rcharlton
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- Joined
- Jun 20, 2005
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- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 11/2005
- Country
- CA
- State
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Had a check up my Dr. Strong, my ALS specialist the other day.
He was mentioning that just through informal discussions with his colleagues in many parts of the world (Europe, Australia...) it appears that he and his colleagues have had a surge in ALS patients since the summer of 2006.
I believe that epidemiological studies are just underway to see if there has been an actual increase in the incidence of ALS.
It could simply be that the diagnostic process has improved - and that there has not been an increase in the number of patients - but that more patients are getting properly diagnosed.
I was even checking out the ALS Canada web site stats for this site - and there has been a huge increase in visits to the site since May 2005 - That may simply be word of mouth increases and more search engines picking up on the site - but it could also be that more people are being affected by ALS.
I was trying to think what might possibly have led to an increase in the incidence of ALS. If there has been an increase - it would be attributable to some environmental factors - but factors common across the global. Maybe it's related to the thinning of the ozone layer? How about GE foods?
Any thoughts?
He was mentioning that just through informal discussions with his colleagues in many parts of the world (Europe, Australia...) it appears that he and his colleagues have had a surge in ALS patients since the summer of 2006.
I believe that epidemiological studies are just underway to see if there has been an actual increase in the incidence of ALS.
It could simply be that the diagnostic process has improved - and that there has not been an increase in the number of patients - but that more patients are getting properly diagnosed.
I was even checking out the ALS Canada web site stats for this site - and there has been a huge increase in visits to the site since May 2005 - That may simply be word of mouth increases and more search engines picking up on the site - but it could also be that more people are being affected by ALS.
I was trying to think what might possibly have led to an increase in the incidence of ALS. If there has been an increase - it would be attributable to some environmental factors - but factors common across the global. Maybe it's related to the thinning of the ozone layer? How about GE foods?
Any thoughts?