Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - Symptoms and causes
Apr 10, 2024 · ALS is often called Lou Gehrig's disease after the baseball player who was diagnosed with it. The exact cause of the disease is still not known. A small number of cases …
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - Diagnosis and treatment
Apr 10, 2024 · This progressive nervous system disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, destroys nerve cells.
Learn more about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS
Mar 14, 2018 · Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a-my-o-TROE-fik LAT-ur-ul skluh-ROE-sis), or ALS, is a progressive nervous system (neurological) disease that destroys nerve cells and causes …
Most Cases of ALS Do Not Run in Families - Mayo Clinic News …
Oct 15, 2010 · ALS is often called Lou Gehrig's disease, after the famous baseball player who died of the disease in 1941. In the vast majority of ALS cases, no specific cause of the disease …
Esclerosis lateral amiotrófica - Síntomas y causas - Mayo Clinic
Apr 10, 2024 · La ELA también se llama enfermedad de Lou Gehrig, por el jugador de béisbol al que se le diagnosticó esta enfermedad. Todavía no se conoce la causa exacta. En un bajo …
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - Care at Mayo Clinic
Apr 10, 2024 · This progressive nervous system disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, destroys nerve cells.
Baseball Signed by Lou Gehrig | Mayo Clinic History & Heritage
Lou Gehrig signed this ball while he was a patient at Mayo Clinic in 1939. Since his diagnosis at Mayo, ALS has been known as “Lou Gehrig’s disease.” Bob Tierney kept the Gehrig baseball …
Statins: Do they cause ALS? - Mayo Clinic
Apr 12, 2022 · There's no good evidence that statins cause or trigger ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. However, there have been reports of people who have developed ALS while …
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - Mayo Clinic
Apr 10, 2024 · This progressive nervous system disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, destroys nerve cells.
Sharing Mayo Clinic: Bob Tierney sharing the signed Lou Gehrig …
Jul 2, 2017 · Diagnosed with ALS in the 1930s, the famous baseball player Lou Gehrig not only got the answers he was seeking at Mayo Clinic, he left an enduring mark on the health care …