Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...

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Stellato and Hudson join host Robin Young to share their stories, their challenges as women with ALS, and their memories of Stavenhagen, whose legacy they hope to preserve. Shelly Stellato: “I was ...

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With the help of artificial intelligence, a coalition of Bay Area institutions identified 18 FDA-approved drugs that could improve the lives of those suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ...

For almost a decade, I’ve fought for a cure for a disease I don’t even have yet. In 2018, when my mom was dying of the fatal neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), I learned ...

A protein tied to ALS and dementia may have a much bigger role in disease than scientists realized. Researchers found that TDP43 controls a key DNA repair process, but when the protein becomes ...

U.S. AND SOON, THE WORLD. IT’S CALLED TALK TO ME, GOOSE, TALK TO ME, GOOSE, WHICH, IF ANYONE’S A TOP GUN FAN, IS THE VERY FIRST LINE AND THE VERY FIRST FILM. THAT’S WHAT HE SAYS WHEN HE NEEDS A LITTLE ...

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Eric Dane has died of ALS at the age of 53. Before his death, the actor opened up about the subtle signs of the neurological disorder he says he first ignored. Here’s the symptom he said he missed.

WHO 13 Meteorologist Jeriann Ritter says doctors believe she has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Ritter explained how she's handling the news in a taped interview that aired on the station's 6 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Vanderbilt ALS Research Center continues to work toward an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis cure. The ALS Association defines ALS — also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease — as a ...