Advocates for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — a fatal condition known as Lou Gehrig’s disease — urged lawmakers ...

Students from the University of South Carolina started a recent campaign using the ice bucket challenge to raise mental health awareness. The repurposing of the trend has sparked criticism from people ...

Columnist Juliet Taylor explains how her goals and priorities dramatically shifted while living with her late husband's ALS.

The 2014 phenomenon had people throwing buckets of iced water over themselves to raise money for the neurodegenerative disease ALS. | ITV National News ...

The Ice Bucket Challenge has made a return, but this time to raise awareness about the importance of mental health, with ...

Steve McMichael wasn't just a defensive tackle, he was a larger-than-life figure whose presence transcended the gridiron.

While life with ALS brings continued disease progression, columnist Kristin Neva is encouraged by signs of renewal outdoors.

There’s just one problem — Bates is alive. The mayhem started after a graphic aired showing how Ty Jerome’s 28 points off the ...

Surfer and filmmaker Greg Browning, known for his movie series “Drive Thru” which took him around the globe with some of the top surfers in the world, died last week from complications related to ALS.

People usually live three to five years after diagnosis, according to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, though some can live decades. There is no cure for the disease. ALS, which is also known ...

according to the ALS Association, a non-profit organization which works to research the disease and offer resources to people living with it. There is currently no known cure. CNN has reached out ...

However, many patients with ALS far exceed these numbers. The ALS Association reports that about 10% of people diagnosed with ALS live at least 10 more years, while about 5% live at least 20 years ...