“People can become really frustrated when trying to communicate, so if this app can make things easier that’s a really good thing,” says Matthew Hollis from theMotor Neurone Disease Association. There are currently limited options for people with ALS to communicate. The most common is t...
We used Big Five Inventory data obtained from an online questionnaire looking for risk factors for ALS to investigate personality traits in large numbers of people with ALS and controls.Jane A. Parkin KullmannThe Stacey Motor Neuron Disease LaboratorySusan Hayes...
In preclinical studies involving mice with an ALS gene mutation, the researchers saw that two months prior to ALS onset, monocytes in the spleen began exhibiting proinflammatory qualities. As disease onset loomed, there was an increase in cell-signaling molecules that directed monocytes to flood the...
Riluzole, a drug that has been used for more than 20 years to slow the progression of ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, was shown in a pilot phase 2 study to slow brain metabolic decline and have a positive effect on cognitive performance versus placebo in people with mild Alz...
In the United States, more than 5,600 people are diagnosed with ALS every year. In 90 to 95 percent of cases, there is no family history of the disease; it appears to occur randomly, with no clearly associated risk factors. Answer ALS’ research effort is “the single...
This measurement could be useful for estimating speech dysfunction and determining treatment to improve speech in patients with ALS or other neurological conditions, such as Parkinson's disease, cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis. "This highlights the importance of range of motion forspeech production...
Der Beitrag thematisiert die Bedeutung und Funktion von fotografischen Bildern während der AIDS-Epidemie in den USA der späten 1980er Jahre. Im Zentrum steht die Repräsentation von sog. People With AIDS, die das Image der Betroffenen und der Epi
Almost all people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) experience a motor speech disorder, such as dysarthria, as the disease progresses. At some point, 80 to of people with ALS are unable to meet their daily communication needs using natural speech. Unfortunately, once intelligibility begins ...
After a brief series of escalating symptoms, Taylor was diagnosed with ALS in the summer of 2023. Her career in botany, forestry, and related work in the wild was abruptly paused as she and her mother faced countless questions about the progression of the disease. The shock was especiall...
“We can leave the mountain anytime we want but those with ALS are prisoners in their own body”-Alex Williams. People with ALS start losing their ability to move as the disease goes through their body. In the Book Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom Morrie Schwartz has ALS and he tries...