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April 3, 2014 4:06 AM
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Now this screwy move is worth pissing and moaning about. Contact your Congressional representatives to pressure to gut this outrageous action.
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April 2, 2014 5:34 AM
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April 1, 2014 4:12 PM
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In 2014, the goal is to raise $150,000, but hitting $170,000 would collectively reach the half million dollar mark between the three events, according to Aubrey McCauley of the ALS Association.
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April 1, 2014 9:01 AM
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The images of DNA fragments, the lab says, were either doctored or entirely fabricated.
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March 28, 2014 4:56 PM
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Patients and caregivers are increasingly tapping into the power of mobile apps to support them in their difficult journeys. These apps provide mental stimulation to those affected by neurological diso
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March 28, 2014 3:19 PM
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A 26-year-old mother of two is about to embark on a medical journey that could stop her multiple sclerosis in its tracks.
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March 28, 2014 12:39 PM
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Intel engineer Travis Bonifield recently returned from Cambridge, U.K., after delivering a new computer system to Hawking. This isn't the first system that Bonifield, based in Hillsboro, Ore., has brought to the famous physicist -- he's been working with Hawking for more than a decade.
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March 27, 2014 3:40 PM
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Parkinson’s disease affects as many as 1.5 million Americans, with about 60,000 additional patients newly diagnosed each year, and costs the U.S. economy more than $14 billion a year. America’s biopharmaceutical research companies are working hard to develop new treatments, and are currently developing 37 new medicines to help patients living with Parkinson’s, a chronic, progressive neurological disease.
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March 25, 2014 11:07 PM
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NewsChannel 3 has been following Oyer and his family's efforts to raise money for ALS research for several years.
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March 24, 2014 12:23 AM
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The Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute has received a $2.5 million grant from the Department of Defense to conduct animal studies that, if successful, could provide the basis for a clinical trial of a gene therapy product for patients with Lou Gehrig's disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
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has been identified in a study led by the U.S National Institute on Aging (NIA). ALS is a fatal degenerative condition that kills nerve cells, resulting in weak
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April 2, 2014 4:21 PM
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Researchers have created a new tool that allows ALS patients to use their brains to communicate.
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April 2, 2014 4:09 AM
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Today is the first day of Parkinson's Awareness Month! Help spread awareness and hope - share this photo to show that together we'll do Whatever It Takes to Beat Parkinson's!
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April 1, 2014 4:03 PM
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A little more than two years have passed since a small gym, sandwiched between a church and discount grocery store on West Fort Lowell Road, opened for people with Parkinson’s
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March 30, 2014 9:00 PM
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It is my pleasure to take this opportunity to formally introduce the ALS Young Advocates Task Force. We have spent the better part of the last year working with ALS Association staff to develop and formalize the effort and appreciate everyone who.........
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March 28, 2014 3:50 PM
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An antioxidant discovered more than a dozen years ago may be able to treat patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a devastating neurodegenerative disease that is usually fatal within 5 years of diagnosis that currently has no cure.
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March 28, 2014 12:56 PM
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Stem cell research is caught up in controversy once more, but it is too early for gloom about this promising field
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March 27, 2014 3:56 PM
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A Gulf War veteran, Mike White is battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a fatal motor-neuron disease.
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March 26, 2014 11:02 PM
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WTAE Channel 4 focuses on Pittsburghers and their courageous journeys of strength within a fatal disease. A person diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, will receive essentially the same prognosis as the New York Yankee; an average life expectancy of two to five years.
Now on the 75th anniversary of the Yankee slugger's chilling farewell speech, Chronicle: Living Like Lou reveals Pittsburgh’s story of hope and highlight the remarkable character of local residents and their families who are suffering with ALS.
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March 24, 2014 10:34 PM
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Israel-based BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics said on Monday the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company a key patent for its autologous stem cell technology.
The patent covers BrainStorm's stem cells induced to
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March 24, 2014 12:04 AM
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Chattanooga Area Brain Injury Association announced that Chris Nowinski, sports and entertainment figure, author, and activist, will be speaking at the annual fundraiser – The Many Faces of Brain Injury - on March 27, 6-8 p.m., at......
