Information and opinions on Multiple Sclerosis from George Jelinek at MultipleSclerosisCentral.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131 http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131 http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/94692/stay Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:41:40 -0500 George Jelinek My mother died of MS in 1981. Towards the end of her life, she was totally incapacitated, unable to feed or care for herself. I was diagnosed with MS in 1999. I was determined that this was not going to be my fate. Fortunately, my career as a Professor in Emergency Medicine and background as Editor-in-Chief of a major medical journal gave me the tools to sort through the medical literature on MS, giving appropriate weight to the various pieces... http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/94692/stay http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/92742/people Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:04:04 -0400 George Jelinek I have been analyzing and summarizing the medical literature on MS for 10 years now. The evidence is surprizingly congruent: it is reasonable for people with MS to hope for a long and happy life, and even potentially to recover from the illness. There is now an enormous and persuasive literature that shows that attention to diet, sun exposure, exercise, stress reduction and preventing depression can dramatically reduce relapse rate and... http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/92742/people