imagine if you would have excruciating pain and you could not move a particular part of your body. Most people that have Lou Gehrig’s or ALS only live two to five years after diagnosis.5 Studies have shown that most people that have ALS only live two to five years. A person with ALS may suffer with pain for two to five years. I don’t know how people live that long with this disease. Lou Gehrig’s disease or ALS breaks down
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Term Paper The debate of outsourcing or offshoring American jobs rather than utilizing our unemployed citizens has been a highly controversial topic in the past decade. Outsourcing has many advantages to business firms such as lower production costs‚ lower labor costs‚ improved quality of work‚ more time to focus on domestic operations‚ and increased profits which help stimulate our economy. The opposing view argues that by outsourcing jobs to other countries it is causing higher unemployment
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Velvet Goldmine: Glam or Sham “Although what you are about to see is a work of fiction‚ it should never the less be played at maximum volume‚” (Velvet Goldmine‚ 1998)‚ white letters on a black background fade in and then out to a shooting star. Writer and director Todd Haynes borrows from David Bowie/Ziggy Stardust‚ Mick Jagger‚ and Citizen Kane to piece together this montage film in rock-opera style; but does it work or is it just another movie about our own sexual revolution set to music? What
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Tuesdays with Morrie. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) often referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease is a form of motor neuron diseases. It is a rare disorder in which the nerves that control muscular activity degenerate within the brain and spinal cord. What results is weakness and wasting away of the muscles. The cause is unknown. About one to two cases of ALS are diagnosed annually per 100‚000 people in the US. (Lou) Sufferers will notice weakness in the hands and arms accompanied by wasting of
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inspiring book about how people should value the precious time everyone has to live.Tuesdays with Morrie is the a story of a professor Morrie‚ his former student Mitch‚ and their final “class” with each other as Morrie is in the final stages of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Mitch taped their discussions together and transferred them into the book while also throwing in college memories of Morrie and himself. While transferring this‚ he lastly put in other important moments and quotes that add to the
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Many sports fans are aware of the common injuries athletes sustain in their time of play such as concussions‚ but what many people do not know of are what happens to an athlete after sustaining the head trauma. Diseases like Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS) and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy(CTE) can affect athletes many years after sustaining concussions and can lead to death. Many sports corporations such as the NFL are taking steps to help prevent further head trauma to their athletes‚ but
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marketing company Crakmedia has accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The challenge‚ which calls for the dumping of water on one’s head to raise awareness and raise money for the fight against ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)‚ often referred to as "Lou Gehrig’s Disease‚" has been all the buzz around the Internet in the last few weeks. This progressive neurodegenerative disease attacks the nervous system‚ affecting the nerve cells in the brain. Crakmedia will donate $20 for every Crakmedia employee
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Lou Gehrig Baseball Legend Lou Gehrig‚ one of the greatest players of all time‚ struggled to make it in the big leagues. Although he did grow up in a normal family‚ the beginning of his career was rough. As he settled into the MLB‚ his career was one to remember. He really gave New York something to brag about. Towards the end of his career‚ an untimely sickness affected his life in the worst way possible. Lou Gehrig was born in Yorkville‚ Manhattan in 1903. His parents both emigrated from
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studied in 1869 by Jean- Martin Charcot who was a French neurologist. In 1939 it gained international and national attention thanks to a man named Lou Gehrig. Gehrig was a baseball player for the New Year Yankees who ended up having to retire for the sport he loved because of his diagnosis of ALS‚ therefore Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis got its more common name Lou Gehrig’s Disease. (ALS Association‚ 2016) Causes for ALS is still under investigation. Five
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What is ALS? Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis‚ other name is Lou Gehrig’s Disease‚ is a neurodegenerative disease. It affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Nerves are involved in the process of thinking‚ memory‚ and of detecting sensations (such as hot/cold‚ sharp/dull)‚ and others for vision‚ hearing‚ and other bodily functions. Basically‚ motor neurons provide voluntary movements and muscle power. As motor neurons degenerate‚ they can no longer send impulses to the muscle fibers that
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