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Overcoming multiple sclerosis, the evidence-based 7 step recovery program, George Jelinek ; [illustrated by Tor Ercleve]

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Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

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non fiction

Overcoming multiple sclerosis

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George Jelinek ; [illustrated by Tor Ercleve]

the evidence-based 7 step recovery program

Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis is an established and successful program of treatment. Once a diagnosis of MS meant inevitable decline and disability. Now thousands of people around the world are living healthy, active lives on the Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis recovery program ... Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis explains the nature of MS and outlines an evidence-based 7 step program for recovery. Professor George Jelinek devised the program from an exhaustive analysis of medical research when he was first diagnosed with MS in 1999. It has been refined through major ongoing international clinical studies under Professor Jelinek's leadership, examining the lifestyles of several thousand people with MS world-wide and their health outcomes ... Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis is invaluable for anyone recently diagnosed with MS, living with MS for years, or with a family member with MS. It makes an ideal resource for doctors treating people with MS ... '

Preface -- Part one: Background (1. About MS ; 2. Preventive medicine and chronic Western disease ; 3. Validating the OMS program: the STOP-MS study and the HOLISM study) -- Part two: The OMS recovery program (Step 1: Eat well ; Step 2: Get enough Sun and vitamin D ; Step 3. Exercise regularly ; Step 4: Meditate and use the mind-body connection ; Step 5. Take medication if needed ; Step 6. Prevent family members from getting MS ; Step 7. Change your life, for life)