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'Life is a lottery’.  Fostering the will to live for those with an incurable disease

  • Writer: Chris McMillan
    Chris McMillan
  • Nov 4, 2024
  • 1 min read

Shanghai Daily


2nd November 2024


'Life is a lottery’.  Fostering the will to live for those with an incurable disease

By Lu Feiran


The disease named after US baseball player Lou Gehrig and most publicized by high-profile victim Stephen Hawking doesn't have to instill fear and despair. The Yangzhi Rehabilitation Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University in Shanghai has a new program to help sufferers cope.

Its target is people diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. It is an incurable form of motor neuron disease characterized by gradual degeneration of muscle control.


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