The disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's Disease

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that causes muscles to stop working. ALS is a rare disease found mostly in very active people. Another name for ALS is Motor Neuron Disease (MND) and the most common name is Lou Gehrig's disease. Lou Gehrig was a hall of fame baseball player who played with Babe Ruth on the Yankees. He once hit four homeruns in one game. He fell victim to ALS in the late 1930…

…being told he only had six months to live. His story was very inspirational. He did not give up and believe that he was going to die. This research project was very educational. I learned a lot from it and it was interesting to find out about diseases I knew nothing about. Hopefully we will find a cure for ALS soon. It is a horrible disease and the medical bills can leave families very poor.