Lou+Gehrig's+Disease-Description



ALS also became nicked-name Lou Gehrig's disease in 1939 after legendary Yankees baseball player Lou Gehrig. He was diagnose with the disease and shortly died three years later. He did however help to majorly raise awareness for the disease. []
 * Description-** Lou Gehrig's disease is a genetic disorder that causes nerves in certain parts of the brain & spinal cord to slowly die. Eventually people who have ALS ( Lou Gehrig's disease) lose the ability to move limbs or any muscles in their body on their own. They can not do things like eat, speak, or even breathe on their own.
 * History-** The first known research of ALS occurred in 1850, when a scientist named Augustus Waller did a study on the appearrence of shriveled nerve fibers in the body.