This Web site details the educational programmes and activities for health professionals, and provides information for patients including MS publications, frequently asked questions, guidance documents on MS topics, and details of the research projects which have received MS Research Trust grants. This resource is aimed at a lay audience and provides information on multiple sclerosis. There are sections on what MS is, symptoms and diagnosis of MS, living with MS, employment and MS, faq's and links to MS related sites. This Web site is funded by Schering Health Care, one of the manufacturers of a drug licensed to treat multiple sclerosis. A detailed tutorial on multiple sclerosis, suitable for medical students and health professionals, including lectures and a video.
Topics covered include epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.
This resource is provided by the Knowledge Weavers Project sponsored by the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library at the University of Utah. An introductory guide to multiple sclerosis covering causes of MS, symptoms, types and diagnosis. It is written by D. Parkin et al, and was published in April 1998. The full text of the report is in PDF format which requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader. The home page of the UK's national MS society.