While symptoms of ALS progress over time, there may be key signs of this condition in its early phases. Some of these early signs may differ slightly in females with ALS. It’s especially ...

“The first sign of ALS usually appears in the hand or arm and can show as difficulty with simple tasks such as buttoning a ...

Signs of angels come at the most unexpected — yet vital — moments in our lives, columnist Juliet Taylor writes.

Researchers report that they have identified a key pathway that sets off neurodegeneration in the early stages of amyotrophic ...

Most cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are sporadic. That means they occur due to changes in your genes (mutations) that occur during your lifetime. However, in about 10% of cases ...

A database with long-term ALS respiratory data has been made available to scientists worldwide, with the goal of accelerating research.

“ALS is extremely challenging to diagnose early because the patients do not feel sick,” says Angela Genge, Director of the Clinical Research Unit at the Montreal Neurological Institute, and ...