Since its launch in 2010, Pretty Little Liars has become a social media phenomenon. The drama counts more than 14 million Facebook fans and another 10 million between Twitter and Instagram. The series holds the six most-tweeted scripted telecasts in TV history, Freeform says, with the cast collecting an impressive 36 Teen Choice Awards and four People's Choice Awards.
ALS is often referred to as a syndrome because the disease becomes apparent in various patterns. ALS occurs rarely and spontaneously. Currently, there is no cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALS Statistics. Most people who develop ALS are between the ages of 40 and 70, although the disease can occur at a younger age.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, is sometimes called Lou Gehrig's disease. As many as 20,000 to 30,000 people in the United States have ALS, and an estimated 5,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with the disease each year. Only about 5 to 10 percent of all ALS cases are inherited in the family's genes.