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Multiple Sclerosis: New Hope and Practical Advice for People with MS and Their Families
The most trusted book on multiple sclerosis, updated and revised with the latest research in combating the disease.
Once known as the “crippler of young adults,” now more than seventy-five percent of MS patients will never need a wheelchair. In Multiple Sclerosis, Dr. Louis J. Rosner and Shelley Ross explain that there genuinely is new hope, more than ever before, both for controlling the disease today and curing it tomorrow.
Updated with the latest research and terminology, this revised edition gets to the bottom of every treatment option from the tried-and-true to today's cutting-edge and experimental therapies. Its trusted advice covers every step of living with MS, what you need to know, and what you need to ask. Dr. Louis Rosner and Shelley Ross explain what the disease is, who gets it and why, and what people with MS can do to continue living happy and healthy lives. Whether you or your loved one has just been diagnosed with MS or has lived with it for a while, Multiple Sclerosis gives you the information you need to live well with the disease,
-The how to understand and identify MS as early as possible
-The varying symptoms and courses of the how to recognize and treat them
-The emotional struggles that come with where to turn for support
-The most current medical research and therapies available to MS how to know if they are right for you
For decades, this trusted handbook has helped those with MS and their families and friends to treat and understand their disease. Research brings us closer to a cure every day, but until that day comes, patients have, in this book, the very best tool for beating MS—the facts.
Once known as the “crippler of young adults,” now more than seventy-five percent of MS patients will never need a wheelchair. In Multiple Sclerosis, Dr. Louis J. Rosner and Shelley Ross explain that there genuinely is new hope, more than ever before, both for controlling the disease today and curing it tomorrow.
Updated with the latest research and terminology, this revised edition gets to the bottom of every treatment option from the tried-and-true to today's cutting-edge and experimental therapies. Its trusted advice covers every step of living with MS, what you need to know, and what you need to ask. Dr. Louis Rosner and Shelley Ross explain what the disease is, who gets it and why, and what people with MS can do to continue living happy and healthy lives. Whether you or your loved one has just been diagnosed with MS or has lived with it for a while, Multiple Sclerosis gives you the information you need to live well with the disease,
-The how to understand and identify MS as early as possible
-The varying symptoms and courses of the how to recognize and treat them
-The emotional struggles that come with where to turn for support
-The most current medical research and therapies available to MS how to know if they are right for you
For decades, this trusted handbook has helped those with MS and their families and friends to treat and understand their disease. Research brings us closer to a cure every day, but until that day comes, patients have, in this book, the very best tool for beating MS—the facts.
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352 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1983
About the author
Louis J. Rosner
1 bookDr. Louis J. Rosner was a neurologist and an expert on multiple sclerosis.
Rosner graduated from Baylor University School of Medicine. He was a professor of Neurology at the University of California Los Angeles.
Rosner graduated from Baylor University School of Medicine. He was a professor of Neurology at the University of California Los Angeles.
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January 26, 2011
I suppose if one had a passing interest in neurological and/or autoimmune diseases, this would be a good book for info. For someone who actually needs practical advice, well...
For me, the worst portion was the medical information. Far too simplistic, if not incorrect. Contrary to what this M.D. says, smoking does have a bigger negative impact on the MS brain (yet contradicts himself later by a lengthy quote about how marijuana smoking is definitely bad for MS due to brain atrophy. Smoking anything causes brain atrophy, and the average cigarettes are a helluva lot worse than pot. Duh.)
More helpful, but still frustrating, are the parts written about the psychological and emotional areas of MS. While they are more practical and forthcoming than a lot of things I've read, they still have the taint of unhelpfulness that permeates any book about the subject.
It talks at length about new treatments being studied and researched, but as this book was published almost 3 years ago, you can't get too excited about any of the data since it's probably been either disproven or otherwise scrapped.
For me, the worst portion was the medical information. Far too simplistic, if not incorrect. Contrary to what this M.D. says, smoking does have a bigger negative impact on the MS brain (yet contradicts himself later by a lengthy quote about how marijuana smoking is definitely bad for MS due to brain atrophy. Smoking anything causes brain atrophy, and the average cigarettes are a helluva lot worse than pot. Duh.)
More helpful, but still frustrating, are the parts written about the psychological and emotional areas of MS. While they are more practical and forthcoming than a lot of things I've read, they still have the taint of unhelpfulness that permeates any book about the subject.
It talks at length about new treatments being studied and researched, but as this book was published almost 3 years ago, you can't get too excited about any of the data since it's probably been either disproven or otherwise scrapped.
July 21, 2008
Interesting for me to read. The map on page 9 is fascinating to me. It illustrates that MS has a definite geographical distribution. Based on worldwide research, "It has long been established that MS is More Prominent in Colder Regions and is very Rare in subtrobical and tropical areas--the farther away from the equator, the higher the incidence of MS...Canada has Twice the incidence of the U.S."
January 4, 2011
Informative, but as dismal as most medically-based books on Multiple Sclerosis because they know so little about the disease or how to help. It sounded a lot like my doctor, "Take some drugs that have horrendous side affects and don't really cure anything and call me the next time you can't walk". It's a good start, but I'm looking for something more optimistic and hopeful (ironic, since the title actually uses the word "hope" in it).
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July 14, 2015This was the best book on Multiple Sclerosis that I have read so far. It didn't scare the hell out of me like a lot of the other books on the subject. However, it wasn't overly optimistic either. It just presented the facts and theories, and then provided some advice on how to live with the disease. Since it was last revised in 2008, I would love it if it could be updated to provide more of the latest research and medicines.
August 22, 2012
Not exactly the most "fun" book on MS I've ever read, but not the driest, either. Great information, not only for those who are newly diagnosed, but also the veterans who need a refresher course.
June 14, 2013
Thorough, well-organized, and helpful. Factual, readable, and doesn't pull punches. It's a 'revised and updated edition' but still as old as 2008, and with the science in here I'd love to see an even more recent update.
January 9, 2011
This book is really great for anyone newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Everything is very simply explained and it's fairly up to date excepting the new oral medications.
January 14, 2015
Provided some good and helpful information as well as giving a deeper understanding of MS.
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