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Vicki

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Writer with Progressive MS and severe Osteoporosis

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posted 11/04/2009, comments (0)

Mobility Aids and MS:Public Transportation and Your Wheelchair

Using a wheelchair, scooter or power chair provides enhanced mobility in and around the house. Sometimes wheelchair users want to go further — across town, across the country or around the world — and the wheelchair has to go, too. Transporting the wheeler and wheelchair is a challenge not met without accommodations. Options are public... Read more Chevron

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Vicki

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posted 11/02/2009, comments (4)

MS Central Question of the Week

How do we get the money? We all want to hear that an MS cure has been found, and that will happen with the right research. Research takes time but it also takes money. Funds for research are sometimes privately funded and sometimes provided from our taxes. Congress often controls funds provided for medical research, even going so far... Read more Chevron

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George Jelinek

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Medical Professor, medical journal editor, book author

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posted 10/29/2009, comments (6)

People with MS can reasonably hope to stay well with attention to lifestyle

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,... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/28/2009, comment (1)

Mobility Aids and MS: Power Wheelchairs

You need a wheelchair, but much more than a manual chair. What are the options? Last week I covered scooters. Today I will talk about the power of power chairs.Do your online research, talk with your physical or occupational therapist and visit a store representative. They may all have suggestions and recommendation, but only you know what you... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/21/2009, comments (0)

Mobility Aids and MS: Scooters

You need a wheelchair, but do you have the strength or desire to push and maneuver a manual chair. What are the options? There are scooters and power chairs. Today I will talk about power operated vehicles (POV), also called scooters or carts.Wheelchairs have been with us for a long time. Although there were experiments in England in 1916,... Read more Chevron

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