Distracting Myself From the Pain Helps Me Cope With It

My husband, Todd, and I had our second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine last week. The side effects from the first shot hadn’t been bad for either of us — just minor headaches — but the second one hit us harder. Todd woke with extreme chills at 2:30 a.m.

Editor’s note: The ALS News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 Virtual AAN Annual Meeting, April 17–22. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients with a short disease duration and fast progression showed better responses to Orion’s investigational oral…

Editor’s note: The ALS News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 Virtual AAN Annual Meeting, April 17–22. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. Treatment is complete in 20 patients enrolled in the randomized ROPALS clinical trial assessing the safety, tolerability and early…

“Tracing your footprints in the sand, Trying to walk like a man, … But I didn’t think there’d be so many steps I’d have to learn on my own. Well I was young and I didn’t know what to do,…

Editor’s note: The ALS News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 Virtual AAN Annual Meeting, April 17–22. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. Researchers have found a unique immune molecular signature that can distinguish amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients with rapidly progressing disease…

Editor’s note: The ALS News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 Virtual AAN Annual Meeting, April 17–22. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. People with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) associated with mutations in the C9orf72 gene have early and more…

Editor’s note: The ALS News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 Virtual AAN Annual Meeting, April 17–22. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. In a Phase 1 trial for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the investigational therapy AP-101 — designed to ease…

The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association and Toyota (GB), the U.K. division of Toyota, have established a partnership to raise funds and improve awareness for the needs of people with disorders that include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The staff at Toyota (GB) selected MND Association as the company’s…

The EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases is accepting applications for a scholarship program that aims to help adults with a rare disease pursue personal goals through training and education. For a second year, the #RAREis Scholarship Fund — supported by Horizon Therapeutics – will award 35 one-time scholarships, each…

Actimed Therapeutics is developing S-oxprenolol to prevent muscle wasting and body mass loss due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), using proceeds from a recent license agreement with Faraday Pharmaceuticals. Under the agreement, Faraday acquired global rights to develop and commercialize S-oxprenolol for muscle-affecting disorders other than ALS, particularly…