Bradford Smith became the third patient to test Elon Musk's Neuralink — and the first one to do so without a voice.

The viral Ice Bucket Challenge from more than a decade ago is making a comeback, taking on a new approach to raise awareness ...

Once a viral fundraiser for ALS, the Ice Bucket Challenge has resurfaced to benefit the mental health group Active Minds, ...

Reduced levels of a critical protein are linked to devastating brain diseases like Alzheimer's, frontotemporal dementia, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Surprisingly, the protein shortage ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease based on the iconic 1930s New York Yankee baseball player ...

The #SpeakYourMIND ice bucket challenge was started by USC students in the MIND (Mental Illness Needs Discussion) club last month, as a way to honor a student who died by suicide. The club is hoping ...

Brad Smith, of Arizona, has become the first person with ALS to receive a brain implant from Neuralink as part of an ongoing clinical trial.

A former tech executive who lost her husband to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, hopes her app will help people with the ...

University of California, Davis researchers have developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) that enables computer cursor ...

For ALS Awareness Month this year, advocates want to raise the profile of the neurodegenerative disease in support of care, ...

There were no page-topping headlines in newspapers around the world announcing that on May 2, 1939, Lou Gehrig of the New ...