Experts say that unless we commit ourselves now to aggressive, collaborative brain disease research, by the year 2025, a staggering 1 in 25 American adults will be diagnosed with ALS, or the closely related Alzheimer's or Parkinson's diseases. The
Experts say that unless we commit ourselves now to aggressive, collaborative brain disease research, by the year 2025, a staggering 1 in 25 American adults will be diagnosed with ALS, or the closely related Alzheimer's or Parkinson's diseases. The
President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Taking a two-day break from summer vacation, Obama met with top advisers at the White House to review developments in
But patients and doctors, like those who care for Mohr, say that any attention given to this disease is welcome. Thousands of people have participated in the campaign, which has raised $22.9 million in just a few weeks for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry recently estimated that ALS affects four in 100,000 people in the U.S. population, but since ALS is not listed as a cause of death, exact numbers aren't known. What Newhouse knows is that many more