76-year-old ALS survivor Stephen Hawking celebrates his birthday
76-year-old ALS survivor Stephen Hawking celebrates his birthday A LS is a disease that degenerates the nerve cells located in the brain that ultimately lead to fatality. However, the world-renowned scientist Stephen Hawking has fought with the disease for more than 55 years now. Hawkings was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis at the age of 21 following which his struggle for survival has been a roller coaster ride. He has successfully outlived most of the people that have been diagnosed with this degenerative disease. The physicist was diagnosed with ALS in the year 1963 when the doctors predicted a maximum of 2 years for him to live. Surprisingly the genius surpassed the odds with a striking figure of 55 years which is way more than the maximum three years assigned to an ALS patient as stated by the ALS Association. As reported by the NINDS (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes, the long-lasting survival of Dr. Hawking was mostly due to the age at ...