ALS ADVOCACY DAYS, NATIONAL
Categories: Health & Sports & Fitness
Location: United States
Type of Event: Daily Event
Updated: May 06, 2024
Location: United States
Type of Event: Daily Event
Updated: May 06, 2024
About ALS Advocacy Days
Midway through ALS Awareness Month in May, The ALS Association holds its National Policy Conference and Advocacy Day.
ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is a neurodegenerative disease. This fatal disease affects the nerve cells (motor neurons) that control a person’s muscles. As neurons deteriorate, the brain loses the ability to start and control voluntary muscle movement. This is why people with ALS often lose the ability to speak. The disease slowly paralyzes its victims eventually taking away the ability to breath.
ALS was first discovered in 1869 by French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot. It would be another 70 years before most people had heard of the disease. In 1939 Lou Gehrig ended his career due to it.
Lou Gehrig was a professional baseball player from 1923-1939. He died of ALS in 1941, just 17 days shy of his 39th birthday. Today, there is still no cure for the cruel disease that took his name — and life.
ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is a neurodegenerative disease. This fatal disease affects the nerve cells (motor neurons) that control a person’s muscles. As neurons deteriorate, the brain loses the ability to start and control voluntary muscle movement. This is why people with ALS often lose the ability to speak. The disease slowly paralyzes its victims eventually taking away the ability to breath.
ALS was first discovered in 1869 by French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot. It would be another 70 years before most people had heard of the disease. In 1939 Lou Gehrig ended his career due to it.
Lou Gehrig was a professional baseball player from 1923-1939. He died of ALS in 1941, just 17 days shy of his 39th birthday. Today, there is still no cure for the cruel disease that took his name — and life.
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