Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis‚ also called ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease‚ is a genetic disease that affects the nerve cells that control muscle movement. ALS is a unique disease by the symptoms it causes when it is just beginning‚ the way it effects the people who have it‚ the people who are effected by it‚ and the way it is passed down from generation to generation in families. The symptoms of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis are easy to overlook. The first symptoms of
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studied in 1869 by Jean- Martin Charcot who was a French neurologist. In 1939 it gained international and national attention thanks to a man named Lou Gehrig. Gehrig was a baseball player for the New Year Yankees who ended up having to retire for the sport he loved because of his diagnosis of ALS‚ therefore Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis got its more common name Lou Gehrig’s Disease. (ALS Association‚ 2016) Causes for ALS is still under investigation. Five
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Lou Gehrig Baseball Legend Lou Gehrig‚ one of the greatest players of all time‚ struggled to make it in the big leagues. Although he did grow up in a normal family‚ the beginning of his career was rough. As he settled into the MLB‚ his career was one to remember. He really gave New York something to brag about. Towards the end of his career‚ an untimely sickness affected his life in the worst way possible. Lou Gehrig was born in Yorkville‚ Manhattan in 1903. His parents both emigrated from
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has many players who changed the way baseball has been played forever. The years between 1920 and World War II were the heyday of Babe Ruth‚ the game’s preeminent legend. Other stars made their names as well: Ruth’s durable New York Yankee teammate‚ Lou Gehrig; the contentious batting champion Ty Cobb; outstanding pitchers like Lefty Grovh‚ Dizzy Deah‚ and Walter Johnson; graceful Yankee center fielder Joe DiMaggio; and sluggers Hank Greenberg and Jimmie Foxh‚ among others. Fans flocked to the large
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis‚ usually referred to as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease‚ is a condition that continually deteriorates motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Motor neurons are nerve cells that control muscle movements. When these nerves fail‚ the muscles they are supposed to communicate with don’t receive the full messages that are being carried from the brain or spinal cord‚ causing the muscles to stop working properly. Early symptoms of this disease include cramping or twitching of
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Tuesdays with Morrie Tuesdays with Morrie is a true story about sportswriter Mitch Albom and his favorite college professor Morrie Schwartz. During Albom’s undergraduate years at Brandeis University‚ when he takes every class taught by his mentor‚ he and Schwartz form a bond that goes beyond the typical student/teacher relationship. The author‚ Mitch‚ who is a teacher in the eyes of hope. After graduation‚ he entered the community‚ containing floating up‚ there was the ideal gradual disillusionment
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Audrey Rankin EN101 Professor Fausti 10/6/14 ALS Helpful or Hurtful The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge went viral on social networks‚ but is it too successful for its own good? ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) often referred to as “Lou Gehrigs Disease‚” is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord (ALS Association). It’s like Parkinson’s on super-steroids. Now‚ the challenge aspect was a simple dare. You had 24 hours to drench yourself
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preparation with a wave of creative call to actions. The infamous phrase‚ “I was nominated to do the Ice Bucket Challenge‚” is something that citizens of not only America‚ but worldwide came to know‚ love‚ anticipate‚ and also coincidentally hate. The ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) Association’s Ice Bucket Challenge became an overnight sensation and conversation topic throughout the nation and very rapidly spread to other countries as well. But why is it that some ideas take flight and spread like wildfire‚ while
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the book is Mitch Albom. The book was written in 1997. Tuesdays with Morrie is written about a man named Morrie Schwartz‚ who was struggling for his life‚ and slowly dying. Morrie was diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)‚ also known as “Lou Gehrig’s disease.” Although Morrie’s life was slowly deteriorating and Morrie knew that death was near‚ he continued to try to live life to the fullest instead of giving up. He taught all of his loved ones his lessons on living life. Morrie Schwartz
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Bucket Challenge The ALS ice bucket challenge is a fund raiser for ALS research that involves having ice water poured over you. Comes with the risk of a heart attack though‚ and may not happen right away. ALS is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis‚ called Lou Gehrig’s disease after the baseball player who died of it. Similar to multiple sclerosis. ALS is a chronic progressive degenerative and fatal disease where the brain stops sending messages to the nerves and muscles. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge affects
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