Sunday, October 5, 2008

champion"s disease

here are some of the great personalities with the disease they had and popularized it...
1)wasim akram-type 1 diabets mellitus

2) ali-Parkinsons disease..also known as Punch back syndrome[seen in boxers]
3) pete sampras-alpha thalassemia trait

4) Stephen hawkins-Als-amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,a progressive, usually fatal, neurodegenerative disease caused by the degeneration of motor neurons, the nerve cells in the central nervous system that control voluntary muscle movement.

20 comments:

Big Pearls said...

Diseases don't stop you from being great.

Mithrandir said...

pete sampras has alpha thalassemia trait is news to me indeed!

Priya said...

Shit.

Priya said...

Its amazing. Things like these don't come in the way of dreams...

Anwesa said...

dint kno abt ali n pete sampras..thanx 4 d info!!

Satish Bolla said...

heard abt only mohd ali's. but wht's the condition of pete now? OMG, i jus love this guy

Grey said...

You forgot Einstiene -- V.D Sifilis

Akshaya Kamalnath said...

I think Hawking beats everyone.

Debasish Patra said...

interesting info dere..
esplly, Hawking's !

Sahefa said...

poor guys...

drwiz said...

Didn't know about Pete Sampras's alpha thalassemia trait...thanks mate :)

ceedy said...

Interesting info...but cant really thank you can I? its about someones suffering

broca's area said...

@ big pearls..they are the living examples:)

@ rajeev...:)

broca's area said...

@ priya...yeah...hope it inspires u:)

@ anwesa...welocme:)

broca's area said...

@ satish..nothing serious..its a minor blood disorder..

@ grey...yeah knew it but didnt find it convenient to mention abt it here...its a std no!!

broca's area said...

@ akshaya..he developed that disease at the age of 21!!!

@ debasish...yeah:)

broca's area said...

@ sahefa..???

@ drwiz...welocme dude!!

@ ceedy...but its also inspiring man!...

Anonymous said...

didnt know bout Sampras n Ali !

broca's area said...

@ moregyan4u...okk..:)

Saran Soman said...

nice facts mann! actually the last one was a qn for a quiz i r3ecently participated.....which i answered as multiple sclerosis.
wish i had read yur blog earlier. :)