Is there any connection between Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)?

ALS is one of the Muscular Dystrophy diseases. Typically life expectancy with ALS is less than 5 years from date of diagnosis. Most people with ALS die from respiratory failure.

MS causes cognitive problems in about 50% of people who have it as well as short term memory problems and emotional problems. Depression is very common. While people think that MS only causes physi...

Just got back from a MS Symposium yesterday. As far as Oral meds the following were identified as potnetial drugs to come, but it is still a few years down the line. In Phase II Trials (Control...

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A person can't "contract" ALS, as it's not an infectious disease. And MS does not predispose to the development of ALS.

First your doing a wonderful thing by helping you bf. It's a life changing event to be dx'd with ms and it effects everyone not just the person with ms. Although MS can cause cognitive ...

My MS Experience My name is William (Bill) Roberts; I am 58 years old, was diagnosed with RRMS in 1998, and upgraded to Secondary Progressive in 2002. My chief symptoms are (were) extreme mixed sl...