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Multiple sclerosis, a progressive autoimmune disorder that affects the central nervous system, usually develops between the ages of twenty and fifty. This guide to multiple sclerosis describes the difference between the four types of the disease and how sufferers can manage their symptoms through medications such as corticosteroids. Though scientists are unsure what causes MS or how to prevent it from flaring up, readers will learn about new research...
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This still incurable disease of the nervous system leads to major disability and paralysis. The fatigue, depression and pain MS causes makes it particularly hard for sufferers and their families to cope with.
An explanation of MS Possible causes and triggers
Diet, exercise and relaxation techniques
Safe, gentle and effective natural treatments
MS and the environment (heavy metals, pollutants, climates and allergies)
Finding and choosing a practitioner....
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"Now in its fifth edition, Multiple Sclerosis: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed is the best-selling guide to multiple sclerosis (MS) for newly diagnosed patients and their families. Written in plain language by renowned MS expert physician T. Jock Murray, this book guides patients at any stage who want to know more about the disease, its potential impact on your life, and the medical treatments now available for managing it successfully. The fifth...
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"An MS diagnosis presents many unanswered questions: How is this diagnosis going to change my life? Where do I begin? How will I manage to take care of my family, work, and travel? No one knows the answers to these questions better than Shelley Peterman Schwarz, who has lived nearly forty years with multiple sclerosis. Schwarz imbues her updated collection of practical tips and short cuts with personal stories that highlight her trials and triumphs....
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The use of medical cannabis has gained significant attention in recent years due to its potential therapeutic benefits. As more research emerges, healthcare professionals are exploring the role of cannabis in managing various medical conditions. Although short, this book aims to provide an in-depth overview of the top conditions that have shown promising responses to medical cannabis, backed by scientific references and evidence. It is essential for...
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A long, healthy, happy life is possible after a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Around the world, thousands of people are living active and fulfilling lives on the Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis Program.
“The Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis Handbook” explains what MS is, and outlines the scientifically credible and evidence-based 7 step self-management program originally devised by Professor George Jelinek. It covers all aspects of living on the...
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"The Multiple Sclerosis Mastery Bible: Your Blueprint for Complete Multiple Sclerosis Management" is an all-encompassing guide that goes beyond the basics of understanding multiple sclerosis (MS). It offers a historical perspective, explores the epidemiology of MS, and addresses the identification of initial symptoms and the progression of the disease. The comprehensive medical management section covers disease-modifying therapies, acute relapse management,...
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How would you feel one day when you wake up and you're feeling good, healthy, and vibrant ready to take on the world with all that is within you? Before you know it all that seems to change when your body starts to shut down and you are diagnosed with a disease you never heard of or know anything about? How would you cope with that major life change mentally and physically? Would you give up or will you fight to survive? This story is about a thirty-two...
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This small autobiographical record of a few solo trips on two walking sticks to Asia, Australasia and the Caribbean takes a look at the spirituality of travel, the travel of spirituality, and the humour in all of it.
It could rightly be said that nothing I experienced was dramatic in comparison to the truly exciting and/or scary human events daily found on the Internet and in TV programmes, but my journeys achieved something greater. They allowed...
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I finished my first book, “Multiple Sclerosis: A Blessing in Disguise”, around the end of 1998. At that time, I was going through a lot of issues that I thought were very important to me. That book told of my discovery, my eventual acceptance of the illness, and how I dealt with what was happening to me. Like anybody else who is faced with the burden of discovery, I had a lot of questions that I felt I really needed to answer, but I never sought...
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Share a personal experience with a 25 year old singer/entertainer documenting her first twelve months with Multiple Sclerosis, the confusion, the disappointments, the failures, the accomplishments, her hope and recovery.
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The National Little Britches Rodeo Association (NLBRA)
If accidents cause MS?
Coping and Depression
Exercise and Physical Therapy
Tiredness and Confusion
Pregnancy
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society
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The devastating diagnosis of an incurable, debilitating disease does not ordinarily form the starting point of a triumphant story. This, however, is a triumphant story. Heidi Redl was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2004 and immediately chose to fight the disease with the only tools available to her: sheer stubbornness and courage.
Growing up on a pioneer ranch in the rough and dusty days of the late 1960s and 1970s, Redl learned at a young...
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JEFF PINNEY LOOKS BACK AT HIS STRUGGLES WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS WHILE HOMESTEADING IN RURAL ONTARIO AS AN ARTIST AND WOOD CARVER. Jeff Pinney, a native of Hamilton, Ontario, had already gone through a series of dead-end jobs and luckless relationships by the age of thirty. He thought things couldn't get much worse until he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Knowing he would suffer progressive neuromuscular deterioration in the coming years, he...
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When Young Giovanni Battista Left Italy for Montevideo, Uruguay, on a ship, little did he know he would soon find himself an orphan in Brazil, entirely on his own, forced to learn a new language and assimilate into a new culture, move frequently to find better jobs, travel by foot and horse to build a house, clear land in the wilderness, and manage a huge plantation in the backcountry. All along, Young Battista faced insurmountable challenges, such...
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