devastating nature of the disease, little is known about what first triggers the deterioration of motor neurons at the onset of ALS. Now, researchers from University of California San ...

After experiencing two miscarriages prior to the onset of her father’s first ALS symptoms, she began sharing her struggles online to find a community of others who were trying to conceive.

Corcept Therapeutics said on Wednesday its experimental drug failed to meet the main goal of a mid-stage trial in patients ...

Corcept Therapeutics’ selective cortisol modulator failed to slow the progress of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in a phase ... upset at the onset of treatment than those who received ...