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2. time.com › 5199001How Did Stephen Hawking Live So Long with ALS? | TIME

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   Mar 14, 2018 · March 14, 2018 1:52 PM EDT. T he world lost one of its most brilliant scientific minds Wednesday, when legendary physicist Stephen Hawking died at age 76. Hawking’s cause of death was likely ...

3. www.nbcnews.com › health › health-careStephen Hawking had ALS for 55 years. How did he do it?

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   Mar 15, 2018 · Hawking was diagnosed in 1963, when he was just 21 years old. He survived for 55 years with the incurable condition. “His survival is longer than most,” said Dr. Jeffrey Elliott, chief of the ...

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   How did Professor Hawking get ALS?

   • Professor Hawking had just turned 21 when he was diagnosed with a very rare slow-progressing form of ALS, a form of motor neurone disease (MND). He was at the end of his time at Oxford when he started to notice early signs of his disease. He was getting more clumsy and fell over several times without knowing why.

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   How long did Stephen Hawking live with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?

   • When Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 1963, few thought he would live more than a couple of years. At the time he was diagnosed, Professor Hawking asked a question often posed when people are diagnosed with a terminal illness — why me? He wrote about this in his memoir, My Brief History.

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   How did Stephen Hawking die?

   • Here’s What We Know T he world lost one of its most brilliant scientific minds Wednesday, when legendary physicist Stephen Hawking died at age 76. Hawking’s cause of death was likely amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a neurodegenerative disease that wears away at nerve and muscle function over time.

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   How did Stephen Hawking become a physicist?

   • Diagnosed with a neuromuscular disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, at the age of 21, he was told he had only a few years left to live. Despite his prognosis, he defied the odds and went on to become one of the world’s most renowned physicists. Let’s take a look at Stephen Hawking’s story.

   Life With ALS: The Stephen Hawking Story

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5. www.scientificamerican.com › stephen-hawking-alsHow Has Stephen Hawking Lived Past 70 with ALS?

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   Jan 7, 2012 · Stephen Hawking turns 70 on Sunday, beating the odds of a daunting diagnosis by nearly half a century. The famous theoretical physicist has helped to bring his ideas about black holes and quantum ...

6. www.als-curtisvancefoundation.org › stephenLife With ALS: The Stephen Hawking Story

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   Feb 24, 2023 · While in graduate school, at age 21, Dr. Hawking was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly referred to in the US as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was getting more clumsy and fell over several times without knowing why. As ALS progresses, the degeneration of motor neurons in the brain interferes with messages to muscles in ...

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8. scitemed.com › article › 2792How Stephen Hawking Defied Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis for ...

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   Stephen Hawking died in Cambridge on March 14, 2018 at the age of 76. He has been described as one of the greatest scientific minds in history and the most popular scientific figure since Albert Einstein. He is also a symbol of human courage and persistence, having continued in his work for decades in spite of a debilitating disease that left him confined to a wheelchair. Hawking was diagnosed ...

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9. www.abc.net.au › news › healthStephen Hawking's ALS and how he outlived his prognosis by ...

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   Mar 14, 2018 · How Hawking's disease progressed. Professor Hawking had just turned 21 when he was diagnosed with a very rare slow-progressing form of ALS, a form of motor neurone disease (MND). He was at the end ...

10. www.usatoday.com › story › newsHow did Stephen Hawking live so long with ALS? - USA TODAY

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    Mar 14, 2018 · Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — otherwise known as Lou Gehrig's disease or motor neuron disease — can kill someone within a few months of diagnosis, and there's only a 10% chance ...