Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): Facts & Symptoms of Lou Gehrig's Disease

Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 18:00 in Health & Medicine

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive and fatal neurological disease that causes the neurons that control voluntary muscles (motor neurons) to degenerate.

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