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The Golden West Chapter will host the Kern County Walk to Defeat ALS Kickoff and Movie Night on Thursday, July 20, 2023 at Studio Movie Grill in Bakersfield. The Kickoff event will include a red carpet event at 5:00 PM, and then a special screening at 5:30 PM of the PBS documentary, “Matter of Mind:…
With the help of artificial intelligence, ALS patients are able to preserve their ability to speak. Dr. Jon LaPook has more.
Erin Kunz took a circuitous route to studying the brain. The third year PhD student in Electrical Engineering started her career developing autonomous vehicles at General Motors (GM) — but now she uses her software engineering and machine learning skills in the Neural Prosthetics Translational Laboratory at Stanford, led by faculty members Jamie Henderson and the…
New research suggests that targeting autoimmune inflammation associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) using two drugs, one of them already approved for multiple sclerosis, could be a promising approach for treatment. ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. It…
Steve Witt was diagnosed with ALS in May 2022. As a former copywriter at several New York advertising agencies for much of his career, Steve decided to put his writing skills to use with the monthly ALS journal, No Leg to Stand On. His dark, sometimes raw and profane, but always humorous take on ALS…
The Golden West Chapter is proud to have celebrated the 3rd Annual Lou Gehrig Day in partnership with Major League Baseball, which honors the legacy of Lou Gehrig and all those lost to the disease that bears his name. The goal of Lou Gehrig Day is to celebrate the ALS community and raise ALS awareness…
As a valued member of our ALS community, we have important news to share with you on behalf of our Board of Directors and leadership team. As of September 1, 2023, fifteen chapters, currently members of the ALS Association, will legally separate from the organization. This includes Golden West. These chapters represent nearly half of…
The third annual Lou Gehrig Day was celebrated throughout Major League Baseball in June to honor the legacy of Gehrig and all those lost to the disease that bears his name, to raise ALS awareness and funding, and to celebrate the ALS community. On Friday, June 2, 2023, the San Francisco Giants hosted their Lou…
On a recent crisp June night, as the Chicago Cubs prepare to take on the Pittsburgh Pirates, fans dressed in blue pack Wrigley Stadium’s famous bleachers. Sitting in his wheelchair, 42-year-old Brian Wallach looks out over the park, rooting for a very particular outcome that has nothing to do with baseball. He has amyotrophic lateral…
Expanding access to clinical trials is crucial to making ALS livable for everyone, everywhere, until we find a cure. One way to help make that a reality is by making sure people from historically underrepresented communities are able to take part in clinical trials. The effects of drugs and treatments can vary depending on factors…