that affects thousands of people a year. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is neurodegenerative disease, the causes of ALS remain a mystery, and ALS also has wide range of symptoms, not much treatment is available, and new studies are performed daily involving ALS. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or “Lou Gehrig’s disease” is a neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord (What is ALS, Nov 30, 2014). Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is a rapidly progressive disease that…
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, better yet known as A.L.S is a rare, worldwide disease. This neurodegenerative disease can affect any one. Although terminal, it is possible for one to still yet appreciate the rest of their days in life. Dudley Clendinen expresses this in his article "The Good Short Life". Reporter and Editor, Clendinen published this article July of 2011. Like all his other work, it was placed in "The New York Times." Dudley Clendinen lived his last years with A.L.S. The tone of…
Detachment Life lessons come from places you less expect, a book, newspaper, a simple message on a wall or a youtube video, Mitch Albom tells us a story about his “Coach” in the book Tuesdays with Morrie a book full of real life scenarios that shows how to face problems in life. The characters of this book are Morrie schwartz is a Sociology professor, Mitch Albom is the author, Charlotte Schwartz is Morrie’s wife and others are Morrie’s mom ,David and Connell. Morrie’s definition and detachment…
Morrie Schwartz Every year, more than 5,600 people are diagnosed with ALS, but unlike most people, Morrie Schwartz was able to keep changing people’s lives around him dispite his condition. Morrie Schwartz was a sociology professor at Brandeis University and an author. Morrie was a very unique and fun loving person up untill his death on November 4, 1995. He was well liked by everyone of his students and peers, such as Mitch Albom, who wrote a book about Morrie after his death. Morrie was a…
Anyone can look around and see how in society people only care about the latest fashion trend or the newest electronics and so on. The culture today doesn’t focus on what is really important such as the people close to them or how to fulfill their lives with love. The book Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom is a memoir on Morrie, Mitch’s college professor. Morrie has ALS disease, and Mitch is doing his best to be there for him, for he never visited him after college because of his busy life as…
Commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease, Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis is a neurodegenerative disease where the motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord die (Harmon, 2012). Diagnosis generally occurs after age fifty and from that point, the patient generally has three to five years until his/her motor neurons controlling the diaphragm die, resulting in death by asphyxiation (Al-Chalabi et al., 2014; “Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis,” n.d.). An anomaly to this generalization is Stephen…
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…
A rare disease that has no cure ALS is a rare disease that stands for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. In this neurodegenerative disease, the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged that control voluntary muscle movement. A person diagnosed with this disease starts having difficulties in eating, swallowing, and talking. The worst part of the disease is said to be that the patient’s brain is normal, meaning he can sense everything but can not do anything about it. It is also known as…
lose, we do not lose because we learn from that experience. In the memoir Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, Morrie believes that being average and not always being the best is okay. Although Morrie has a terminal disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), he is an optimistic person. He believes the…
The “Iron Man” named Tony Stark is one of the most famous comic characters in all of Marvel history. The only problem is that Tony Stark is not the man who walked the earth around the early to mid 1900’s. The real “Iron Man” is truly named Lou Gehrig and is the real hero. Lou Gehrig was born in a enormous town named New York City. Lou was one of four children and the only one who survived through infancy and the struggles his family went through in his early life. At the age of 11 he was able…