Stephen Hawking at 70: How has he survived so long? From: MSNBC.com - 01/05/2012 By: Maria Cheng British scientist Stephen Hawking has decoded some of the most puzzling mysteries of the universe but he has left one mystery unsolved: How he has managed to survive so long with such a crippling disease. The physicist and cosmologist was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease when he was a 21-year-old student at Cambridge University. Most people die within a few years of the diagnosis, called motor neurone disease in the UK. On Sunday, Hawking will turn 70. Read the entire article at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45886738/ns/health-aging/#.TwX_OVZVVYQ Links: Stephen Hawking seeks helper to make voice heard http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45816470/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/stephen-hawking-seeks-helper-make-voice-heard/ Hawking: 'There is no heaven' http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/05/16/6654463-hawking-there-is-no-heaven Submitted by Drew Nelson