Source: aboutlawsuits.com
The findings of a new study suggest that Lou Gehrig may not have actually had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which has become commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Instead the baseball legend may have been the victim of multiple traumatic head injuries, which could have led to a different condition that was mistaken for ALS.
The head trauma study (pdf), published in the September issue of the Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology, suggests that repetitive head trauma experienced in collision sports might cause a motor neuron disease. This disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), could be, and probably has been, mistaken for Lou Gehrig’s disease, scientists say.
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