Examples of Degenerative Diseases
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a.k.a., Lou Gehrig's Disease
- Alzheimer's disease
- Parkinson's Disease
- Multiple system atrophy
- Niemann Pick disease
- Atherosclerosis
- Progressive supranuclear palsy
- Cancer
- Essential tremor
- Tay-Sachs Disease
- Diabetes
- Heart Disease
- Keratoconus
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Prostatitis
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Huntington's Disease
- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
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