I've heard of several cases of programmers getting ALS. This seemed statistically unlikely, since the ALS site stated that only 5 in 100,000 acquired the disea

I've heard of several cases of programmers getting ALS. This seemed statistically unlikely, since the ALS site stated that only 5 in 100,000 acquired the disease. Then, I googled "programmers ALS" and found this study: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/162/12/1146.abstract http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/162/12/1146.abstract It suggests that programmers do have higher risks. (Still, keep in mind that the study is small, and even if there are increased risks, the odds are still low.)