Archive Monthly Archives: January 2020
Radicava (Edaravone)
There are a selection of medications which have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), although there is no cure for the disease.
Continue readingALS Blood Tests
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that can be very hard to accurately diagnose. Affecting nearly half a million people worldwide, awareness of this disease has grown in
Continue readingRemembering Pete Frates Who Inspired the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
ALS awareness has undoubtedly been enhanced as a result of a number of high profile individuals being diagnosed with the disease. Lou Gehrig and Stephen Hawking are two names that immediately spring to
Continue readingRilutek (Riluzole)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease for which there is currently no cure. There has been much research carried out into this condition over the last couple
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