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ALS is often called Lou Gehrig's disease after the baseball player who was diagnosed with it. The exact cause of the disease is still not known. A small ...
ALS is a type of motor neuron disease in which nerve cells gradually break down and die. Doctors usually don't know why ALS occurs. Some cases are inherited.
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— Researchers at Mayo Clinic have discovered an abnormal protein that accumulates in the brains of many patients affected with two common neurodegenerative ...
Lou Gehrig's disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS, is ... disease that destroys nerve cells and causes disability. ALS often begins ...
sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease. This neurodegenerative disorder causes nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord to die, blocking signals to the muscles ...
"In the care of our ALS patients there is a need for more reliable ways to determine how fast the disease is progressing," says Dr. Boylan, who is the study's ...
There's no good evidence that statins cause or trigger ALS , also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. However, there have been reports of people who have ...
ALS is a type of progressive motor neuron disease that typically strikes at middle to later life and causes nerve cells in spinal cord, brain stem and brain ...
Medications · Riluzole (Rilutek, Exservan, Tiglutik). Taken by mouth, this medicine can increase life expectancy by about 25%. It can cause side effects such as ...
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