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

Chris McMillan
Nov 4, 2024
1 min read

Shanghai Daily

2nd November 2024

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.

https://www.shine.cn/news/in-focus/2411027471/

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