Margaret Blackstone

The First Year: Multiple Sclerosis

An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

- Completely revised and updated: From the first moment of her diagnosis, Margaret Blackstone educated herself on every aspect of MS. As a regular contributor to Inside MS magazine and with regular contact with Dr. Sadiq, director of The Multiple Sclerosis Research and Treatment Center at St. Luke's Hospital, Blackstone has continued to follow the latest research and developments. - The most recent, up-to-date information on MS: MS has been in the news due to controversy over Tysabri. There have also been many reports on the shifting demographics of the illness. Blackstone includes new information on who gets MS, treatments, medications, and trends in research. - MS affects approximately 2.5 million people worldwide: Multiple sclerosis is as much a mystery as it is a disease; this chronic and often-disabling condition of the central nervous system affects an estimated 400,000 nationwide.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hachette Books
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 153mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9781569242612
• ISBN-10: 1569242615
• Artikelnr.: 22268773

Autorenporträt

Margaret Blackstone is a graduate of Yale University. She was awarded the Murray Fellowship and wrote and translated poetry in Mexico for a year. She is the author of several books on a variety of medical topics, including Beat Diabetes and Recovering from a C-Section, and a poet and an award-winning author of children's books. She lives in Greenwich Village with her family. Saud A. Sadiq, MD, is the Director of The Multiple Sclerosis Research and Treatment Center and Chairman, Department of Neurology, at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in New York. Contributor residences: Blackstone: New York, New York; Sadiq: New York, New York