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Bruce, I have tried to find out what ALS is unsuccessfully. Maybe you can help. ??????Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Anderson <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, July 08, 1998 8:28 AM Subject: Re: ALS > It' s a pretty horrible disease. At about the time I was diagnosed with >PD back in early '95 a fellow employee of the Resolution Trust Corporation >where I worked got a diagnosis of ALS. Within 6 months he was in a >wheelchair; he was told he had 5 years to live and they would be hell. And >there is not supposed to be any dementia; they are alert right to the end. >It's rare, though. There are currently something on the order of 30,000 >victims in the US. (Don't ping me on my #'s - this is all from memory, which >ain't what it used to be.) > It sure would be nice if whatever results come out of the research >funded by Udall would benefit sufferers of other neurological diseases as >well!