NEURODEGENERATION:

My wife, a doctor, once asked me, “What was the name of that baseball player who died of Lou Gehrig’s disease?” I stared at her to try to determine if she was serious, then I finally said, “You mean Lou Gehrig?” Needless to say, despite the man’s incredible achievements on the field, the ballplayer known as The Iron Horse—a career .340 batting average, 493 home runs, 1995 RBIs—is remembered for the disease that has come bear his name. Now, to add insult to brain injury, new research suggests Lou Gehrig may not have even had Lou Gehrig’s disease.