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ALS IS A TOUGH DISEASE. IT CALLS FOR AN ORGANIZED AGGRESSIVE APPROACH. WE START BY CONFIRMING THE DIAGNOSIS AND EXCLUDING ALS MIMICS. IF ALS IS CONFIRMED WE USE THE LATEST DISEASE-MODIFYING THERAPIES TO SLOW PROGRESSION. OUR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM IDENTIFIES SPECIFIC SYMPTOMS AND PROBLEMS AND PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR DEALING WITH THEM. WE ARE ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR NEW THERAPIES IN OUR ACTIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM. ALL OF US HERE ARE ENTHUSIASTIC AND HOPEFUL!
ALS IS A TOUGH DISEASE. IT CALLS FOR AN ORGANIZED AGGRESSIVE APPROACH. WE START BY CONFIRMING THE DIAGNOSIS AND EXCLUDING ALS MIMICS. IF ALS IS CONFIRMED WE USE THE LATEST DISEASE-MODIFYING THERAPIES TO SLOW PROGRESSION. OUR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM IDENTIFIES SPECIFIC SYMPTOMS AND PROBLEMS AND PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR DEALING WITH THEM. WE ARE ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR NEW THERAPIES IN OUR ACTIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM. ALL OF US HERE ARE ENTHUSIASTIC AND HOPEFUL!
Recent and Upcoming Events
October 5, 2023 at 5:00 pm
Zac Brown Band in concert at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek in Raleigh, benefiting the Duke ALS Clinic (yup, us!).
Their guitarist, John Driskell Hopkins, is living with ALS and is using his platform to advocate for the cause. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zac-brown-band-john-driskell-hopkins-als-diagnosis/. Info about the concert and to purchase tickets: https://zacbrownband.com/pages/tour-dates
September 16, 2023
Dr. Bedlack was up early with 1,000 runners to attend the Sola 5K. The event raised approximately $200,000 for ALS research and patient care. Later that day he was the keynote speaker for The Schoer Science Symposium at Valparaiso University
September 10, 2023
Duke ALS team part of new publication which outlines consensus guidelines for genetic testing in people with ALS.
You can read it HERE
August 8, 2023
New ALSUntangled podcast on Astaxanthin just dropped.
You can listen to this and many other podcasts we helped create HERE
