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In the year 2012, a woman named Susan Hammack died of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. She passed away at age 64 and ended up being diagnosed 2 and a half years prior. Hammack’s disease got to the point of hospice in her own home and put on a medical respirator to help her breath. Many of her symptoms included: twitching or cramping muscles, slurred speech or trouble projecting her voice, loss of motor skills in hands and arms, tripping and falling,…

had the greatest impact on my life. That person is the one and the only, the legend, the "Iron Horse" Lou Gehrig. Lou Gehrig has done many inspirational things in his life like living with Lou Gehrig 's disease, which is also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS. He was diagnosed with this rare disease on his thirty-sixth birthday in the year 1939. This disease is a progressive neurological disorder. The cause of this very rare disease is unknown, and still scientists are researching to…

Sue Rodriguez wanted to commit suicide in order to spare her family the agony of caring for her as her amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) worsened. She also wasn’t willing to accept living through the indignity that the final stages of the disease would causer her, and would much rather die peacefully and with self – worth, via physician assisted suicide. However, this particular case became problematic due to Canadian laws that were impeding her from fulfilling her death wish. This case…

Criminal Code of Canada states, “no person can consent to have death inflicted upon him” (Kirkey, 2013), which prohibited helping or influencing anyone to end his/her life under any circumstances. In 1992, Sue Rodriguez, a woman with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, appealed to dismiss the validity of section 241(b), which prohibited any form of euthanasia, which means a doctor intentionally ends a person’s life through the administration of specific drugs, at the person’s voluntary and competent…

The Ice Bucket started in Sarasota, Florida with a student named Chris Kennedy. He was nominated by a friend of his to participate, which in that time had nothing to do with the ALS Association. Participants on that time were choosing their own charity donations. Chris friend decided and choice a charity that was going to benefit a young child with cancer closed to the area. From there Kennedy passed the challenge along, he selected the ALS charity because he knew a relative was passing through…

Over 150 years ago, in 1869, French neurologist Jean-Martin Charot first discovered Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS. However, attention was not brought to it until 1938 when famous Yankees baseball player, Lou Gehrig, was diagnosed with the disorder. This came as a shock and heartbreak to all baseball fans, but also made ALS known worldwide. On July 4th 1939, Gehrig stood in front of thousands of fans and his own team to give the very well-renowned speech about his fortunate life thanks to…

than usual, and he was fumbling the ball. On June 19, 1939, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) on his thirty-sixth birthday. In the same year, Lou Gehrig retired from baseball, still considering himself to be the luckiest man alive and having a lot to live and be thankful for. Two years later he gave in to the disease and died on the second of June in 1941. Later, amyotropic lateral sclerosis came to be known as Lou Gehrig’s disease in America. Another notable person with…

Imagine sitting in a chair watching television and wanting to change the channel but the only thing that you can movie is your eyes. This is what a person with a progressed state of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis goes through on a daily basis. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s disease is a progressive neurological disease that affects the motor neurons of the brain and spinal cord. For some reason the motor neurons associated with ALS degenerate and eventually die off affecting…

Throughout the years in sports, many athletes have come down with and are still continuing to be diagnosed with brain altering diseases such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. These life altering diseases are now known to originate from minor concussions over time. Over the years, these diseases have become greatly known in the sports industry and to its audience. Since professionals now know what these contact sports can cause they are making changes to the…

Stephen Hawking, a brilliant man who lives with Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Born in Oxford, England on January 8th, 1942. Son of Frank Hawking and a philosophy .Isobel Hawking. Diagnosed at the age of 21 with ALS Stephen Hawking started to lose hope after 2 years of losing his nerves and being able to do daily functions of life, his symptoms started to slow down very drastically and steadied out for him and he took this as a sign to start his life up again. Soon meeting a women Jane Wilde, and…