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Article: The wasting diseases: ALS ... MD ... MS.... (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis)
- Article from:
- Nutrition Health Review
- Article date:
- March 22, 1990
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The Wasting Diseases
Hardly anyone can honestly complain that the search for cause and cure of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), muscular dystrophy (MD), and multiple sclerosis (MS), has not attracted huge sums of money, tremendous resources in scientific research, and fund-rich associations dedicated to find a cure. The problem, however, is elusive, possibly because the focus of those concerted efforts is in the wrong direction.
Many theories certainly abound. There are the medical researchers who are convinced that a yet unidentified virus is the culprit (not unlike the grant seekers who have extracted millions of dollars in pursuit of the "cancer ...