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Taking Precautions Why are constant blows to the head causing these fatal diseases? Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal painless disease that slowly breakdown the motor neurons in the spinal cord. ALS is absent muscle cells attacks every part of the body except the brain. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a non-curable disease that is formed by constant recurring head trauma damaging the malfunction of the body. CTE damages the brain by the buildup of abnormal proteins called

In a pregame speech, Lou Holtz once said to the New York Jets, “Ability is what you're capable of doing, motivation determines what you do, and attitude determines how well you do it” (Holtz). Have you ever compared yourself to Olympic athletes? Have you wished you could be as successful as certain wealthy celebrities? Fortunately, every individual that is upon this earth has the same ability to accomplish equal levels of success. Those who achieve higher levels of progress do not do so from possessing

great I disagree with The Challenge. For starters, the hype of the Ice Bucket Challenge had people accepting to do the challenge with no real concept of what ALS was. The ALS Association says “Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord.” After going through all of my news feeds on Facebook no one ever mentioned this. I actually had to research ALS to find out what

Death Certificate #24 Name of deceased: Phillip Lee Needlehaus Age: 42 Date of Birth: March 12, 1970 Date of Death: March 30, 2012 Place of Death: Cause of death: Progressive systemic scleroderma 1. Etiology – Progressive systemic scleroderma is a disease in which the immune system begins to attack the body. Suddenly the immune system starts to think that the healthy tissue in the body is harmful and begins to destroy them. There are many different types of this disease and progressive systemic

at a much younger age than the average person. ALS and CTE are similar due to the fact that they are a progressive degenerative disease. Both diseases are linked with head trauma and the loss of movement within the human body. ALS is also known as Lou Gehrigs disease; he brought national attention to the disease when he was diagnosed in 1939. Adrian Robinson Jr. was a former NFL player that was diagnosed with CTE after his death. Recent research shows that contact sports might play a big role in

conveys his emotions and the ones his fans are portraying towards him. Though he knows he will shortly die, he believes that he really is the luckiest man alive. This man was Lou Gehrig and he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which was later given the nickname, “Lou Gehrig’s Disease.” In this optimistic speech, Lou Gehrig describes how living with a deadly disease can still be enjoyable so that he can display

"I love George Brett. George is everything that's right about baseball." - Charlie Lau George Howard Brett was a Major League Baseball player for the Kansas City Royals for 21 years. During his career, he achieved so much and contributed a great deal to Kansas City baseball. George Brett is a big name in Kansas City because he’s a hometown hero, has dedicated his life and time to Kansas City and has believed in and stayed with the Kansas City Royals for the past forty-five years. George Brett’s

In Lou Gehrig’s, “Farewell to Baseball”, he is addressing not only his loved ones, his fans, but the American people who are witnessing his disease take it’s course. Although Gehrig was suffering from the terrible affects of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (later coined “Lou Gehrig’s Disease”), his speech sounds more comforting than it does fearful. Gehrig uses rhetorical devices such as the emotional appeal pathos in order to convey a positive connotation despite the “bad break” he is addressing.

Companionship is what keep the world at peace, if it is lost, so it our world. In the book Tuesdays with Morrie compassion is the binding point of the story. Mitch was a student of Morrie and after many years they reunited and loved each other till the end(2). Along side of loving Mitch, Morrie was always getting help from his wife and they kept each other close as they held on to what they had left. On the other side of that, Mitch and his Wife are helping each other and supporting each other to

tougher when someone is terminally ill like Morrie in the novel written by Mitch Albom, Tuesdays With Morrie. Morrie Schwartz is one of the main characters in Tuesdays with Morrie. He suffers from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, otherwise known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. This disease attacks the nervous system which then weakens voluntary movements and impacts physical functions. Motor neurons from the brain go to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive