Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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Motor Neuron Disease Maladie de Charcot Lou Gehrig's Disease
What is the Disease?
ALS is an extremely deadly disease affecting the nerve cells that
control the victim's voluntary muscles. These nerves shrink and eventually die,
leaving the muscles without stimulation. As these muscles go wi ....
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.... being 45.6 years old.
The most classic case of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is Lou Gehrig. Lou
Gehrig was a New York Yankees first baseman, who from 1923 to 1939, had never
missed a game and had a life time batting average of .340. However, the
symptoms of ALS emerged in 1938, and in 1939, he was diagnosed with the disease.
At that time doctors knew little to nothing about the disease and the only
suggested treatment was the untested vitamin E. So Gehrig ate a daily plate
full of garden g ....
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