Carrie Munk, a spokeswoman for the ALS association, said the Ice Bucket Challenge was a "game changer" for the organization. She said the trend has boosted overall awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Barbara
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Many other family members also died of ALS, the same "familial" strain Antonio and his mom have. Very few cases of ALS appear in family clusters, so that's where the term for the subset of the disease comes from. Antonio is
HLN's Christi Paul participates in the #IceBucketChallenge, a social media campaign that aims to raise awareness and money to fight Lou Gehrig's disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. (Credit: CNN).
If you think that taking the Ice Bucket Challenge is a shock to the system, please consider the following fact: Soon we will all know someone—or be the person–with one of these devastating brain disorders. Experts agree that unless we declare war on