Day: October 14, 2026

They called him the “iron horse” and the “pride of the Yankees.” But when baseball great Lou Gehrig came to Mayo Clinic in June 1939, his name became associated with an illness called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Today, ALS is often referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The new Lou Gehrig exhibit in Heritage Hall at Mayo Clinic’s Rochester campus. The diagnosis that Gehrig received at …