ALS

Bryan Randall, the long-term partner of Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock, has died after a three-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).The 57-year-old's family revealed the news in a statement to the US…

Over the course of 162 games, every team is bound to go into a slump at some point.However, when you once had the best record in baseball and still hold the top spot in the American League, you don't expect to be on a downslide…

People with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who eat more foods high in certain omega-3 fatty acids like flaxseed oil, walnuts, canola oil and pumpkin seeds may have a slower physical decline from the disease and may have a slightly…

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a fatal motor neuron disease that causes people to gradually lose control of their muscles. There is no cure, and current treatments focus on reducing symptoms and…

A pedestrian walks past Biogen Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Monday, June 7, 2021.Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday granted accelerated approval for Biogen's drug…

A pedestrian walks past Biogen Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., on Monday, June 7, 2021.Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Food and Drug Administration's independent panel of advisors on Wednesday voted against…

A pedestrian walks past Biogen Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., on Monday, June 7, 2021.Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Food and Drug Administration's independent panel of advisors on Wednesday declined to…

U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff on Monday said Biogen's investigational ALS drug may have a "clinical benefit" on a rare and aggressive form of the disease, despite failing a broader late-stage clinical trial last year. The staff…

Football players are 1.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease than others in their age group, says an observational study published in medical journal Lancet. According to the Swedish study that covered 6,007 male football…

In virtually all persons with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and in up to half of all cases of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia, a protein called TDP-43 is lost from its normal location in the nucleus of the cell.…