A Johns Hopkins study is testing a brain implant that lets ALS patients control smart home devices using only their brain signals. This is one family's story.

In choosing to go public with his ALS diagnosis, former NFL running back Chris Johnson chose not to focus on the link between the disease and football. At one level, it didn’t really need to be ...

Steve Gleason wants Chris Johnson to know he is not alone. The former New Orleans Saints standout and global advocate for ALS patients issued a statement Monday in response to the news that the former ...

Former Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson announced an ALS diagnosis in a Monday, June 29 interview on ABC's "Good Morning America." Johnson revealed his battle with the motor neuron disease, ...

Former NFL star Chris Johnson shockingly revealed Monday that he was diagnosed with ALS last year when he was 39 years old. Johnson, the former Titans workhorse and one-time Jets running back, shared ...

Former Tennessee Titans and Arizona Cardinals running back Chris Johnson revealed that he has been diagnosed with ALS in an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America" that aired Monday. Johnson, 40, ...

Former NFL star Chris Johnson announced that he's been diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Johnson, now 40, said he received the diagnosis last year. He shared the news in a "Good ...

Chris Johnson -- the former speedy superstar NFL running back who played 130 games for three teams (the Titans, Jets and Cardinals) and who once totaled over 2,000 yards in 2009 -- revealed ...

Casey Harrell uses his implants to talk to friends and family, read to his young daughter, and perform his job. Casey Harrell has had a set of electrodes embedded in his brain for almost three years.

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Actor Russell Andrews, whose credits include “Better Call Saul,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Insecure,” said over the weekend that he has been diagnosed with ALS. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

For the roughly 5,000 people diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS, each year, the disease is terminal. And that number is increasing. An estimated 33,000 Americans had ALS as of 2022, ...