Every day, I remind myself: Today, I need to keep moving. Before my diagnosis of ALS, that was something I said to other people. As a wellness director, my job was to motivate others to bend, stretch, reach, and add movement into their daily lives. Now, the tables have…
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Coya Therapeutics is approaching full enrollment in its main clinical trial for COYA 302, an experimental therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), having signed on its 100th participant. The Phase 2/3 ALSTARS trial (NCT07161999) aims to recruit 120 adults with ALS across sites in the U.S.
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Five Canadian students personally affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) will each receive $2,500 to support their studies in the 2026-2027 academic year. The ALS Canada Kevin Daly Bursary award winners were chosen for their contributions to the ALS community through caregiving, advocacy, fundraising, volunteering, or awareness efforts. The bursary…
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Filmmaker and University of Virginia graduate Chris Farina had the idea for a documentary about death and dying about 10 years ago. Now he’s in the final stages of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and is relying on friends to help him complete the project. One of those friends is…
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Among people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), requests to be referred for medical assistance in dying, known as MAiD, may have more to do with individual preferences about life-sustaining interventions than disease severity. That’s according to a new Canadian study showing that people with ALS using noninvasive…
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When my late husband, Jeff, was diagnosed with ALS in the fall of 2018, there were many unknowns. We didn’t know how fast or slow his progression would be. We didn’t know the course that ALS would take in his body, or when we would need interventions like a…
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A few months after my husband Todd’s ALS diagnosis, we traveled with our children from our home in southeast Wisconsin to meet up with Todd’s sister and brother-in-law at a rented condo overlooking Lake Delton in Wisconsin Dells. We had recently returned from Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, where Todd…
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Becoming educated and informed about ALS is a good first step. Here you’ll find general information about the disease, including diagnosis, symptoms, and causes.
It helps to know others have been where you are now. Here’s a collection of our columnists’ words of wisdom to help you along on your ALS journey.
There is no cure for ALS yet, but here you can find more information about current therapeutic approaches, as well as experimental treatments that are in the pipeline.
