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An Almost-New Wheelchair
Forced to Sit Still and Shut Up -- Life Before, and During ALS —
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Its Christmas Eve and I am getting ready to go to my family tomorrow for the day. I am honored to be invited to a New Years Eve party on Long Island, but there are challenges getting me there, so I might not be able to go. The lady willing to drive me has an SUV with no back seat, so I would have to lie reclining ...6 days ago -
Yet another deadly danger linked to the Gardasil HPV vaccine
Holy Hormones, Honey! —
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The Health Sciences Institute December 21, 2009 They’ll call it coincidence. They’ll try to just write it off. But we’re one day closer to the day of reckoning. Earlier this year, two young girls died after painful battles with ALS, better known as Lou Gherig’s disease. One ALS expert noted that the ...1 week ago -
SI Piece on Marin Morrison & Nick Scandone
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Some excellent writing in the latest Sports Illustrated (cover below) with pieces by Austin Murphy on Alabama football and Lee Jenkins on Vince Young of the Titans. My favorite, though, was on U.S. Bejing Paralympic Athletes Marin Morrison and Nick Scandone . Written by L. Jon Wertheim , its titled "The ...2 weeks ago -
Clinic Visit -- AFOs, nutrition, wheelchair, etc
Forced to Sit Still and Shut Up -- Life Before, and During ALS —
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So I went back to the clinic at Cornell, and this time I met the Physical Therapist for the first time who told me that the brace [AFO] I am wearing is really for foot drop, not for the ankle pronation I have. So she said that I should only wear the AFOs when I have to stand, and not throughout the day. She also ...2 weeks ago -
Molecule Discovery Might Help ALS Patients
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THURSDAY, Dec. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified a molecule that can reduce symptoms and prolong the life of mice with a type of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). read more2 weeks ago -
Tiny molecule slows progression of Lou Gehrig’s disease in mice
BreakThrough Digest Medical News —
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Contact: Aline McKenzie aline.mckenzie@sbcglobal.net 214-648-3404 UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS Dec. 10, 2009 Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that a molecule produced naturally by muscles in response to nerve damage can reduce symptoms and prolong life in a mouse model of ...3 weeks ago -
SNPwatch: A New Genetic Variant Associated with ALS Risk and Age-of-Onset
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a rare and deadly neurological disorder affecting voluntary muscle movement. It typically claims victims’ lives about three years after symptoms begin. In the United States, the condition is more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, after the Yankees slugger who died of ...3 weeks ago -
Mayo Clinic researchers show brain waves can write on a computer in early tests
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BOSTON, Mass. -- Neuroscientists at the Mayo Clinic campus in Jacksonville, Fla., have demonstrated how brain waves can be used to type alphanumerical characters on a computer screen. By merely focusing on the "q" in a matrix of letters, for example, that "q" appears on the monitor. ...3 weeks ago -
Heavy metal paradox could point toward new therapy for Lou Gehrigs disease
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CORVALLIS, Ore. -- New discoveries have been made about how an elevated level of lead, which is a neurotoxic heavy metal, can slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrigs disease -- findings that could point the way to a new type of therapy.4 weeks ago
