How to Use Lou Gehrig's disease in a Sentence

Lou Gehrig's disease

noun
  • Kaplinis was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease three years ago.
    — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Feb. 2022
  • It is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease after the famous baseball player who was diagnosed with it.
    — Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 10 July 2024
  • Their mother, who died in 2013, also had the same disease, which is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The condition, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, leads to muscle weakness, as well as loss of mobility and speech.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
  • Hawking was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease as a graduate student at Cambridge and was given just two years to live.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Due to his amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, Dane has lost use of his right arm.
    — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Yet for millions with speech impairments due to conditions like Lou Gehrig's disease or cerebral palsy, this basic function becomes a struggle.
    — Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • That's because Hawking was afflicted with Lou Gehrig's disease and lost the ability to speak in 1985.
    — ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Others tell more personal stories, such as the neuroscientist with a tattoo of the type of nerve cell that is damaged in Lou Gehrig's disease, which killed her father.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2011
  • It's commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease, named after the famous baseball player who got the illness and had to retire in 1939.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Mendenhall died from Lou Gehrig's disease in 1977, a devastating loss for Boyer that led to depression.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Since revealing his diagnosis in April, Dane has sought to bring attention to the disorder, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In April, Dane announced that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Dec. 2025
  • That includes research into the treatment and/or prevention of Alzheimer's, various cancers, heart disease, Lou Gehrig's disease and autism.
    — Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The family that encircled and supported a beloved patriarch who slowly lost his battle with Lou Gehrig's disease, which robbed him of his ability to move, speak and, eventually, breathe.
    — Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Dane receives more screen time, but his dissolute, oft-drunk character is hard to watch knowing the actor’s offscreen battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
    — Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a degenerative motor neuron disease.
    — Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a nervous system disease that affects the brain and spinal cord and causes loss of muscle control, according to Mayo Clinic.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 18 May 2026
  • Grammy-winning artist Roberta Flack has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the progressive illness commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and is unable to sing.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The author shared that his decision comes after having to witness the slow death of one of his brothers, who suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Eric Dane battled this disease before his death And ALS, commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease, is a rare degenerative disease that can impact the brain and spinal cord.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Actor Eric Dane announced in April of 2025 that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
    — Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Dane revealed his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, in an April interview with People magazine.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Federal health advisers voted overwhelmingly against an experimental treatment for Lou Gehrig's disease at a Wednesday meeting prompted by years of patient efforts seeking access to the unproven therapy.
    — CBS News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Her work also surrounded many charitable causes, including raising money for Lou Gehrig's disease research, fighting poverty, and supporting social justice and environmentalism.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The software was developed for people with cerebral palsy, spinal muscular atrophy, Lou Gehrig's disease, multiple sclerosis, brain injury and various neurological disorders.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Hawking’s work on the physics of black holes helped reshape the scientific understanding of the universe, even after being diagnosed with a motor neuron disease also known as ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, early in life that gradually paralyzed him.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • On May 16, Andrews appeared on CNN's The Story Is with Elex Michaelson and announced he had been diagnosed with the fatal neurodegenerative disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, in the fall of 2025.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026

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