Eventually — after a neurologist appointment, a neuromuscular appointment, and an EMG test ... our clinical diagnosis, there’s no test that says 'here’s what this (ALS) is',” Director ...

Moments before, I’d been watching the doctor administer a second electromyography (EMG) on Jeff ... even six years after Jeff’s diagnosis and four years after his death. I’m grateful for resources ...

OBJECTIVES to find out if conventional and automatic needle EMG of the tongue can be helpful in the diagnosis and differentiation of limb and bulbar onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. METHODS Motor ...

The test’s ability to distinguish ALS from similar conditions is particularly noteworthy. It could help physicians differentiate between ALS and conditions that mimic its symptoms, such as primary ...

Three years ago, longtime stage actor Aaron Lazar was diagnosed with ALS, a degenerative disease that affects nerve cells ...

SAVANNAH, Georgia — A new clinical education tool aims to speed the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which often goes undetected for months even in neurologist offices.

A surprise finding by two independent research teams and a venture capital mega-round have birthed a biotech looking to treat ...

ALS can affect both males and females. However, females may experience more initial symptoms in their bulbar region, the area of the brain that controls facial and neck muscles. Amyotrophic ...

Still, inheriting a gene for ALS doesn’t mean you’ll develop the disease. And even if you do, symptoms don’t occur until later in life. Still, a mutation in any one of these genes doesn’t ...

"But we're happy." 'We thought every doctor was wrong' It's difficult for her and her family to remember life before ALS. "Even during the diagnosis process, I think we were all in – we're just ...

Sandra Abrevaya and her husband Brian Wallach started Synpaticure to help patients with neurodegenerative diseases access ...