Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis primarily affects adults, with an age of onset typically between 20 and 50 years, and is more common in women than in men. The cause of this disorder is not known, but environmental, viral, and genetic factors are thought to ... [... more]
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How to Recognize Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disorder effecting the central nervous system. For reasons as yet unexplained, certain immune cells attack the protective coating around the nerves called myelin. The nerves then become inflamed producing a ... [... more]
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How to Live With Multiple Sclerosis
When you receive a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, your world changes. Questions about what the future will hold with this disease in your life and how your lifestyle will change race through your mind. Live a better life with MS by building a ... [... more]
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Multiple Sclerosis: A Guide for Families
 very usefull information - especially for the newly diagnose: Having recently been diagnosed with MS, this book was very informative. Everything from symptoms, family situations, insurance information,to emotional and physical issues, finances, and life [... more]
$24.95
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How to Treat Multiple Sclerosis Memory Problems
Many multiple sclerosis patients suffer from cognitive impairments which cause memory loss. The memory problems stem from lesions in the brain caused by the disease and usually affect short-term memory. Doctor's can enroll patients in physical ... [... more]
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How to Treat Multiple Sclerosis Bladder Problems
Going out socially can be a nightmare for a person with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) dealing with a bladder control problem. The problem should be addressed with a doctor. Together an MS patient and doctor can come up with a plan that includes ... [... more]
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How to Talk to Your Doctor About Multiple Sclerosis
Whether you have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis or you believe you may have this disease, it is important that you communicate clearly with your doctors. You should feel comfortable in your relationship with your physician to discuss ... [... more]
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The MS Workbook: Living Fully With Multiple Sclerosis
Great resource but for the later stages?: This book has a lot of useful and supportive information. Very well done. However, if you are newly diagnosed with limited symptoms or a "benign" case you may want to hold off purchasing the book (or [... more]
$19.95
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Multiple sclerosis: What have we learned?
In their article, "Gray matter involvement in multiple sclerosis," Dr. Istvan Pirko and his coauthors review recent information about multiple sclerosis (MS) (Neurology 2007;68:634–642). Most research focuses on how MS affects the myelin—a ... [... more]
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Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis: A Journey to Health and Healing
Bravo, and a few suggestions: As a longtime yoga practitioner who was diagnosed with MS several years ago, I heartily recommend this book and agree with Ms. Francina's comments, whose own books have been so important to my practice. This book is fully [... more]
$21.95
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Multiple Sclerosis: Everything You Need to Know (Your ...
A basic description of what MS is to its symptoms, treatment, and the latest research: The revised edition of Doctor O'Connor's Multiple Sclerosis: Everything You Need To Know offers all the latest details on the disease from a neurologist with over 20 [... more]
$14.95
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Are "statins" beneficial or harmful in multiple sclerosis?
In this issue of Neurology®, Dr. Birnbaum and co-authors study whether cholesterol medications called statins are helpful or harmful when combined with common multiple sclerosis (MS) treatments called interferons in patients who have MS.1 ... [... more]
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