For those who come to the comments before the article, ALS means amyotrophic lateral sclerosisis or Lou Gehrig's disease, and "is a paralytic and usually fatal

For those who come to the comments before the article, ALS means amyotrophic lateral sclerosisis or Lou Gehrig's disease, and "is a paralytic and usually fatal disorder caused by motor-neuron degeneration in the brain and spinal cord".