ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, affects the nerves that control your voluntary muscles. Those are muscles you use for actions such as moving your arms and legs, talking, and chewing. ALS is considered a motor neuron disease. Lou Gehrig was a baseball...
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is themost common formof motor neuron disease. People with ALS progressively lose the ability to initiate and control muscle movements, including the ability to speak, swallow and breathe. There is no known cure. But rece...
With only abouthalf of the general public knowledgeable about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, the Ice Bucket Challenge is making aprofound difference. Since July 29, The Association has ...
“Although identifying these variants may not change treatment, the knowledge can help physicians personalize management of those patients,” Grassano. This is the first study to tie ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, to genetic variants associated with other degenerative brain disorders, the...
ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, erodes muscular functions until a person is unable to walk, talk or breathe. There’s no known cause or cure, and it usually results in death within five years, according to the ALS Association, although physicist Stephen Hawking lived with the ...
(called motor neurons) that control muscle movements. As a result, people with ALS gradually lose the ability to control their muscles. Fortunately, their capacity to think and remember things usually is not affected. ALS is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, after the famous U.S. baseball...
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease or ALS, is a progressive, degenerative disease of the nerves that control voluntary movement. This disease results in total immobility and eventually death. Patients with ALS often notice early symptoms like abnormal clumsiness, droppin...
It is also known asLou Gehrig's disease, for the legendary New York Yankees player who was stricken with it in the late 1930s. "ALS may be considered a rare disease, but it's actually more common than people think, affecting 1 in 300 Americans. It can strike anyone at anytime and ...
In 2008, mother of three Hanneke de Bruijne was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Over the next eight years, her life would change significantly as the nerves controlling her bodily movements degenerated. She would lose the ability to move...