Many amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients have a vitamin D deficiency, and recent studies have shown that this vitamin can…
Marta Ribeiro
Marta graduated from Universidade Fernando Pessoa in Porto with a degree in Communication Sciences and a Masters degree in New Communication Technologies. She has experience in social media, worked with several media channels, and has also worked as a freelance photographer and a graphic artist for almost 10 years.
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This Facebook video from Science Nature Page shares a little bit of information about the wearable robot hand that has…
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is sometimes known as Lou Gehrig disease after the baseball player who famously suffered from it.
Soccer Coach Mom Talks About Living With ALS
https://vimeo.com/124557753 In this heartfelt video from the ALS Association Texas chapter shared in 2015, we meet Christi. The young…
10 Tips for Patients Recently Diagnosed With ALS
Being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a difficult and stressful time. You’ll probably feel incredibly overwhelmed in the first…
6 Tips to Help You Manage ALS
While there is currently no treatment that can either slow down or reverse the damage of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),…
9 Superfoods That Might Improve Your Health
With winter just around the corner, it’s time we all started to look after ourselves a little more. Avoiding germs…
7 Benefits of Vitamin D You Might Want to Know
Vitamin D is often called the “sunshine vitamin” mostly because we can get it naturally when the sun’s UV rays interact with…
6 ALS Therapies to Improve Quality of Life
ALS is a disease that progressively shuts down your muscles by attacking certain cells in the brain and spinal cord…
9 Super Foods to Boost the Immune System
With winter just around the corner, it’s time we all started to look after ourselves a little more. Avoiding germs…