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    My previous thread is closed. 5 Questions

    Hello, I am sorry to be back. I visited the other thread I opened, and it was closed, so I am starting this one. https://www.alsforums.com/forum/do-i-have-als-als/27574-various-questions-regards-als.html Not sure if some of you remember me...although I've been away, I haven't forgotten any of...
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    Bad experience with alternative medicine?

    I'm a professor and freelance journalist commissioned to write an article for a major magazine about the debate over alternative/integrative/complementary medicine. There are many people with stories about how alternative medicine has been helpful in the treatment of ALS. Less common are stories...
  3. canmark

    Still Alice co-director with ALS

    In her Golden Globes acceptance speech (Best Actress for Still Alice, a film about a woman with Alzheimer’s), Julianne Moore mentioned how one of her co-directors (they are a gay couple) has ALS. A Google search turned up this NYTimes article: The Makers of ‘Still Alice’ Have Their Own Story of...
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    Brainstorm: final result phase 2a trial on monday

    NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics (BCLI) soared 20.88% to $4.69 on higher-than-average volume in morning trading Wednesday ahead of the biotech company's data release on Monday. Brainstorm intends to release the final results from its Phase 2a trial of its stem...
  5. Graybeard

    First Cure! repeat 2

    Danged mod triggers: ------------ Haredi leader Rabbi Refoel Shmulevitz, a victim of the motor neuron disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), may be the first known patient cured of ALS, which he was diagnosed with two years ago. ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrigs’ disease after the...
  6. krnNdug

    ASU documentary on ALS & IBC

    I was nominated by the local ALSA chapter to be the subject of a documentary on fundraising and the Ice Bucket Challenge and ALS for the ASU School of Journalism. The students did a great job considering the subject patient could break many cameras and mirrors. I would love to get your comments...
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    Worried about twitches

    Hi, I have just joined today. I'm looking for advice really.. At the start of September I developed a muscle twitch in my lower left eyelid. It happens every day and is worse on waking in the morning. I have seen my GP who told me its nothing more tha tiredness and stress. Then a few weeks ago...
  8. Nikki J

    Microneurotrophins

    Developed by Dr. Achilleas Gravanis, Professor of Pharmacology at University of Crete’s School of Medicine, MicroNeurotrophins appear to mimic the beneficial properties of neurotrophins—naturally occurring proteins that help motor neurons develop, grow, function, signal, and even repair...
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    Stem Cell trial (Nurown)

    BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics - October 6, 2014 "The completion of patients follow-up in this second clinical trial of NurOwn™ is an important milestone in its clinical development,” stated Dr. Yael Gothelf, PhD, Vice President of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs for BrainStorm. “We are very...
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    Articl in nrw york times on neuroprotective effects of lithium

    THE idea of putting a mind-altering drug in the drinking water is the stuff of sci-fi, terrorist plots and totalitarian governments. Considering the outcry that occurred when putting fluoride in the water was first proposed, one can only imagine the furor that would ensue if such a thing were...
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