There are many reasons to celebrate the life of genius physicist Stephen Hawking, but celebrating his 76th birthday is definitely extra special, reports Rare DR. As many know, Hawking suffers…
Nanette Whitfield, stood beside her best friend and husband as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) painfully took his life, reported The Record Courier. Watching someone you love slowly lose everything has…
Everyone with Facebook surely remembers when people were posting videos of themselves having ice cold water dumped on their heads. But, does everyone remember what it was for? The Ice…
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, affects approximately 30,000 people in the United States. The National Organization for Rare Diseases estimates that 5,000 more people are diagnosed…
You've heard about Hurricane Irma and Maria that hit Puerto Rico, destroying schools, hospitals, and leaving the island without power. You've seen the devastating photos. Millions of people living there…
You've seen hydrogels before: they're used in glues, contact lenses, breast implants, band-aids-- the list goes on. Hydrogels aren't exactly one thing, but a classification of gel: they're solid gel…
In 2014, Stephen Hawking, one of the world's leading thinkers and most famous faces of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), spoke out about the dangers of full artificial intelligence (AI). Hawking…
For a while, researchers and scientists have known that the protein, TDP-43, is found in clumps in the brain cells of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It has also…
If you're a millennial, or if you are close to a millennial, or actually if you just have a social media presence at all, you have probably heard of the…
Je suis sûr que vous avez entendu parler de la SLA après que le «Défi du dégel de glace» ait balayé la nation en 2014, mais peu ont probablement pris…
Sono sicuro che hai sentito parlare di ALS dopo che la "Ice Bucket Challenge" ha spazzato la nazione nel 2014, ma pochi ancora probabilmente hanno preso il tempo per ricercare…
I'm sure you've heard about ALS after the "Ice Bucket Challenge" swept the nation in 2014, but few still probably took the time to research and learn more about the…
First, there was the saltine cracker challenge, which allegedly has its origins at the University of Tennessee with Peyton Manning making a bet. Then came the Sprite and banana challenge…
Think back: Remember those halcyon days of 2014 when we spent the summer dumping buckets of ice water over our heads and challenging our friends to do it or pay…
I love sushi. I also love travelling to hot places who typically serve fish with higher instances of mercury. While I've always been aware that if you're trying to get…
On January 8, 2017, a man with one of the most brilliant minds of our age celebrated his 75th birthday. This, by itself, wouldn't be particularly remarkable, however the celebrant…
Every year, approximately 6,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly known as ALS. This disease is a degenerative condition that slowly kills off…
Every year, my friend, Meg Marlowe, participates in the Walk to Defeat ALS, which benefits research for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Meg's a great person, but beyond that, she has a very personal reason…
Wow! This is a pretty cool invention to help make life a little easier for people with disabilities. A start-up company called Neurable is working on a technology called BCI,…
Amanda and Chris Bernier, and their toddler Arabella, are in many ways, a rare family. Mom Amanda and dad Chris are both Wisconsin volunteer firefighters. Or at least Amanda was,…
Because her life has been defined not just by words, but by The Word, Connecticut evangelical pastor Nancy Butler (Pastor Nancy) has a Bible quotation stenciled in script over the…
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