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I hope nothing I say will be taken as disrespectful to the many people here with ALS who face very difficult and challenging situations every day. But I need to vent a little, I am very confused and upset about my situation. I was diagnosed with ALS August 4, at the UCLA neuromuscular clinic...

Here is a link sent by neuralstem today http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090605091858.htm The only reason it was of interest to me is because we recently went to a UK conference on stem cell treatment and one of the other speakers was an highly thought of italian researcher in...

I dont know whether it is possible for anyone to find a copy on the internet, of a programme shown on UK BBC tv last night May 18th Panorama With the title Stem Cells and Miracles. It was predominantly about a child who is blind and a lady with MS. The clinics they visited were in China and...

Dear all -- I wanted to post this article that I read on the Irish Times website because I thought it did a good job of discussing the stem cell controversy that rages on. It's the first story I've read on the subject that I think strikes a balance between what the Western Scientists think and...

Sorry ladies.. but if you ask at your local health food store there is a coffee alternative you can buy -- smells like coffee, tastes like coffee... with a little sugar, i'm sure you won't really notice the difference. I will try and get the name of it. I used to drink it back when I tried to...

Well... I finally got the call from the MAYO, and my appointment is set for April 21st. I am seeing Dr. Bruce Evans. Since we still have a wide angle lense on this thing we're starting with a general neurological approach, though I did notice one of his specialties is cerebrovascular...

What I did today...... I was told yesterday by a doctor that I absolutely could (I heard "should") not eat salad anymore. This is not so much choking related, for me the choking on liquids can still be controlled by leaning forward most of the time. This was because of my latest gift from ALS...

ALS: Strategies for Quality Living 9th Annual Conference June 6, 2008 (8:00am – 3:30pm) Location: McLaughlin Education Centre, EG61, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5 The Centre is fully wheelchair accessible. Please download the...

Dear all, Just a quick hi to ask if anyone's planning on coming along to the ALS/MND International Symposium in Toronto next week. I'll be there with an information stand, please do drop by and say hello if you're about. I'll be taking notes and creating a narrated powerpoint presentation...

A new lithium based therapy for ALS was announced recently at a conference in Rome. The release is in Italian at: http://www.diregiovani.it/gw/producer/dettaglio.aspx?id_doc=5490 I ran it through Google translator to English and then took a stab at editing the very rough output to make it more...