Eric Dane Is Fighting ALS Diagnosis
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Doctors in Michigan are seeing an increase in ALS patients. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor has more.
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News-Medical.Net on MSNMolecular stress makes old neurons vulnerable to neurodegenerative diseasesAs the global population ages, the risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) continues to rise.
Eric Dane, appearing on today’s Good Morning America, said in a taped interview with Diane Sawyer that due to ALS he no longer has use of his right arm and that he expects to lose use of his left hand.