Books like Lou Gehrigs disease by Melissa Abramovitz

Mitch Albom’s memoir follows his weekly visits to former sociology professor Morrie Schwartz as Schwartz confronts terminal ALS, exploring life, death, and personal growth through their poignant teacher‑student bond.

A surgeon’s investigation of end‑of‑life care urges a shift from mere survival to overall well‑being, blending medical insight with personal stories.

Neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi’s poignant memoir chronicles his battle with stage IV metastatic lung cancer and his reflections on life, medicine, and mortality.

Explores the groundbreaking science of neuroplasticity, showing how the brain can recover from injury, learn new skills, and even rewire itself to overcome long‑standing mental limits.

Leonard Sax uses scientific data to explain why many American children are falling behind—obesity, depression, and anxiety rise when parents abdicate authority. He offers concrete steps—screen limits, healthy routines, humility—to restore parental control and help kids thrive.

"Still Alice" follows a Harvard professor who confronts the sudden onset of Alzheimer’s disease, depicting the emotional and cognitive challenges of losing one’s memory while striving to maintain independence.

A biography focusing on the childhood of one of the greatest professional baseball players who is remembered for playing 2,130 consecutive games in 14 seasons with the New York Yankees.

Jill Bolte Taylor, a neuroanatomist, records the day her left brain failed during a massive stroke and the hours she lived between its loss and the right brain's peace, ultimately tracing her radical recovery and the insights it spurred.

Seventeenth‑year-old Jackie Mitchell becomes history’s first professional female pitcher when she faces Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in a 1931 exhibition game.

A biography of Lou Gehrig, the legendary New York Yankees outfielder, highlighting his character, achievements, and struggle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, tailored for young readers.

"The compelling story of an acclaimed journalist and New York Times bestselling author's ongoing struggle with epilepsy--his torturous decision to keep his condition a secret to avoid discrimination, and his ensuing decades-long battle to not only survive, but to thrive. Written with brutal and affecting honesty, Kurt Eichenwald, who was diagnosed with epilepsy as a teenager, details the abuses he faced while incapacitated post-seizure, the discrimination he fought that almost cost him his education and employment, and the darkest moments when he contemplated suicide as the only solution to ending his physical and emotional pain. He recounts how medical incompetence would have killed him but for the heroic actions of a brilliant neurologist and the friendship of two young men who assumed part of the burden of his struggle. Ultimately, Eichenwald's is an inspirational tale, showing how a young man facing his own mortality on a daily basis could rise from the depths of despair to the heights of unimagined success"--