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Ice Bucket Challenge Funds Canadian ALS Guidelines

Ice Bucket Challenge Funds Canadian ALS Guidelines

  • Post author:Jessica Lynn
  • Post published:December 1, 2020
  • Post category:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

This past month, the Ice Bucket Challenge was brought back into the spotlight when co-founder of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, Pat Quinn, unfortunately passed away. As the ALS Association…

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Pete Frates, Who Inspired the Ice Bucket Challenge, Has Died of ALS 
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Pete Frates, Who Inspired the Ice Bucket Challenge, Has Died of ALS 

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:December 17, 2019
  • Post category:Rare Disease

By Rachel Whetstone from In the Cloud Copy  Pete Frates, known for being an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) advocate and an inspiration for the Ice Bucket Challenge, has passed away…

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The Great Ice Bucket Challenge of 2014 Leads to New ALS Research
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The Great Ice Bucket Challenge of 2014 Leads to New ALS Research

  • Post author:Ellen Johnson
  • Post published:December 22, 2017
  • Post category:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Rare Disease

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…

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The High Stakes Gamble of Raising Hopes for a New ALS Treatment

The High Stakes Gamble of Raising Hopes for a New ALS Treatment

  • Post author:Ronald Ledsen
  • Post published:August 3, 2017
  • Post category:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Rare Disease

As rare, neurodegenerative diseases go, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—or ALS—“enjoys” an unusually high profile. This is due in no small part to both the ice bucket challenge that was everywhere a…

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Ice Bucket Challenge Creator is Home from Latest Hospitalization from ALS
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Ice Bucket Challenge Creator is Home from Latest Hospitalization from ALS

  • Post author:Athena Lee
  • Post published:July 14, 2017
  • Post category:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Rare Disease

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…

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An Odd Link Between ALS and Sushi
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An Odd Link Between ALS and Sushi

  • Post author:Patient Worthy Contributor
  • Post published:February 23, 2017
  • Post category:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Rare Disease

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…

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