May 25, '07: MS Society of Canada: Easier Access to Multiple Sclerosis Treatments Will Reduce Overall Healthcare Costs
Category: M.S. Healthcare Professionals
Posted by: stuart
MAY 24, 2007 - 09:00 ET
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - May 24, 2007) - According to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada early and easy access to MS treatment options has the potential to improve quality of life and significantly reduce healthcare costs. The cost of MS to the Canadian economy is estimated to be more than $1 billion per year.
The commentary comes as a result of two MS-related articles published in this month's Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. MS is an auto-immune disease that affects 55,000 to 75,000 Canadians. Symptoms can vary greatly but include numbness, problems with vision, partial or full paralysis and cognitive deficits.
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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - May 24, 2007) - According to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada early and easy access to MS treatment options has the potential to improve quality of life and significantly reduce healthcare costs. The cost of MS to the Canadian economy is estimated to be more than $1 billion per year.
The commentary comes as a result of two MS-related articles published in this month's Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. MS is an auto-immune disease that affects 55,000 to 75,000 Canadians. Symptoms can vary greatly but include numbness, problems with vision, partial or full paralysis and cognitive deficits.
Category: M.S. Healthcare Professionals
Posted by: stuart
Multidisciplinary Approach to Care of the Multiple Sclerosis Patient
Sponsored by The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing
Program Overview
MS being a chronic disease, having effective treatments but no cure, symptom management becomes critically important as certain symptoms occur regularly regardless of treatment. The model that provides optimal results for patients with MS is a multimodal approach using effective communication, patient education, physical activities, occupational and other therapies, and pharmacologic interventions. A team approach facilitates coordination of services and continuity of care, and avoids duplication and fragmentation for the patient and the family.
=============================================Sponsored by The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing
Program Overview
MS being a chronic disease, having effective treatments but no cure, symptom management becomes critically important as certain symptoms occur regularly regardless of treatment. The model that provides optimal results for patients with MS is a multimodal approach using effective communication, patient education, physical activities, occupational and other therapies, and pharmacologic interventions. A team approach facilitates coordination of services and continuity of care, and avoids duplication and fragmentation for the patient and the family.
March 09, '07: The Impact of Laughter
Category: M.S. Healthcare Professionals
Posted by: stuart
The Impact of Laughter
Submitted: March 9, 2007
from Susan Dorne - Occupational Therapist
Having a chronic illness, like multiple sclerosis, puts one in a difficult situation. There are often challenges by symptoms and limitations that affect various parts of the body and sometimes the mind. There is also the concern of what the future will bring as it is a disease with no known cause and no cure.
=============================================Submitted: March 9, 2007
from Susan Dorne - Occupational Therapist
Having a chronic illness, like multiple sclerosis, puts one in a difficult situation. There are often challenges by symptoms and limitations that affect various parts of the body and sometimes the mind. There is also the concern of what the future will bring as it is a disease with no known cause and no cure.
March 02, '07: Modifying the Home for Access
Category: M.S. Healthcare Professionals
Posted by: stuart
The word disabled – what does it mean?? Webster’s Dictionary states it is: To deprive of legal right, qualification, or capacity; to make incapable or ineffective; to deprive of physical, moral or intellectual strength. Then by qualifying someone as disabled, are we depriving him/her of legal rights, or of physical, moral or intellectual strength? Y-E-S !!!
February 11, '07: Devices to Assist Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Category: M.S. Healthcare Professionals
Posted by: stuart
Author:
Karen Barrow
Medically Reviewed On: December 13, 2006
A patient diagnosed with multiple sclerosis is quickly thrust into a new world of medical specialists, treatment regimes and the chances of serious side effects. But even with all of these complicated issues, one of the more difficult aspects of this disease is the way it affects your everyday routine and turns even the simplest of tasks into huge projects.
=============================================Karen Barrow
Medically Reviewed On: December 13, 2006
A patient diagnosed with multiple sclerosis is quickly thrust into a new world of medical specialists, treatment regimes and the chances of serious side effects. But even with all of these complicated issues, one of the more difficult aspects of this disease is the way it affects your everyday routine and turns even the simplest of tasks into huge projects.
January 31, '07: Energy Conservation Techniques
Category: M.S. Healthcare Professionals
Posted by: stuart
Energy Conservation Techniques
Submitted: January 31, 2007
Ever wonder if there was something you could do to help manage fatigue? Let’s face it, with so much going on everyday and only so many hours in a day to take care of all the responsibilities we have, life is tiring! Fatigue is a normal response to meeting all these obligations. However, when you have MS, fatigue can significantly interfere with the ability to perform the functions that you need and want to do.
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Ever wonder if there was something you could do to help manage fatigue? Let’s face it, with so much going on everyday and only so many hours in a day to take care of all the responsibilities we have, life is tiring! Fatigue is a normal response to meeting all these obligations. However, when you have MS, fatigue can significantly interfere with the ability to perform the functions that you need and want to do.
January 01, '07: An MS Nurse Who also has MS
Category: M.S. Healthcare Professionals
Posted by: stuart
An MS Nurse Who also has MS
Cherie is not only a registered nurse who happens to have MS, she is also one of about 700 nurses world wide who is classified as a Multiple
Sclerosis Certified Nurse by the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) and the International Organization of Multiple Sclerosis Nurses (IOMSN).
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Cherie is not only a registered nurse who happens to have MS, she is also one of about 700 nurses world wide who is classified as a Multiple
Sclerosis Certified Nurse by the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) and the International Organization of Multiple Sclerosis Nurses (IOMSN).
