metabolic changes

Lifelong Exercise May Limit Brain’s Ability to Adapt in ALS, Study Suggests

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients who never regularly engaged in sports or physical activity have more extensive metabolic changes in the brain that likely help them to better cope with the disease’s neurodegenerative processes, a study from Europe suggests. These changes can reflect either greater metabolic activity in a…

Blood Biomarkers May Aid in Earlier Diagnosis of ALS, Review Study Suggests

Identifying blood biomarkers that reflect the metabolic changes occurring in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) may be among the most promising approaches to diagnosing patients in the early stages of disease, sometimes years before motor symptoms appear, a review study suggests. The study, “Importance of the…

Using Anti-diabetics, Cholesterol-lowering Medicines May Affect Risk of ALS

People with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are less likely to have used anti-diabetic medications in the five years preceding their diagnosis than matched individuals of the same population, a study found, supporting an inverse association between diabetes treatments and the risk of ALS. The research also points to…