How does Lou Gehrig's Disease pass on?

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), sometimes called Lou Gehrig's disease, is a rapidly progressive, invariably fatal neurological disease that attacks the nerve cells (neurons) responsible f...

Sometimes. Lou Gehrig's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, runs in certain families...in 5 to 10% of the cases. The remaining 90% is sporadic with an unknown cause.

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Unfortunately, the progression of ALS is fairly predictable. There are a few cases of recovery from ALS or slower progression than normal (Steven Hawking comes to mind), but these are often cases ...

Your idol has already beaten the odds so, at this point, there is no way to predict how much time he has left. Once diagnosis has been made, the average life expectancy is 2 to 5 years. However, ...

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I have MS so yes I am pretty much aware of most neurological diseases. Yes, I have seen the progression of the disease and it is sad. There is no cure and the treatments that they have don't r...

I don't think its a specific disease as there are many categories under it (Bipolar I and II etc)... but there are a set of typical symptoms which ranges in severity and variety per individua...