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A study of 181 patients at 16 sites across the country who test negative for two antibodies long known to cause muscle-weakening myasthenia gravis, found that about 15% test positive for one of two newly discovered antibodies that also attack the...
Many therapies and special equipment options that can improve a patient’s final days aren’t covered by health insurance.
ALS has a face. Sissy Garrett sees it every day when she looks at her husband Dewayne, who took time during an appointment at the Augusta University ALS Clinic to talk about how this neurodegenerative disease has impacted him and his family. The...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Patients, families, employees and friends will Beat Feet for ALS at 8 a.m. Saturday at the 9th Street Fountain at Augusta’s Riverwalk in an effort to raise money for the Augusta University ALS Clinic. About 6,000 people are diagnosed...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – A study of patients from across the nation with myasthenia gravis is helping determine the incidence of two new antibodies believed to cause the disease, and whether these patients need different treatment strategies. Researchers are...
A year after the famous ice bucket challenge, The Augusta Chronicle talks to Dr. Michael Rivner and one of his patients about ALS care and research and the need to keep funding these efforts at Georgia Regents University. Read: Challenge, walk...
