FOX 7 Care Force: Veterans dealing with ALS

AUSTIN, Texas - In the FOX 7 Care Force, we are looking at how many veterans families are dealing with a disease that, for whatever reason, affects veterans at about twice the rate it affects the rest of us.

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That disease is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is incurable and progressively destroys a person's ability to walk, speak, swallow, and eat. It's a fatal disease.

Now, the defense department has doubled its request for money to find out why veterans are being so hard hit by ALS. Joining Mike Warren on FOX 7 Austin to talk about this more is Lara Garey who's husband tom an air force veteran is fighting the disease.