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Best-selling author and character share a diagnosis

Patricia Bauer — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:55:10 +0000

From USA Today: Stephen White, the best-selling author behind 16 psychological thrillers, says in an interview that he lives with multiple sclerosis (MS), like one of the key characters in many of his novels. … though White has never kept the fact that he has MS a secret, until now he has been reluctant to [...]

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Tips for workers with chronic illness

Patricia Bauer — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:20:56 +0000

The New York Times‘ Lesley Alderman offers on-the-job strategies for people with chronic illness, who must learn to manage not just their illness but workplace policies that can affect job security. Rules governing time off are murky, Alderman says. Among tips she offers: Inform your employer about your condition. Seek reasonable accommodations. Learn your company’s [...]

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Disability stories on ‘American Idol’

Patricia Bauer — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:50:54 +0000

From MTV News, [UK] Guardian: This year’s “American Idol” TV show now has at least two contestants with disabilities. David Osmond, who has multiple sclerosis, has been voted on to the next round. Earlier, the judges selected Scott MacIntyre, a singer with a visual impairment. David Osmond’s father is Alan Osmond, who rose to fame [...]

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Questions, we get questions

Patricia Bauer — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:29:30 +0000

By Patricia E. Bauer Just when you think you’ve heard it all, people come up with some new ones. Questions, that is — about Sarah Palin’s baby son, Trig Paxson Van Palin, who has Down syndrome (at left with sister Piper at the Republican National Convention). Here are answers to some common questions. 1) Down [...]

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Public health experts: National registries needed

Patricia Bauer — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:18:25 +0000

From the Baltimore Sun: Public health experts say the nation needs to set up national health registries, similar to those now in place for cancer, to track trends and focus research on a long list of conditions. Among them are Alzheimer’s disease, autism, multiple sclerosis, asthma and heart disease. Registries for birth defects are in [...]

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Teri Garr back in the movies after MS, aneurysm

Patricia Bauer — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:14:13 +0000

From CNN, Los Angeles Times, Reuters: Actress Terri Garr, the Oscar-nominated star of movies like “Tootsie,” “Young Frankenstein” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” says she was “shunned” by many people after her diagnosis with multiple sclerosis almost ten years ago. Then, two years ago, she had a brain aneurysm. Now Garr’s back on [...]

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Yoga appeals to people with disabilities

Patricia Bauer — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:27:25 +0000

From CNN: Poses are modified for people with limited range of motion or balance issues. Instructors say regular yoga can increase joint mobility. People with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, stroke and arthritis are mentioned.

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Practicing patients

Patricia Bauer — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:52:56 +0000

PatientsLikeMe, an Internet start-up, creates information-rich communities for the chronically ill. Is it the next step forward in medical science – or just a MySpace for the afflicted? Writing in the New York Times Magazine, Thomas Goetz describes what happens when patients band together on the Internet to share their most intimate medical information, from [...]

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Fox’s Janice Dean says she has multiple sclerosis

Patricia Bauer — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:55:11 +0000

From Fox News: Janice Dean, a weather forecaster on the Fox News Channel, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis two and a half years ago. She said she chose to discuss her condition this week because it is National MS Awareness Week. She believes that with a positive attitude she and others can beat this disease. [...]

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Health blogs provide a haven for people with chronic conditions

Patricia Bauer — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:23:08 +0000

From the Dallas Morning News: For people living with diabetes, multiple sclerosis and other chronic conditions, blogs are increasingly providing support and information. Experts say blogging can be a useful tool for grappling with medical conditions and building connections with other people with shared experiences. At the same time, caution is urged: not all information [...]

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