Research
The following provides links for research on ALS. Click here to visit the ALS Canada information that includes the Neuromuscular Research Partnership (NRP).
- ALS Canada Site Link for Research
- International Alliance News Service. Please visit www.alsmndalliance.org for the latest news on ALS/MND.
- ALS Association For further information, go to http://www.alsa.org/research/article.cfm?id=678 and http://www.alsa.org/patient/drug.cfm
- Research Digest This site provides an idea of the extensive research ongoing for ALS on a global basis. Subscribe by visiting: www.als.net/research/hubben/signup.asp
- ALS Research Program Study on Sporadic ALS. For more information on this research program being conducted by Northwestern University in Chicago, click here to download the PDF file.
- Dr. Peter Anderson, renowned global expert in the genetics of ALS, Associate Professor of Neurology at Umea University, Sweden.
Click here to listen to a webcast of this special presentation from July 15, 2002: http://ppro.ir-live.com/ALSBC/2002.07.15/eals020715-a/links.htm - ALS Journal. Please visit the following wesbite for latest news and updates: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a911419844~tab=references
- 'I've got nothing to lose by trying it - Weighing up claims about cures and treatments for long-term conditions' The guide, published by Sense About Science with the Multiple Sclerosis Society, Motor Neurone Disease Association, Alzheimer's Society and Parkinson's Disease Society, explains how to tell the beneficial from the bogus in the face of the miracle cure stories, new wonder-drugs and breakthrough therapies that are increasingly promoted. Click here to download guide
- 'Stem Cell Therapies: Now and In the Future' The Austrailian Stem Cell Patient Handbook. What you should know about experimental therapies overseas and what is happening on your own doorstep. Click here to download handbook
Canadian Family Physician. You are hereby granted permission to reprint the following article: Shoesmith CL, Strong MJ, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Update for family physicians. Can Fam Phys 2006;52:1563-1569. Click on the PDF icon to download the article.