Researchers Link Lou Gehrig’s Disease to Brain Trauma

A new study suggests that concussions and head trauma can cause degenerative diseases similar to A.L.S. and that Lou Gehrig may not have had Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Senh: "... Lou Gehrig may not have had Lou Gehrig’s disease." That statement sending my mind into an infinite loop ...

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