Researchers identify a key pathway leading to neurodegeneration in early stages of ALS, hinting at the potential for short-circuiting the progression of the fatal disease if diagnosed early.

The early-stage pipeline for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis drugs exploded last year. After ALS R&D notched 28 new trial starts in 2023, the rate more than doubled to 60 in 2024, Citeline recently ...

An Ohio man in the final stages of a terminal illness is speaking out about the lack of end-of-life options in his state. David Hollister, 64, of Chagrin Falls, was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral ...

When CBS News visited Barbara Goodfriend's home in New Jersey, it was crowded with family and friends — a place that seemed full of life. So it was hard to process that it was also a place where she ...

“I'm not afraid of dying...I was afraid of living," 83-year-old Barbara Goodfriend said before her death in November CBS Evening News/Youtube A New Jersey woman opened up about her decision to end her ...