Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that weakens the muscles we use to move, swallow and breathe. It can, in some cases, also cause changes in behavior and thinking. The effects of ALS ...

The 15 th annual Les Turner Symposium on ALS will be held on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025 in Chicago. Hosted by the Les Turner ALS Foundation and the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine, this event ...

The Les Turner ALS Foundation’s 2025 Hoping Through Caring Gala raised more than $620,000 at the annual fundraising event held April 5 at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago. The funds provide ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Thousands of walkers are expected to step off at Soldier Field, Chicago in the Les Turner ALS Foundation's ALS Walk for Life Saturday, September 14 at 10:30 a.m. The two-mile walk, ...

The Les Turner ALS Foundation will host its annual ALS Walk for Life on Sunday, September 15, 2019, at Soldier Field in Chicago. The 2-mile course winds along Chicago's lakefront and through the ...

The Les Turner ALS Foundation announced today that Laura Freveletti has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective April 10, 2023. Freveletti succeeds Andrea Pauls Backman, who will step ...

A round of golf with a PGA Tour star at a private course sounds like a dream, and Justin Thomas has made it real. But the story behind it is not a feel-good giveaway. It is a close friend fighting ALS ...

Overseeing the Brigance Brigade Foundation might be what’s keeping O.J. Brigance alive. Brigance, who was a linebacker on the Ravens’ first Super Bowl-winning team in the 2000 season, was diagnosed ...