Gehrig, Lou (1903-1941)
Baseball great Lou Gehrig (the "Iron Horse") was, alongside teammate Babe Ruth, a powerhouse player on the New York Yankees
during the 1920s and 1930s until his c...
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One of baseball's greatest hitters, Lou Gehrig (1903-1941) was a teammate of Babe Ruth on the New York Yankees and drove in more runs in his productive 17-year career than all but two other men in his...
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LONDON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - An acne drug that had shown early
promise in treating the degenerative nerve condition known as
Lou Gehrig's disease actually worsens it, a study in Lancet
Neurology sai...
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - A mutation in a single gene may
raise one's risk of getting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, by as much as 30 percent,
offering a potential new tar...
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A woman thought to have Lou Gehrig's Disease has resumed talking after a silence of nearly three years _ the second such surprise recovery at a south-central Kansas facility. Nurse Georgi Holl...
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After more than eight years in prison, a frail Dr. Jack Kevorkian will be paroled in June with a promise that he won't assist in any more suicides, a prison spokesman said Wednesday.Leo Lalonde, th...
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A retired U.S. pathologist who has earned the nickname ''Dr.
Death'' after claiming he had participated in at least 130 assisted
suicides left prison Friday after eight years, U.S. media repo...
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Military service, particularly in the Gulf War, may be linked to development of Lou Gehrig's disease, the Institute of Medicine said Friday. The evidence, however, is limited and inconsistent,...
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Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who has been confined to a wheelchair for most of his adult life, expects weightlessness to feel like "bliss" when he goes on a "zero-gravity" flight Thursday aboard...
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Renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who authored the best-selling book, "A Brief History of Time," soon will experience a brief history with weightlessness.Hawking, who uses a wheelchai...
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Jack Kevorkian, whose failing health may deny him a chance to be paroled, said he still believes in assisted suicide but would not choose it for himself.
"Remember that I did not advo...
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Gehrig, Lou (1903-1941)
Lou Gehrig
Promising Lou Gehrig's disease drug fails trial
