ALS Center of Excellence https://www.umich-als.org Pranger ALS Clinic Wed, 31 May 2023 18:56:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://www.umich-als.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/cropped-download-32x32.png ALS Center of Excellence https://www.umich-als.org 32 32 159626766 ALS Research Featured on Detroit Free Press Cover https://www.umich-als.org/als-research-featured-on-detroit-free-press-cover/ Fri, 21 Oct 2022 18:52:08 +0000 https://www.umich-als.org/?p=2085 The article covers recently published findings by a team led by Drs. Eva Feldman and Stephen Goutman and Eva Feldman found that work as a welder, production line work, and jobs that involve exposure to metals, solvents or pesticides are associated with a higher risk for developing ALS.

“U-M study: Manufacturing jobs associated with higher risk of ALS

Kristen Jordan Shamus

Detroit Free Press
If you’re a welder, work on a production line or have job that involves exposure to metals, solvents or pesticides, you could be at higher risk for developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(link is external, the deadly neurological disease also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, according to research from the University of Michigan…”
The full article is only available online to Detroit Free Press subscribers, but for a digital copy of the story, please contact Shoshanna (link sends e-mail)Fischhoff at sfischho@med.umich.edu.
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