Topics :: ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
From: icyou | Added: 08/05/2008 | Views: 1
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Added: August 5, 2008 | Posted by: icyou | Time 01:07 | Views: 286
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or ALS is often called Lou Gehrig’s disease after Lou Gehrig, the famous New York Yankees baseball player who was diagnosed with ALS in the 1930s. ALS is a neurological disease that attacks the nerve cells responsible for controlling voluntary muscles. With ALS, eventually all muscles under voluntary control are affected…patients lose strength and ability to move their arms, legs and body. When muscles in the chest fail, patients end up using a ventilator to breath and most people with ALS die from respiratory failure.
Added: June 6, 2008 | Posted by: DrJoRossano | Time 01:01 | Views: 517
a one minute PSA (public service announcement) that was aired on 23 networks around the United States to inform the general public about the health risk of eating foods that are processed with chemical additives, perservatives and food enhancers. for more information please go to www.migrainephd.com
Added: December 6, 2007 | Posted by: extrahands | Time 09:38 | Views: 11037
Extra hands for ALS is a program through which high school and college students volunteer their time by visiting a particular ALS patient and their family and help them with any non-medical chores around the house. Please visit www.jackorchard.org.
Added: October 24, 2007 | Posted by: icyou | Time 04:31 | Views: 1425
The ALS registry will collect and examine data from thousands of people with Lou Gehrig's Disease. Its data will be used to help determine risk factors for ALS, as well as interventions that are beneficial and which educational approaches are best.
Added: October 18, 2007 | Posted by: icyou | Time 03:49 | Views: 277859
October 17,2007 For ALS patients like General Tom Mikolajcik, the passage by the House of Representatives is a tremendous victory.
Added: July 27, 2007 | Posted by: icyou | Time 07:58 | Views: 1682
General Thomas Mikolajcik expresses his disappointment with the the progress of finding a cure for ALS.
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Added: August 5, 2008 | Time 01:07 | Views: 286
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or ALS is often called Lou Gehrig’s disease after Lou Gehrig, the famous New York Yankees baseball player who was diagnosed with ALS in the 1930s. ALS is a neurological disease that attacks the nerve cells responsible for controlling voluntary muscles. With ALS, eventually all muscles under voluntary control are affected…patients lose strength and ability to move their arms, legs and body. When muscles in the chest fail, patients end up using a ventilator to breath and most people with ALS die from respiratory failure. It’s a frustrating disease for both patients and doctors. There are no clear risk factors in about 90 to 95 percent of all cases…and no cure. Usually ALS patients die within 3 to 5 years from the onset of symptoms. However about 10 percent of patients survive 10 or more years. Watch more video about ALS or share your story or experience on video with icyou.
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