I recently listened to a podcast called “The Art of Manliness.” The episode was titled “The Winter Mindset — How Norwegians Love the Winter (And You Can Too).” I could relate, because I live in a northern climate that receives over 200 inches of snow each year. Winters in Michigan’s…

A muscle mass biomarker called the creatinine-to-cystatin C ratio (CCR) may indicate the risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a study that relied on a large-scale database shows. A lower ratio was associated with higher ALS risk, particularly in the participants between the ages of 40 and 65.

I named my column “Living Well with ALS” for many reasons. The most important one was that each word in the title had a deep meaning for me. Six years ago, when Bionews, the parent company of this website, invited me to write a patient column for…

Throughout 2024, ALS News Today brought our readers daily coverage of the latest in scientific breakthroughs, treatment advances, and clinical trial updates related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Here is a list of the top 10 most-read articles published in 2024, along with a brief description. We look…

The summer and autumn of 2018 brought uncertain and scary moments for my late husband, Jeff, and me as he battled progressing symptoms of what would later be diagnosed as ALS. His symptoms had begun with the seemingly benign experience of foot drop, which was frustrating but not painful.