Nancy Holland & T. Jock Murray 
Multiple Sclerosis [EPUB ebook] 
A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed

This book has been written for those newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. It is a guide to learning about the disease, its potential impact on your life, and the medical treatments now available for managing it successfully. This is a time of great excitement in research and advances in clinical management, such that most people who have multiple sclerosis can lead full and productive lives.

This fourth edition is current and updated throughout, and includes a review of the controversy surrounding CCVSI and multiple sclerosis, discussion of the new pill Gelenya and other drugs in development for multiple sclerosis, new information on the drug Tysabri, and discussion of treatments and complementary and alternative medicine in MS. This the place to begin your education about MS.

Table of Content

Foreword

What is Multiple Sclerosis and How is it Diagnosed?

What is the Cause of Multiple Sclerosis?

What Treatment is Available?

Unconventional Therapies

Practical Guidelines for Living with Multiple Sclerosis

Coping with Multiple Sclerosis

Employment Issues

Financial and Life Planning

Research in Multiple Sclerosis: The Search for Answers

Searching for Treatments: The ‘Ins and Outs’ of Clinical Trials

How Your Multiple Sclerosis Society Can Help

Glossary

Additional Readings

Resources

Index

About the author

Carol Saunders, BA, BSN, MSCN, has been an MS nurse for the past 25 years, 23 of them spent working at Neurology Center of Fairfax, VA.