lou gehrig's disease

  1. J

    new, scared and confused

    Hello, My father is 77 and has just been diagnosed with ALS. We lost my Mom last November which devastated him as they were married for 52 years and had never been apart. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in April, put on meds. for 3 weeks and we finally got him to a neurologist June...
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  2. Mike27

    Business Plan to Fight Disease

    Hi all! Here's an article I thought you might find interesting. It's not really research related but still pretty good! From Article: Read the article here: http://workingknowledge.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5360&t=nonprofit Cheers!
  3. R

    OLFACTORY BULB STEM CELLS AND LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE

    A new hope on stem cell research Johns Hopkins researchers have found that transplants of mouse stem cells taken from the adult brain's olfactory bulb can delay symptoms and death in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease. They are scheduled to present...
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    • Forum: General discussion about ALS/MND
  4. P

    LIVES LIVED

    Printed yesterday in the Globe and Mail... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050929/LIVES29/TPComment/Features Gisèle (mentioned below) is a member of this forum...
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  5. L

    Creatine, Vitamin E and Methylcobalamin

    Hello fellow faith-walkers, I have been doing a lot of internet research (as I'm sure most people who have family members with ALS do) and found information about creatine, vitamin E and methylcobalamin, a form of Vitamin B12 (see article below). Does anyone use these supplements? Where do...
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    • Forum: General discussion about ALS/MND
  6. P

    CytRx Phase II Trial for ALS - arimoclomol

    CytRx Phase II Trial for ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Expected to Begin After Second Quarter Monday June 20, 8:30 am ET Company responds to FDA request for information regarding arimoclomol CytRx Corporation (Nasdaq: CYTR - News), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development and...
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  7. P

    On a mission to find a cure

    U of T researcher tackles ALS by JENNIFER WELLS There comes a chilling moment, staring as we are at a microscopic cross section of a human spinal cord, when Janice Robertson steps away from her telescope and offers a layperson an up-close image of what she has just been studying. The revealed...
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    • Forum: General discussion about ALS/MND
  8. S

    New Clues to Cause of Lou Gehrig's Disease

    Hi everyone, Don't know if any of you had seen this: New Clues to Cause of Lou Gehrig's Disease July 20, 2004 06:03:04 AM PDT , HealthDay   By Ed Edelson HealthDay Reporter   TUESDAY, July 20 (HealthDayNews) -- Animal studies are pointing to problems with mitochondria, the energy...
  9. C

    Going to China

    Has anyone considerred going to China for Oec transplantation. I am scheduled to go. Nothing will ever happen here to help the condition of ALS, at least in the time some of us might have available. Here's some info. BEIJING -- A Chinese neurosurgeon has been besieged by desperate Americans...
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    • Forum: General discussion about ALS/MND
  10. J

    Team Help! needed.

    :arrow: Dear Editor Topic Health ALS. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (aka. Lou Gehrig's Disease) This disease must be made more aware of as statistics climb. ALS destroys motor neurons that are an important link in the nervous system, and through which the brain controls the voluntary...
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