(in reply to: Acknowledgement of Receipt) I think all new applications are holded after the new law had released at march 2008 i think at novemeber they will release the NOC & DEAL WITH IT so dont worry.
1 ALS is not contagious.  Although the life expectancy of a person with ALS averages about two to five years from the time of diagnosis, this disease is variable, and many people can live with the disease for five years and more. More than half of all people with ALS live more than three years after diagnosis.
How many people have died from ALS? ALS is fatal in about 95% of the cases, time is variable between 3 and 20 years. About 5000 people each year are diagnosed with ALS, so generically/mathematically, about 4700 people die annually.