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Health & Wellness February 10, 2006
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After two family tragedies, woman continues fight against ALS
By Michelle Knight knight@theacorn.com
     Barbara Frova is a calendar girl. The mother of two adult children posed discreetly in the buff as Ms. September in the Women of the Rotary Club of Simi Valley calendar.
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Symptoms, progression of ALS explained
The disease strikes across racial and socioeconomic lines, generally between the ages of 40 and 70
     Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects brain and spinal cord nerve cells and ultimately leads to the loss of voluntary muscle control. As motor neurons, which reach from the brain to th
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