Medically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MD Multiple sclerosis (MS) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also called Lou Gehrig's disease) are both diseases that affect your central nervous system ...

Mark Kirton, the former Maple Leaf and NHLer who waged a long struggle against ALS and became spokesman for expanded ...

A brain-computer interface has enabled people with paralysis to turn their thoughts directly into words, requiring less ...

Brooke Eby posted a "dying diary" to describe the feeling of her ALS and progressing paralysis. The 36-year-old TikToker ...

New advances in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology may make speech for those who've lost the ability to do easier than ...

Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an uncommon form of ALS that occurs due to an inherited gene. The disease causes motor neurons to die, which can lead to progressive muscle weakness.

By decoding neural signals linked to a person’s inner monologue, researchers enabled communication for individuals with ...

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common motor neuron disease, with an incidence of 1 or 2 cases per 100,000 persons and a lifetime risk of 1 case per 800 persons.

In a recent study, scientists successfully decoded not only the words people tried to say but the words they merely imagined saying.