Thank you Jessica for the nomination for the #alsicebucketchallenge the link for the donation sites for all three horrible diseases are below with a little bit of information on all three. I nominate Renee King, Megan Toetz, and Chris Weina you guys have 24 hours! Go! •ALS: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as Lou Gehrigs Disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed. alsa.org/about-als/what-is-als.html CA: Cancer is the general name for a group of more than 100 diseases. Although there are many kinds of cancer, all cancers start because abnormal cells grow out of control. Untreated cancers can cause serious illness and death. m.cancer.org/index MS: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the central nervous system (CNS) With MS, the protective covering (known as myelin) that protects the nerves becomes damaged Damaged myelin (and eventually nerves) disrupts the smooth flow of nerve impulses, causing the symptoms of MS mymsaa.org/m/about-ms/
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