Sufferers say the pain caused by the nerve disorder is so debilitating that they can’t smile, laugh or even make eye contact with another person.

Mother says she ‘lost’ her daughter overnight to incurable condition - Poppy Allard was a seemingly healthy baby, when, at ...

A total of three cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare and incurable brain condition, have been detected in Hood River ...

A directive in January from the National Institutes of Health aimed to reduce funding for many of the essential costs that ...

Eric Dane's recent ALS diagnosis brings his life and the condition itself into focus. His representative confirmed the progressive neurological disease.

At a Motor Neurone Disease support group, there is passion - and frustration - about the need to raise awareness of the ...

Three rare cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), including two deaths, have been reported in Oregon’s Hood River County. The fatal brain disorder causes rapid cognitive decline. Health officials ...

incurable illness also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Actor Eric Dane, 52, revealed he was diagnosed with the rare neurological disease ALS. People with ALS gradually lose the ability to walk ...

Northern Scotland has one of the highest rates of Huntington’s disease globally, according to new research from the University of Aberdeen. For the first time in 35 years, scientists have ...

Dane, who is perhaps best known for his role as “Dr McSteamy” on Grey’s Anatomy, confirmed his diagnosis to People magazine on Thursday, “I have been diagnosed with ALS,” Dane told the ...