Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Athleticism and body weight tied to ALS and other motor neuron diseases

Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, October 7th, 2002

Patients with motor neuron disease, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), are significantly more likely to have been slim and to have been varsity athletes, according to a new study conducted by Nikolaos Scarmeas and a team of epidemiologists from Columbia University. The study is published in Neurology, the American Academy of Neurology's scientific journal.

ALS, sometimes called Lou Gehrig disease after the famous baseball player whose career was cut short by the disease, has been associated with many patients who were lean throughout their lives as well as being athletes, said Lewis P. Rowland, MD, with the Neurological Institute in New York, and a...

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