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ALS Consortium Launches Website to Advance ALS Research
The first study participant was enrolled in July 2024, and since that time, the consortium has recruited over 300 ...
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Join the ABC11 Stogner Strong Team and other ways you can help fight ALS
ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that gradually robs individuals of their ability to walk, talk, eat, and eventually breathe.
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She Lost Her Husband to ALS and Used Her Tech Background to Fight Back
After losing her husband to ALS, Indu Navar used her tech background to create real change. Learn how she built a data-driven ...
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Mother with rare ALS touts ‘miracle drug’ that has stopped her disease
Eight years after receiving a life-shattering diagnosis, a New Jersey mother credits an “amazing” new drug for stopping her disease in its tracks. Raziel Green, 52, an active runner and mother ...
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Marisa Wexler, MS, senior science writer—
A bipartisan team of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate is pushing for legislation to help ensure that spouses of veterans who die from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have ...
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Regina woman is living proof of 'breakthrough' ALS drug now approved in Canada
A Regina mother who was one of the first ALS patients to test a new treatment is now celebrating its accelerated approval in Canada for adults with an ultra-rare form of the disease. Paula ...
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5 years ago, the WHO declared COVID a pandemic. Here's a look at the disease by the numbers
About 1.22 million people have died of COVID in the U.S., CDC data shows. Tuesday marks five years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global outbreak of COVID-19 to be a pandemic.
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Prince Frederik of Luxembourg dies at 22 from rare mitochondrial disease
Prince Frederik of Luxembourg died on Feb. 28 from a rare mitochondrial disease, according to a statement issued over the weekend by his parents, Prince Robert and Princess Julie. He was 22.
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How Gene Hackman's wife Betsy contracted rare rat disease hantavirus
Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa tragically died alongside her husband in February,with tests showing the classical pianist contracted the rare rodent disease Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS).
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Gene Hackman and Wife Betsy Arakawa Likely Died a Week Apart, Both of Natural Causes
Hackman's cause of death was revealed as "hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease," with Alzheimer's deemed a "significant contributory factor." Actor Gene Hackman was found to ...
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Gene Hackman Died From Alzheimer’s & Severe Heart Disease After His Wife Died Several Days Before
A February 27 autopsy of Gene Hackman reveals the 95-year-old Oscar winner died of a combination of “advanced Alzheimer’s disease” and severe heart disease, the New Mexico Chief Medical ...
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Denali's ALS drug fails to redeem itself, missing key biomarker in trial extension
Denali Therapeutics’ amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) drug has racked up another clinical miss this year, leaving the company to mull the asset’s future. The therapy, dubbed DNL343, is ...