Category Archives: Multiple Sclerosis Books

When attorney Jeffrey N. Gingold misplaced his wife on the living room couch, and became lost while driving just blocks from his home, little did he know that he was experiencing a hidden symptom of multiple sclerosis: cognitive difficulties. Facing the Cognitive Challenges of Multiple Sclerosis is a courageous and compelling personal account of one man’s anguishing struggle with this aspect of the disease. It was written for the silent majority of MS patients who are privately dealing with MS cognitive symptoms and potential disabilities. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society estimates that over 400,000 people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and there are millions more worldwide. Conservatively speaking, half of them will encounter varying degrees of cognitive difficulties. Facing the Cognitive Challenges of Multiple Sclerosis brings this hidden disability into the open. It is an essential resource that will educate individuals coping with multiple sclerosis, and inform their families, caregivers, doctors and therapists. Continue reading

Fresh ideas on how to cope with the ever-changing challenges of multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis: A Self-Care Guide to Wellness concentrates on wellness — unlike most books about multiple sclerosis that are medically oriented and related to disease and dysfunction. It is particularly appropriate in these times of managed care and the trend for health-care consumers to be well informed. This chronic, often progressive disease of the brain and spinal cord follows a variable course, requiring patients to make significant changes in activities of daily living on a variety of levels – physical, emotional, social, vocational, financial, and spiritual. This book offers practical tips on self-care for maximum independence, well-being, and productivity. Continue reading

Text includes a state-of-the-art description of the history and epidemiology of MS, the current knowledge of the pathogenesis of the disease, differential consideration, and the rationales for and results of studies on immunomodulating therapies. Also covers the treatment of specific problems encountered by MS patients. For clinicians. Continue reading