ALS… Why Do We Care?
ALS is a neurodegenerative disease that quickly kills motor neuron functioning in the body. In most cases, patients afflicted with the disease die within five ...
Tag: Ice Bucket Challenge
ALS: More Than Just an Ice Bucket Challenge
Recently ALS has been on the radar of many because of something called the ALS ice bucket challenge. The challenge composes of people dumping a bucket of ice on...
ALS: Put your Money Where the Ice is
Imagine if a close family member or friend was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The statistics flocking into your mind would include the debilitati...
Annual ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Until We Find a Cure!
I must admit, at this time last year I perused social media with a hatred for video after video of people dumping ice water on their heads in the name of ALS fu...
Current Progress in ALS Research
The body is the vessel through and by which we experience the world. To be unable to interact with it physically while being mentally aware is arguably the scar...
I Challenge You to Learn About ALS and the Ice Buket Challenge
The neurodegenerative disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has been the center of YouTube videos and Facebook feeds for the past few months. It has bee...
CTE to ALS, a Deadly Path
ALS, the current neurological disease du jour, has been thrust into the minds of Americans via the now-infamous “Ice Bucket Challenge”. While the cause of this ...
ALS: More Than Just the Ice Bucket Challenge
In the last few months, the Ice Bucket Challenge has swept the nation with everyone from celebrities to your neighbor – and likely yourself too – completing thi...
Too Many Players on the Field
ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a disease that has received much attention in the past few months due to the infamous “Ice Bucket Challenge.” Though t...
ALS: Recent Publicity Reignites Awareness
ALS awareness has taken the nation by storm recently thanks to the famous “ALS Ice-Bucket Challenge.” I personally have little to no experience wit...