What is ALS? ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. A-myo-trophic comes from the Greek language. A means no. Myo refers to muscle, and Trophic means nourishment â No muscle nourishment. When a muscle has no nourishment, it atrophies or wastes away.
Oshkosh, Nebraska. Oshkosh is a city in Garden County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 884 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Garden County.
Results from recent elections in the county, with a population of nearly 57,000 and stretching from the far northern suburbs of Madison to the Wisconsin Dells, suggest that for every Will Cekosh there is likely to be a Dave Knapp.