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3) Name or Diagnosis: what we call it The name of the disease is called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which is also known as the Lou Gehrig disease. Most people in this time now know the disease as (ALS). 4) Outcome or Prognosis: what will happen The outcome that will happen to Stephen Hawking is that he has ALS is that his body is paralyze. His early stage of ALS, he had a hard…

The Mysterious Incurable Diseases “... Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth.” This quote was presented in the speech of Lou Gehrig. Two years later he passes away from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a disease commonly known as the Lou Gehrig 's disease. The 33rd Vice-President of the United States, Henry A. Wallace was also a victim of ALS. Jovan Belcher, a football player that died from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy(CTE). A disease that made him commit…

endanger their life. However, this has been a national crisis we all have been blinded to for years. Changing the regulations of the game for the greater good is necessary and needs to happen quickly. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the nerve cells in the brain and…

prepare for and those that you are thrown into without any forewarning. A major part of my life was centered around a “tough break” to quote the words of Lou Gehrig. My father had been recently diagnosed with the terminal disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, a name that was coined by the fans of Lou Gehrig, a New York Yankees baseball player, after his death from the disease. Gehrig’s words of true courage rang out for me when I was younger without…

Lou Gehrig’s disease is also known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). ALS is a disease that affects the nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. It is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, this eventually leads to death. The patients lose the ability for the brain to control muscle movement. Since most motor neurons are lost, the patients may eventually become completely paralyzed. Motor neurons can no longer send signals or impulses to the muscle fiber resulting in no muscle…

When a doctor is unable to physically see and touch a patient to exam him or her the doctor is more likely to let something slip through the cracks; something that could be life changing. “To me, there are no limits on how you can use telemedicine, but of course one of the cons is that you cannot personally touch or feel the patient” (Harper). Online doctors have to rely on patients to tell the doctor what is wrong with them. For the cyberchondrias whose use google to diagnose them or the…

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is an idiopathic neurodegenerative disease that may result in death within two to three years of onset. It is a motor neuron disease that rapidly attacks and deteriorates the somatic neurons. Since it is idiopathic, science and medicine do not know much about it and have only been able to speculate at any sort of cause. Presently, there is no cure for ALS, and treatment options are severely limited. Also, there is no test for ALS, and it is only diagnosed when…

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…

disease that killed the Iron Horse Diseases do not discriminate between socioeconomic status, race or activity level and has little mercy. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is such a disease. Nicknamed the “Iron Horse”, famed first baseman for the New York Yankees Lou Gehrig, was one of the first individuals to bring ALS into the forefront of the general populations mind’s, after dying from the disease after being diagnosed only two years prior.…

There are 30,000 people in the United States that currently have ALS. That's more than 5,600 people a day. Morrie Schwartz was a college professor who was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrigs Disease). Mitch Albom who was Morrie’s favorite had a special bond with Morrie like no student and professor has had before. Mitch promised Morrie when he graduated he would spend time with Morrie but after he did graduated he didn't see Morrie for sixteen years. The way that Mitch Albom showed love to Morrie…