Adding the name of a famous baseball player to a disease does not make it any more appealing.
Lou Gehrig's Disease--amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS--slowly erodes the body's motor functions, leading to paralysis and death.
Oregon Health & Science University performs extensive research into ALS in Portland, in the hope of improving treatment or finding a cure.
Dr. Chafic Karam visits with us to talk about promising lines of research, along with psychiatrist Dr. Alan Teo.