Living for 27 years with Lou Gehrig’s disease (and beating the odds), he started Ride for Life, an annual trek that has raised millions for ALS research.
Two ALS patients in Australia have been able to control their PCs through direct thought with the implant of a brain-computer interface from Synchron, a biomed startup based in San Francisco.
Baron Wolman, who captured iconic images of rock and roll as the very first staff photographer for Rolling Stone, has died. He was 83.
His rep, Dianne Duenzl, confirmed to Rolling Stone and NPR in a statement that Wolman died at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico on Monday following a battle with ALS.
Dozens of friends, family members and supporters of former Auburn Auburn City Councilor Peter Ruzicka drove past his home on Sunday morning to offer encouragement in his fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Well-wishers gathered at Emerson Park and drove past Ruzicka's current home on East Lake Road in Owasco.