Links
www.clinicaltrials.govClinicalTrials.gov is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. The website gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details. This information should be used in conjunction with advice from health care professionals.
www.alsa.orgThe ALS Association is a national not-for-profit health organization dedicated solely to the fight against ALS. ALSA covers all the bases - research, patient and community services, public education, and advocacy - in providing help and hope to those facing the disease. The mission of The ALS Association (ALSA) is to find a cure for and to improve living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
www.als-mda.orgThe Muscular Dystrophy Association is a world leader among voluntary agencies in fighting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Since the early 1950s, when Eleanor Gehrig served as a national volunteer leader of MDA, the Association has been a leader in the effort to assist those affected by the disorder that takes its name from her husband, baseball great Lou Gehrig, who died of ALS in 1941. The ALS Division of MDA offers a comprehensive range of services and joins in the search for a treatment or cure through an aggressive, worldwide research program.
www.als.netThe ALS Therapy Development Foundation is a nonprofit biotechnology research organization investigating treatments for patients alive today. Its approach combines the power of a nonprofit mission with the best practices of a for-profit biotechnology company: rigorous, open-minded research and proven drug development techniques.
www.ninds.nih.govThe National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) conducts and supports research on brain and nervous system disorders. Created by the U.S. Congress in 1950, NINDS is one of the more than two dozen research institutes and centers that comprise the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH, located in Bethesda, Maryland, is an agency of the Public Health Service within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NINDS has occupied a central position in the world of neuroscience for 50 years.
www.projectals.orgProject A.L.S. is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for ALS, finding an effective treatment for people living with ALS and raising awareness about ALS.
www.als.caThe Canadian ALS association orovides ALS information for patients, caregivers, and professionals.
www.alsfamily.orgALS Family provides fundraising Events & Services for people with ALS.
www.prestostore.comThe Caregivers Village was created by an ALS center nurse who has worked with people with ALS and their families for over eight years . It provides product recommendations based on years of trial and error that can make life a little easier for ALS families.