Survey data suggest reported cumulative pesticide exposure was associated with increased
risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disease, according to an article published online by JAMA Neurology.
Not exact matches
In a preliminary analysis published November 2009 in the journal
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, living near a bloom or the site
of a former bloom more than doubled the
risk of ALS.
A team
of researchers at Mayo Clinic and The Scripps Research Institute in Florida have developed a new therapeutic strategy to combat the most common genetic
risk factor for the neurodegenerative disorders
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
WORKPLACE exposure to electromagnetic fields is associated with a higher
risk of developing
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
This really surprised me, since I just finished reading a handful
of studies demonstrating a relationship between vitamin E intake and reduced
risk of type 2 diabetes [2] and lower
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis rates [3].