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    Milano (2005) states that Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease people live with for 30 to 40 years. That is a long time to be living with a disease so incapacitating. Many people do not know about Multiple Sclerosis and its effects on the individuals with this debilitating disease. Further insight will be given on the causes‚ prevalence‚ racial disparity‚ treatments‚ research‚ funding‚ and future studies. According to the Institute of Medicine‚ Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic‚ inflammatory‚ demyelinating

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    This essay focuses on a patient encountered in clinical practice with the chronic long term condition multiple sclerosis (MS). The National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions (2005) defines a long term condition (LTC) as one which is incurable but manageable with therapeutic interventions. The patient’s name has been changed‚ and Trust identifiers’ removed to adhere to confidentiality as outlined in the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Code of Professional Conduct 2008 (NMC 2010). The

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    Multiple Sclerosis Jason Garoutte November 18‚ 1996 English / Mr. Blunt Multiple sclerosis is one of the most misunderstood diseases of this century. Since it’s discovery‚ there is still no known causes‚ no proven treatments‚ and no known cure‚ yet it affects possibly five hundred thousand people in the United States alone. People need to learn more about this disease so it can be brought to the attention of the nation. Multiple Sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system

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    Introduction: The National Multiple Sclerosis Society In Singapore The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is a non- profit organization that supports MS related research and provides programs for people with MS and their families. Multiple Sclerosis is an auto- immune disease. It is a chronic and often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system. The mission statement of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is to end the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis. The funds that are

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    The last time I had great grades was before my mom had gotten sick with multiple sclerosis. She was a very important person in terms of my education. My mom had helped me with everything from homework to studying for tests. It was by the time I was getting ready to transfer back into the public school system‚ after being in private school for awhile‚ when my mom had finally lost the battle to multiple sclerosis. She wanted me to get an education‚ to complete college. Her loss had a huge impact

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    Multiple sclerosis has conquered the lives of many of its victims‚ one of which includes Nancy Mairs. However‚ Mairs writes an essay describing her experience with the disease and how it has not affected her negatively‚ as society assumes about the disease’s effects. Mairs does not write her essay to make her audience feel pity for her disease‚ yet writes to allow people to be more accepting of the disease and of people that have it. She incorporates the word “cripple” to describe the strength MS

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    How Multiple Sclerosis Is Being Treated With Stem Cell Based Therapy Multiple sclerosis or MS is a very difficult disease to live with. It affects vision‚ hearing‚ memory‚ and balance. According to the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (2013) multiple sclerosis is usually diagnosed in women twice as much as men and affects people between the ages of 20 and 40. MS is a disease that influences nerve cells in the spinal chord and brain. In a healthy body‚ nerve cells send messages to the

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    Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a generalized connective tissue disorder characterized by fibrosis of the skin and internal organs and widespread vascular lesions. The pathogenesis of the vasculopathy is not fully understood‚ but a viral trigger‚ immune reactions to viral or environmental factors‚ reperfusion injury‚ or anti-endothelial antibodies may all be involved [1]. Also‚ angiogenesis is insufficient or defective [2‚ 3]. Most attention has been given to microvascular disease in SSc‚ but previous

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    English I Pre-AP 24 August 2014 Multiple Intelligences Essay “I believe that the brain has evolved over millions of years to be responsive to different kinds of content in the world. Language content‚ musical content‚ spatial content‚ numerical content‚ etc.” (Dr. Howard Gardner‚ Brainy Quote). You are intelligent‚ believe it. You are unique‚ embrace it. According to Dr. Howard Gardner a psychologist and a researcher at Harvard University‚ there are eight multiple intelligences and everyone can

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    Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis James Smith University of Southern Mississippi Dr. Jennifer Walker BSC 370 Genetics‚ Spring 2010 Imagine being not able to move your muscles freely everyday‚ and that process has to coordinate between the brain and the spinal cord to tell the muscles to move. However‚ when this coordination is challenged and can not convey signals‚ the results are no muscle movement. At first‚ muscles in the hands‚ arms‚ and legs feel weak. The hands and feet twitch

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