A report from the Boston University School of Public Health shows that Gulf War Illness is a result of exposure to pesticides and other toxins used in the Gulf War. The report also notes that in addition to Gulf War Illness, deployed Gulf War veterans suffer higher rates of stroke, brain cancer and…
ALS, Gulf War Illness Caused by Toxic Exposures, Report Says
In this video from 2009, researchers and doctors are working together at Johns Hopkins to explore the impact of stem technology on ALS. The Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins has helped uncover new genes for familial ALS, researched nerve repair, worked actively on genetic risk…
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A Life Sentence with ALS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwypwQxlXhQ “In this short documentary by Frances Films, learn more about ALS and its journey in the last few years. Also learn more about the Ice Bucket Challenge phenomenon that raised over £7 million for the MNDA in the UK.” Learn more about ALS here: https://bit.ly/ALSNewsToday…
The U.S. Department of Defense announced that nine researchers are the winners of the 2015 ALS Research Program (ALSRP), which aims to improve treatment and find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by funding preclinical research into the disease. The winners were announced in a press release by the ALS…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5OoXkNIvHA Dr. Eva Feldman, a neurologist, researcher and director of the A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Research Institute at the University of Michigan, is the principal investigator for a landmark clinical trial involving patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. The FDA-approved trial, which is…
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ALS Foundation Netherlands Campaign
ALS, or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, makes all of your muscles stop, one by one. Watch this video to learn more about a secret project that ALS Foundation Netherlands launched to raise awareness for ALS. Learn more about ALS: https://bit.ly/ALSNewsToday…
Entrepreneur Kevin Gosnell announced the launch of ALS ONE – a partner organization of the ALS Association and ALS Finding a Cure that aims to bring world-leading experts in neurology and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) care together to realize an ambitious goal: finding a new ALS treatment within four years.
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Gloria and Me – ALS Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFHH6Ao2WFw Diagnosed with ALS, Gloria Taylor (1948-2012) spent what would be the last year of her life fighting a very public battle for the right to die with dignity. Gloria was at the centre of a successful British Columbia Supreme Court challenge that briefly overturned the ban on assisted suicide;…
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Last Week’s Hot Topic on ALS
Last week’s hot topic on ALS was the Potential ALS Treatments that May Be Identified by New Discoveries About Certain Proteins written by Margarida Azevedo. The article refers to the University of Kyoto and its researchers who discovered a protein associated with a gene involved in cancer suppression, the VHL protein,…
Researchers at the Institute for EthnoMedicine and the University of Miami Brain Endowment Bank have discovered that chronic exposure to an environmental toxin has the potential to increase the risk for neurodegenerative illnesses such as ALS and Alzheimer’s disease. The research paper, “Dietary exposure to an environmental toxin triggers neurofibrillary tangles and…
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