Glad to see this article which I posted has prompted so much dialogue. Aspartame turns into among other things FORMALDEHYDE. Only a total idiot, or a stooge/hack working for Ajinomoto/Coke/Pepsi/Wrigley's or Monsanto, would argue that that chemical metabolite is "HARMLESS."

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Families dealing with Lou Gehrig's disease, or ALS, learn to lean on each other. That's certainly been the case for Rosalind Jeffrey and her daughter, Shelly Reale.

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The article includes links to clips of the actual speech and Gary Cooper's version in "The Pride of the Yankees. If you want to go diretly to them, here are the links: Lou Gehrig's Farewell Speech Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig

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Spirit of the Iron Horse - New Hope for Lou Gehrig's Disease

By: John E. Fiorentino The news broke unexpectedly with an astounding blast - "US allows Lou Gehrig's patients to try Insmed drug."

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The Israeli Gaza Conflict, Politics and Religion

Let me repeat that phrase; Israeli Gaza conflict, Politics and Religion. What comes to mind? Have you picked your side and ready to do battle? Or are you reading this article to learn something.

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Tuesdays with Morrie and Mondays with Herman

The book "Tuesdays with Morrie" told the very touching story of a man named Morrie, a retired philosophy Professor, dying of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) better known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

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An extensive federal report released Monday concludes that roughly one in four of the 697,000 U.S. veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War suffer from Gulf War illness. More Articles

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In the fall of 2004, indie filmmaker Patrick O'Brien noticed an involuntary shaking in his legs. It wasn't until May 2005 that the cause of the shaking was officially diagnosed as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease).

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From the living room of Doctor Richard Olney's Corte Madera home, sliding glass doors offer a wide-open view of the tidal marsh in front of his house, of passing clouds and of the shorebirds that fly in and fly out.Inside, the man who once rode mountain bikes and ran triathlons s …

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Even with the entire human genome in hand, scientists can still have trouble rooting out the genes behind a disease. Consider amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

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FOR MORE than 20 years, health officials have known about a puzzling concentration of the neurodegenerative illness known as Lou Gehrig's disease in the southeastern Massachusetts town of Middleborough.

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For months, Aimee Chamernik struggled with the realization that she was going to die early. The effect of Lou Gehrigs disease would shatter her family into pieces. How could she tell her kids? What memories will she leave behind?

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It's been several years since Robin Brumett has heard her husband's rich broadcaster voice. Even longer since she's felt his embrace.

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Seven-year-old Nicholas Chamernik had rarely seen his parents cry. So he felt a pang of worry when he looked up one evening to see his father wiping away tears. "Dad, what's wrong?" he asked.

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The former Sayreville resident, confined to a wheelchair after being diagnosed with the incurable ailment in May 2005, has turned his fate into the inspiration for what he dubbed his "life's work": a documentary film detailing his struggles with the "ugly, spirit-punishing, insid …

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Doctors have known for years that some people with Lou Gehrig's disease also suffer from a type of dementia.

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Globs of malformed protein are conspicuously present in many degenerative disorders of the brain and nervous system.

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The two friends rode side by side, mimicking a motorcycle scene in "Easy Rider." Except Patrick O'Brien, 31, and his friend, Mal Torrance, were cruising the streets of Asbury Park in motorized wheelchairs, an American flag flying from the back of O'Brien's chair.

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