The Disease: Obesity
Throughout our media, we see headlines about obesity and the plague-like effect it has over our country. Shows and lifestyle programs are dedicated to stopping ...
Category: Disease
Too Much Fat in Your Diet?
From being too busy to simply being lazy, it is really easy to decide against cooking breakfast, lunch, or dinner and going out to eat instead. With McDonalds a...
The Science Behind Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease after the New York Yankee baseball player Lou Gehrig. During his season in 19...
ALS and Oxidative Stress – A Possible Culprit
ALS is a complicated and sinister illness. Over time it deteriorates the motor neurons in your brain and spinal cord, trapping its victims inside of their own b...
ALS: Holding on to Hope
One of the greatest blessings we often take for granted is our privilege to be able-minded and able-bodied. We live our lives boldly, making life goals and hold...
The Complications of ALS
ALS is not a very common disease, probably due to its complexity, but has affected many lives nonetheless over the years. Families have seen their kin come and ...
Struggling to Hold On: The ALS Story
You’re Not YOU Picture this: You are 29 years old, in shape, happily married, thinking of children, an avid baker, and enjoying playing the piano in the e...
What We Don’t Know About ALS
It all starts out with muscle weakness in either the hands or the feet, and slowly progresses to slurred speech, stumbling, bad posture. These are just some of ...
ALS: Bringing Awareness to This Neurodegenerative Disease
Background Information on ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a debilitating disease that can often be difficult to diagn...
ALS – Finding Hope
This past week the Fargo-Moorhead community lost an angel to a disease that continually seems to rip away our hope and block any light at the end of the tunnel....