Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

King 1 Mrs. Ward Pre-AP English II 29 October 2014 The Theory of Surviving: Stephen Hawking and his battle with ALS. Some diseases can kill you within days, some can cause pain for years. Some diseases are curable, some are not. ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a disease where it slowly melts your body muscles like a candle. ALS was widely discovered by Americans whenever beloved baseball player Lou Gehrig contracted it (RVWfoundation.org, Biography). ALS also affected another famous…

There’s a hidden epidemic in the sports world that the public knows little to nothing about. This epidemic is not only found in athletes, but also in average individuals such as yourself. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS, is one of the epidemics that is found among the elderly, but now is being found in young athletes. ALS is a disease which attacks the body, leaving only the brain intact. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, is a similar disease; however, it only attacks the brain.…

diminished to 30%. This swift decline all occurred between the fall 2009 and the fall of 2011. I had been through five Neurologists before I landed at the ALS Clinic in San Antonio. I finally got the shocking diagnosis on Nov. 2nd 2011; “ALS” (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis a.k.a. Lou Gehrig’s disease). By that time I was unable to walk, and even breathing was labor intensive. Shortly after, on Jan. 27th 2012, I went into respiratory and renal failure, and was hospitalized with a double…

because of a terminal disease that leaves the body incapable. While some diseases are easily cured, others require harsh treatments that have unknown outcomes and the worst of those diseases are incurable. Two such incurable diseases are Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS) and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy(CTE). ALS is a progressive degenerative disease that affects one's entire body, leaving it paralyzed while the brain stays completely able to function. ALS is caused by toxic proteins that…

Everyone is created equal, in all shapes and sizes. When one looks at a different person that is not "normal", what does one think? Does one feel sorry for them or does one laugh? There are many ways people can react to a person with autism. Is there really any difference between someone that is deaf or someone that has a mental illness from a "normal" person? Can autistic people think like "regular" people? Although people with autism are not always treated as "regular" people, they should have…

was to show you that although you are going through a rough time in your life always see the positive in things. Mitch and Morrie rekindled their relationship by having one final “class”: lessons on how to live. And although Morrie had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), he made the best of it by teaching Morrie what he has learned through life. He did not want others to be sad about what had happened to him. Tuesdays with Morrie is a tear-jerking book about an old man, a young man, and life’s…

hundreds, thousands, or even millions of individuals really make the difference in the issue at hand? In this modern day a new fad has surfaced named “The Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS,” with the intent to raise awareness of the disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, otherwise known as "Lou Gehrig 's Disease." The Ice Bucket Challenge has indeed gained a vast amount of popularity across the world but is it actually making a difference for those with the Lou Gehrig’s…

1. Discuss the arguments made by people in favor of euthanasia. There are several arguments made for euthanasia. The main argument would be it is for the better; it is to stop the suffering. If you were in excruciating pain would you want to prolong that feeling? Do you have a high tolerance for pain? For some people they have appointed guardians or tell family members what they would want. In the case Spahn v. Eisenberg, Spahn the sister also the court appointed guardian, argued that her…

Death and Dying: tuesdays with Morrie Ashley Rodriguez and Bryanna Lopes MCPHS University tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom is based on true-life events and is a memoir about a man named Morrie Schwartz who suffered with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig’s Disease; a disease that causes the debilitation of the neurological system. Morrie was a college professor at Brandeis University, where he wanted to have an impact on others, not exploit them like other…

Stephen William Hawking is one of the greatest scientists of our time. Born exactly three hundred years after the death of scientist Galileo Galilei, Hawking was born to be a genius. Stephen was always clever as a young boy. When he was in elementary school, his father, Frank Hawking, felt that since he went to a minor private school due to his parents’ lack of money, he did not achieve his full potential in life. So, he wanted to send his son Stephen to the best private school in the…