did lou gehrig really have als?

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i am a medscape member and recently recieved an email update.
in it is an article that questions if lou gehrig really had als or it was caused by head traumas from playing football.
 
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All they can do is speculate. It was a long time ago. How do they come up with these things?
 
The way I remember when this first came out, the author of a piece in the New York Times speculated this in his article, and everyone else jumped on it like it was a fact. Lou Gehrig was never mentioned in the "research", it was added by this "journalist". It did bring on some much needed awareness to ALS, but in the wrong way in my opinion. I have had to explain this to at least a dozen people who have asked me about it.
 
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