...Most patients with ALS—also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, for the famous baseball player who succumbed to the disease—are diagnosed after the age of 50 and die within five years of their diagnosis. Hawking's condition was first diagnosed when he was 21, and he was not expected to see his 25th birthday.Jan 7, 2012 Last year, British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking hinted at research he and a couple of colleagues were working on that could solve the infamous black hole information paradox, which states that information about matter that gets destroyed by a black hole, according to Einstein's general theory of relativity, is ...Jan 11, 2016 Hawking has a rare early-onset slow-progressing form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis...
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...ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease was first founded by a French neurologist in 1869. It was not until 1939 though that national attention was brought to the disease by baseball player, Lou Gehrig. ALS leads to a progressive degeneration of the motor neurons. Along with many other effects, ALS eventually causes all of its victims to die. Lou Gehrig’s disease, which affects thousands of people each year, causes loss of function in the arms and legs. Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as ALS, is caused by motor neurons in the spinal cord or brain dying. The neurons in the spinal cord normally send electronic messages from the brain down to the muscles. Doing this stimulates the muscles in the arms, legs, and the head. When ALS causes the...
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...mostly known as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease” is a disease where the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movements. It was named after Lou Gehrig because he was the first person with this disease. He was diagnosed in 1938, the doctor originally diagnosed him with a very rare form of degenerative disease. On June 2, 1941 is when the world lost a beloved baseball legend to ALS. This disease will end up leading people with the disease to their death. A-myo-trophic comes from the Greek language. “A” means no or negative, “Myo” refers to muscle and “Trophic” means nourishment- “no nourishment”. “Lateral” identifies...
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...For the past couple months, there is a disease that has been the “hot topic”. Guess what that disease is. If ALS was said, that is correct. In the summer, hundreds of people did the ALS ice bucket challenge to raise money for this neurodegenerative disease. Even though this challenge raised so much money in such a short period of time, scientists are yet to figure out a cure for this disease and mysteries for who ALS targets is still unsolved. ALS stands for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or the disease can be also called Lou Gehrig's Disease. This disease destroys nerve functioning in people of 40-60 years of age. Over time, this disease will cause paralysis and eventually death. Nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain have a major role in controlling muscles. And this disease, takes the use of muscles, especially in arms and legs, away. Scientists are not yet sure which people are usually the “victims” of ALS. 5-10% of cases are caused by heredity, but the remaining percentage is left unknown (“Origin of Lou Gehrig's Disease”, 1). Scientists have discovered some possible causes to this disease. One is defective glutamate metabolism. Glutamate is a common chemical in the nervous system used between neurons for signaling. It is...
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...This speech opens with Lou Gehrig speaking about the friends he has made during his baseball career and then shifts the focus to the fans when he states, “Which of you wouldn’t consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day?” He constantly shows his gratitude to have known his fellow players and associates at the beginning of his speech. He exclaims that Manager Joe McCarthy is “the best manager in baseball today” and Ed Barrow was “the builder of baseball’s greatest empire” to show that he hasn’t taken for granite how lucky he is to play baseball, and it also shows the audience that he’s a thankful person and that makes him more appealing and likeable. He’s a down-to-earth person who doesn’t forget how fortunate he is....
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...Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s Disease Frederick Aladad Abstract Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease that portrays progressive muscle paralysis, and eventually ends with death. As many as twenty thousand to thirty thousand people in the United States have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and an estimated five thousand people in the United States are diagnosed with the disease each year (Shiel, 2012). The etiology of the disease is unknown, but it plays a genetic factor. Less than ten percent has been shown to be inherited in families. ALS begins with the client with muscle weakness, stiffness, eventually to paralysis, then death caused by respiratory failure. Dysphagia occurs at onset in about one third of case, although generally it occurs in later stage of the disease (Noh, 2010). The nursing diagnosis is risk for aspiration related to impaired swallowing. Intervention for the diagnosis includes positioning the client in a 90 degree angle while in bed, a wheel chair or a chair. There is no known cure for the disease, but symptoms can be treated. Riluzole is administered to slow the progression of the disease. Pathophysiology Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a neurodegenerative disease that begins with rapid, progressive muscle weakness. It attacks the neurons that are responsible for moving voluntary muscles. Once the person is diagnosed with the disease, the person will...
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...Amanda Hernandez Mrs. Blevens CSU Expository Reading and Writing September 23, 2014 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as “ALS”, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. ALS is a terminal disease that has no cure what-so-ever. Toxic proteins leak from the brain into the spinal cord. Motor neurons in ALS is what causes a person to die. The motor neurons in ALS is what initiates a person’s muscles to function, but with ALS the muscles weaken and eventually stop working and finally the patient becomes paralyzed. Also a person’s speech starts to slur and eventually end up losing their ability to talk. Recent medical research has discovered that athletes are getting ALS at a younger age due to head injuries and concussions from teen years and younger. For an average person, the diagnosis age is from age 50 to 70 years old. For athletes, the diagnosis age is mid 30’s. It is also more common for men because men continue playing sports after high school. Multiple concussions and hits to the head can lead to CTE, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Another discovery is that ALS is a genetic disease. Memory loss, appears as well. CTE’s cause dementia in athletes due to repeated hits in the head. Concussions are a major part in ALS and...
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...“Lou Gehrig’s Disease” Sicknesses have been part of our daily lives for humanity, since time began. Everyday doctors and scientists are working to find new cures and treatments to help improve modern medicine. ALS-amyotropohic lateral sclerosis- is one of those puzzles that is in the process of being solved. According to “Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , in 1869, it was first discovered by Jean-Martin Charcot “the father of neurology”, but did not gain attention from the public eye until 1939, when a famous baseball player by the name of Lou Gehrig was diagnosed (par. 2). Lou Gehrig’s disease, otherwise known as ALS, is an extremely complex disease that breaks down the nervous system, symptoms of ALS are very difficult to discover, and this syndrome is fatal. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS is a complex disease that breaks down the nervous system. ALS Association Create A World Without ALS says that in a-myo-trophic, the “a” means no or negative, “myo” is talking about or referring to the muscle, “trophic” means nourishment, and when you combined the three parts it means no nourishment (par.1). Lateral is the area within the spine where the brain sends a message to the muscles telling them what to do. Sclerosis is hardening, when the disease starts to progress, the lateral areas in the spine will begin to harden and stop being able to receive and send messages. It is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons...
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...Gabriel Sulentic Mrs. Walker English 10H 5 February 2024 Lou Gehrig's Research Paper An individual is as good if not better than Babe Ruth. However, people do not know who, because that is just a ludicrous statement to make, that someone is better than the greatest of all time. He is known as Lou Gehrig, also known as the Iron Horse, or Mama's Boy. A great deal of people have not heard of him because he was a quiet legend who had his career cut short. Lou Gehrig had an interesting childhood, high school and college life, but he is most known for his professional career along with his interesting discoveries in the medical world that affect people to this day. Lou Gehrig, an early American baseball player who played in the major leagues, was...
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...Lou Gehrig, one of the most famous baseball players in history, is still being talked about 70 years after his death. Although Lou Gehrig was a great baseball player, he is most well known for the disease that is named after him.Lou Gehrig was an amazing baseball player because of his family and childhood, his major life events and his achievements both in baseball and in life. Lou Gehrig had an exceptional family and childhood. He was born on June 19, 1903 in Yorkville, New York City, NY. Lou Gehrig was the son of two immigrants, Heinrich and Christina Gehrig. Christina Gehrig was the main thing that was holding the Gehrig family together. She was pretty much the only working figure in the house. She worked as a maid, brought in laundry...
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...brain and spinal cord abruptly start to die, the cells that control the muscles that allow you to move the different parts of your body abruptly start to die. This is what it feels like when your body is afflicted by a disease called Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS, is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease and was named after a famous athlete who was one of the first people to be afflicted. On Lou Gehrig’s 39th birthday, he was diagnosed, shortly after the illness became unbearable, the all star baseball player sadly had to retire from the sport. On July 4, 1939, athlete, Lou Gehrig, at Yankee Stadium-in front of all his fans-addressed his disease and retirement with a farewell speech. Gehrig’s purpose is to show the world how strong-willed and fearless an individual can be in the face of adversity. He adopts an optimistic tone in order to demonstrate his will power to his fans and anyone afflicted by ALS. Lou Gehrig, is positive with the other baseball players and his fans, Gehrig was able to utilize ethos effectively thoroughly in his speech. His ethical proof is important for the author among the audience; Gehrig was known as being determined and hard-working and his audience had already favored him. The first word in Gehrig’s speech is...
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...LS Lou Gehrig’s Disease Samantha Candela Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 283 Professor Hommelson May 28, 2016 Lou Gehrig’s Disease Lou Gehrig’s disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is commonly known as ALS. It is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord (2016). The body’s motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord then to the muscles throughout the body. In ALS the motor neurons slowly degenerate eventually leading to a person’s death. When the motor neurons die our brain loses the ability to initiate and control muscle movement. As the neurons die, a person’s body loses voluntary muscle action. This causes people to lose the ability to speak, eat, move and breathe. There are two different types of ALS, sporadic and familial. Sporadic is the most common form of the disease, with 90 – 95 percent of the cases (2016). Familial means the disease is inherited, accounting for 5 to 10 percent of the cases. According to The ALS Association a population study has show that a little over 5,600 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with ALS each year (2016). 60% of the people with ALS are men and 93% are Caucasian. People usually develop ALS between the ages of 40 – 70, but has occurred when a person is in their twenties and thirties (2016). ALS is 20% more common in men than in women. Heredity is also a risk factor with 5 to 10 percent of people with ALS inheriting the disease (Mayo, 2014). A recent study...
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...On July 4, 1939, the fans for the New York Yankees watched Lou Gehrig deliver one of sport's historical moments by reading his speech as he was recently found to be diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). When Gehrig stood in front his large crowd, he did not once emphasizes on his dwelling on his diagnosis, instead, he displayed gratitude and thanks for his audience during his speech time. His speech firstly acknowledges the fans, shortly after emphasizes on him to be the luckiest man on earth. His speech eventually develops into series of structured thanks mentioned for those that supported him throughout his career (Teammates, New York Yankees association, New York Giants) which displays a strong case of Ethos. Also, simultaneously...
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...Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease) Dustin M. Sumner ITT- Technical Institute of Technology Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. When muscle has no nourishment, it “atrophies” or wastes away. “Lateral” identifies the areas in a person’s spinal cord where portions of the nerve cells that signal and control the muscles are located. As this area degenerates it leads to scarring or hardening (“sclerosis”) in the region. ALS is a disorder that affects the function of nerves and muscles. Based on U.S. population studies, a little over 5,600 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with ALS each year. (That’s 15 new cases a day.) It is estimated that as many as 30,000 Americans have the disease at any given time. According to the ALS Care Database, 60% of the people with ALS in the Database are men and 93% of patients in the Database are Caucasian. Most people who develop ALS are between the ages of 40 and 70, with an average age of 55 at the time of diagnosis. However, cases of the disease do occur in persons in their twenties and thirties. Generally though, ALS occurs in greater percentages as men and women grow older. ALS is 20% more common in men than in women. There are several research studies – past and present –investigating possible risk factors that may be associated with ALS. More work is needed to conclusively...
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...Lou Gehrig is perhaps the most famous player to ever have played the great sport of baseball, and on July 4, 1939 he delivered the single greatest speech in baseballs history. Gehrig's speech was great because of his exceptional use of ethos, logos, and pathos. Gehrig played a long decorated career. He was the Yankees first baseman from 1923 to 1939. He had a lifetime batting average of .340 and he even won the most prestigious hitting title in baseball, the triple crown award. Gehrig was in the starting lineup for every single game during a 15 year stretch. The most consecutive game record reached a grand total of 2,330 games in a row. Then, Gehrig realized he could no longer react to the ball like he used to and decided that his final major...
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