Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Actually it’s not a novelty to answer a challenge by either paying $100 or dumping a bucketful of water on your head. In addition, it is not even related to ALS.

Initially, some American sportsmen started this tradition with an ice bucket. When the 29-year-old baseball player Pete Frates was diagnosed with ALS in 2012, he turned this ice tradition into an awareness campaign.

Two Turkish football stars - Atletico Madrid star Arda Turan and Galatasaray forward Burak Yılmaz - have joined the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, which has gone viral since last week. 

British scientists on Monday announced a major step forward in developing a blood test that could predict the onset of Alzheimer's, potentially helping the search for a cure.
      
Researchers identified blood proteins that appear in patients subsequently diagnosed with the brain-wasting disease, the most common form of dementia.