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Name: Cynthia Bennett
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Cynthia Bennett works with ALS patients to help with as many of the difficulties of Sort by:

Understanding Lou Gehrig’s disease

Lou Gehrig’s disease is a serious condition that afflicts a great number of people all over the world with treatment options that are limited to managing the symptoms rather than providing a real cure.  Named after the American ballplayer whose career was markedly affected by the disease, this motor neuron disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), […]

Holding on with Lou Gehrig’s Optimism: Making Life More Manageable for ALS Patients

Lou Gehrig’s spirit couldn’t be doused even when dealing with a devastating disease like ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).  This debilitating and fatal disease hit Lou Gehrig after years of sterling performance and a string of record-breaking in the field of American baseball – along the way sustaining several injuries and traumas to various parts of […]

Living Life with ALS

Instead of wallowing in devastation, anyone who is living life with ALS should live each day with gratitude and appreciation of everything else around them and should take each day as a chance to get ready for what lies ahead.  Some would say that this is easy enough for someone who does not really know […]