The Muscular Dystrophy Association, in collaboration with the Lewin Group, has calculated the average cost of…
Articles by Wendy Henderson
Having a service dog can greatly enhance the life of someone living with a chronic disease. They allow patients to regain some…
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is one of the world’s leading funders…
In this video, Dr. Simon Freilich gives an overview of the main type of motor neuron disease: amyotrophic…
Service dogs are typically thought of as necessary companions for the visually impaired, but service and therapy dogs can be…
This video from Nature Video discusses the neurons behind amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The narrator explains that ALS is…
Motor neuron disease (MND) is a condition where nerve cells (motor neurons) in the brain and spinal cord stop working,…
College students from the Oklahoma Christian University are helping an ALS sufferer communicate with his wife again. Sixty-four-year-old Carl Phelps…
Between 1943 and 1979, miners around the world were encouraged (and in some cases forced) to inhale aluminum dust called…
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the deterioration of muscles in the body, leading to loss…