Irony, Thy Name Is ALS

This must be ALS awareness week in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Here is an interesting article on Dr. Olney, a noted ALS specialist who received the diagnosis himself.

Dr. Richard Olney in last stages, study of disease
Carl T. Hall, Special to the Chronicle

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/25/MNHL1J5LEV.DTL

Olney's most enduring contribution to the ALS field may have less to do with the details of his final study than the commitment he has shown, relentlessly attacking a disease that soon will kill him.

It's a lesson of persistence and personal bravery that clearly has impressed his own doctors.