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Can you prevent lou gehrig's disease?
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No: As far as we know this illness is not preventable at the current time. Research is ongoing.
Answered 7/20/2012
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No: Lou gerhig's disease has no known cause and there is no treatment. It is a progressive muscle weakness and muscle loss as a result of dying neurons (nerve cells) in the brain stem and spinal cord.
Answered 3/30/2013
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No: Als is relatively rare, with 90% sporadic and 10% genetic (25% of which have mutations involving copper/zinc superoxide dismutase). There is no specific or successful treatment to date, and no known approach to prevent the disease even if one is a member of a family at risk.
Answered 3/30/2013
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