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Accelerated Cure Project Documents on Multiple Sclerosis
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document. All documents are in Adobe PDF format unless
otherwise noted.
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So You Have MS...What's Next?
A quickstart guide to what you'll need to know about when you
or a loved one is diagnosed with MS. Based on the experiences of
people with MS, it's a useful place to start your introduction
to having MS. Written by a team of volunteers, staff, and advisors.
Download the Doctor Visit Form
here. HTML version
is here.
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Working With Multiple Sclerosis
Written by Rosalind Joffe, a professional coach for people with
chronic illness, this booklet covers the issues you'll face in
starting, changing, or wrapping-up a career when you have
MS. Specific strategies and tactics are presented.
HTML version is here.
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Introduction to Neuroanatomy
Learning about MS means reading a lot about the brain. This
booklet provides a quick overview of the anatomy of the brain
to aid in understanding MS-specific topics.
HTML version is here.
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Multiple Sclerosis Primer
An in-depth introduction to MS as a disease, how it is diagnosed,
and treated, and what's involved. Written by Scientific Advisor
Allitia DiBernardo, M.D.
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Operations, Incentives, and Strategies within the American Healthcare
Market with a Focus on Multiple Sclerosis
An overview of all the players in the healthcare
market. Useful information for someone just diagnosed with a
chronic disease who needs to understand how everything interoperates.
Written by one of our Summer Interns, Stacy Schwartz.
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7 Habits For Regaining Power in the Workplace With Chronic Illness
A set of tips for dealing with your illness in the workplace,
written by one of our volunteers, Rosalind Joffe,
who has MS and coaches people
to deal with chronic illness in the workplace.
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Accelerated Cure Project Interview Series
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Interview with LDN Researcher Yash Agrawal
Accelerated Cure Project volunteer Rob Lester interviews
Dr. Yash Agrawal,
the author of the first medical journal article to
directly address the possibility of treating MS with Low Dose
Naltrexone.
A web version is available on MSNews
here.
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Accelerated Cure Project Published Papers
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HLA-DR15 Haplotype and Multiple Sclerosis: A HuGE Review
In Caucasian populations of Northern European descent, the DR15
haplotype (DRB1*1501-DQA1*0102-DQB1*0602) has been hypothesized to
be the primary HLA genetic susceptibility factor for MS. This paper
is a collaboration between the Accelerated Cure Project, Centers for
Disease Control, and Duke University to review the evidence for
this correlation in the published scientific literature.
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Accelerated Cure Project Volunteer Book Reviews
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Life Interrupted, Its Not All about Me
by Chris Tatevosian
(Reviewed by Rick Mansfield 2007)
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Living with Multiple Sclerosis: A Wellness Approach
by George H. Kraft, M.D. and Marci Catanzaro, R.N., Ph.D.
(Reviewed by Lisa A.M. Pentz October 2007)
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Fatigue in MS: A Guide to Diagnosis and Management
by Lauren B. Krupp, MD
(Reviewed by Lisa A.M. Pentz July 2007)
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The Gold Coast Cure
The 5-Week Health and Body Makeover A Lifestyle Plan to Shed Pounds, Gain Health, and Reverse 10 Diseases
by Andrew Larson, M.D. and Ivy Ingram Larson
(Reviewed by Arthur D. Rathjen July 2005)
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A Photographic Essay On Life With Multiple Sclerosis
by Amelia Davis
(Reviewed by Martha Garrett March 2005)
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Life on Cripple Creek -
Essays on Living With Multiple Sclerosis
by Dean Kramer
(Reviewed by L.L. Desautels March 2005)
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Curing M.S.: How Science Is Solving the Mysteries of
Multiple Sclerosis
by Dr. Howard L. Weiner
(reviewed by Rosalind Joffe)
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Dictionary of Multiple Scleroses
edited by Lance D Blumhardt
(reviewed by Martha Garrett)
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Fall Down, Laughing: How Squiggy Caught Multiple Sclerosis
and Didn't Tell Nobody
by David L. Lander
(reviewed by Crystal Diemert)
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Lifting a Life Above Illness -- Blindsided, A Reluctant Memoir
by Richard M. Cohen
(reviewed by Lisa Desautels)
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Multiple Sclerosis: The Facts You Need
by Dr. Paul O'Connor
(reviewed by Barbara Sullivan)
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The First Year™:
Multiple Sclerosis; An essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed
by Margaret Blackstone
(reviewed by Joan O’Connell)
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When The Road Turns: Inspirational Stories by and about
People with MS
edited by Margot Russell
(reviewed by John Langone)
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Curing M.S.: How Science Is Solving the Mysteries of
Multiple Sclerosis
by Dr. Howard L. Weiner
(reviewed by John Langone)
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Climbing Higher
by Montel Williams with Lawrence Grobel
(reviewed by Marsha Zabarsky)
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