{"id":138589,"date":"2025-04-12T07:19:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T07:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/12\/eric-dane-greys-anatomy-star-says-hes-been-diagnosed-with-als-national\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T07:19:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T07:19:55","slug":"eric-dane-greys-anatomy-star-says-hes-been-recognized-with-als-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/12\/eric-dane-greys-anatomy-star-says-hes-been-recognized-with-als-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Dane, \u2018Grey\u2019s Anatomy\u2019 star, says he\u2019s been recognized with ALS &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em> star <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/eric-dane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Dane<\/a> revealed that he has been recognized with <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amyotrophic lateral sclerosis<\/a> (ALS).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dane, 52, shared the main well being replace <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/eric-dane-diagnosed-with-als-exclusive-11713179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in an interview with People journal<\/a> and stated that he&#8217;ll proceed to work as he navigates <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/als\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ALS<\/a>, often known as Lou Gehrig\u2019s illness, which is a terminal neurodegenerative illness that impacts nerve cells within the mind and spinal twine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am grateful to have my loving family by my side as we navigate this next chapter,\u201d Dane, who performed the beloved McSteamy on <em>Grey\u2019s<\/em>, informed the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel fortunate that I am able to continue working and am looking forward to returning to [the] set of <em>Euphoria<\/em> next week,\u201d he stated. \u201cI kindly ask that you give my family and I privacy during this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dane is married to actor Rebecca Gayheart. The couple share two kids, Billie Beatrice, 15, and Georgia Geraldine, 13.<\/p>\n<p>On<em> Euphoria,<\/em> set to renew taking pictures later this month, Dane stars as Cal Jacobs, the daddy to <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/jacob-elordi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacob Elordi\u2019s<\/a> character, Nate Jacobs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video_miniplayer\">\n<section id=\"miniplayer_67fa0f74e1405-carousel\" class=\"l-videoCarousel l-videoCarousel--embed c-carousel\" data-video-carousel-play-inline=\"true\" data-video-carousel-init=\"false\" aria-label=\"Video carousel contains 4 videos.\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__inner\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__featured\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"true\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_67fa0f74e1405\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"10372731\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/playlist\/10372731,10239043,9998677,9719567\/?poster=https%3A%2F%2Fi1.wp.com%2Fmedia.globalnews.ca%2Fvideostatic%2Fnews%2Fe03j0rxfye-w50yhjk5zx%2FSequence_51.00_00_06_28.Still001.jpg%3Fw%3D1200%26%23038%3Bquality%3D70%26%23038%3Bstrip%3Dall#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_67fa0f74e1405\" data-displayinline-playlist=\"10372731,10239043,9998677,9719567\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Golfing, gardening may be linked to ALS risk'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/e03j0rxfye-w50yhjk5zx\/Sequence_51.00_00_06_28.Still001.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/e03j0rxfye-w50yhjk5zx\/Sequence_51.00_00_06_28.Still001.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/e03j0rxfye-w50yhjk5zx\/Sequence_51.00_00_06_28.Still001.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/e03j0rxfye-w50yhjk5zx\/Sequence_51.00_00_06_28.Still001.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">0:49<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Golfing, gardening could also be linked to ALS danger<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__glide glide \">\n<div class=\"glide__arrows c-carousel__buttons l-videoCarousel__buttons\" data-glide-el=\"controls\">\n\t<button class=\"glide__arrow glide__arrow--left c-carousel__button c-carousel__prev l-videoCarousel__button l-videoCarousel__prev c-longform-gallery__prev\" data-glide-dir=\"&lt;\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Previous Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t<button class=\"glide__arrow glide__arrow--right c-carousel__button c-carousel__next l-videoCarousel__button l-videoCarousel__next c-longform-gallery__next\" data-glide-dir=\"&gt;\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Next Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-carousel__goto\" data-glide-dir=\"=0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<!-- video stream item --><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>ALS progressively destroys the nerve cells and connections wanted to stroll, discuss and breathe. The illness usually begins with muscle twitching and weak point in an arm or leg, bother swallowing or slurred speech, in response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20354022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayo Clinic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get breaking National information<\/h2>\n<p>For information impacting Canada and around the globe, join breaking information alerts delivered on to you after they occur.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Symptoms of ALS fluctuate from individual to individual and rely upon which nerve cells are affected, the Mayo Clinic states. ALS typically begins with muscle weak point that will get worse over time.<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms would possibly embody bother strolling or finishing up ordinary each day actions, tripping and falling, weak point within the legs, ft or ankles, hand weak point and pondering or behavioural modifications.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11125426\/weezer-bassist-wife-jillian-lauren-shriner-shot-police-arrested-attempted-murder\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/weezer-wife-jillian-shriner-arrested-attempted-murder.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Weezer bassist\u2019s wife shot by police, arrested for attempted murder\" data-title=\"\">Weezer bassist\u2019s spouse shot by police, arrested for tried homicide<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11126878\/greenland-military-base-chief-fired-jd-vance-susannah-meyers\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2206765977.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"U.S. fires Greenland military base chief for challenging JD Vance\u2019s remarks\" data-title=\"\">U.S. fires Greenland army base chief for difficult JD Vance\u2019s remarks<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There is presently no remedy for the deadly illness, and other people often dwell three to 5 years after their analysis, in response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mda.org\/disease\/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Muscular Dystrophy Association<\/a>. However, some sufferers can dwell for many years with the illness.<\/p>\n<p>Other notable figures who&#8217;ve been recognized with ALS embody <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/Stephen-Hawking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Hawking<\/a>, actor Aaron Lazar, <em>Killing Me Softly <\/em>singer <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/roberta-flack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roberta Flack<\/a>, Zac Brown Band\u2019s John Driskell Hopkins, former NFL participant Eric Stevens and Canadian actor <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/Kenneth-Mitchell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenneth Mitchell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_10442649_67fa0f74e870b\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"10442649\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/10442649\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_10442649_67fa0f74e870b\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'The legacy of a courageous advocate in the fight against ALS'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/3ndalo5z5z-4epwf884wr\/ALS.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/3ndalo5z5z-4epwf884wr\/ALS.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/3ndalo5z5z-4epwf884wr\/ALS.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/3ndalo5z5z-4epwf884wr\/ALS.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">2:58<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">The legacy of a brave advocate within the combat in opposition to ALS<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Approximately <a href=\"https:\/\/als.ca\/what-is-als\/als-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1,000 Canadians are recognized<\/a> with ALS yearly, in response to ALS Canada. Four thousand are presently residing with the illness.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>With information from Global News and The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Entertainment<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More movies<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Grey\u2019s Anatomy star Eric Dane revealed that he has been recognized with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Dane, 52, shared the main well being replace in an interview with People journal and stated that he&#8217;ll proceed to work as he navigates ALS, often known as Lou Gehrig\u2019s illness, which is a terminal neurodegenerative illness that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[8945,2460,8944,6895,1427,2459,1292,192,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-138589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-gossip","8":"tag-als","9":"tag-anatomy","10":"tag-dane","11":"tag-diagnosed","12":"tag-eric","13":"tag-greys","14":"tag-hes","15":"tag-national","16":"tag-star"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}