Jelinek George (ed.) Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis: An Evidence-Based Guide to Recovery

Allen & Unwin, 2010. — 394 p. — ISBN: 978-1742371795Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis offers real hope for people with multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a serious, progressively disabling neurological condition for which current medical treatment is not particularly effective and has many side effects. Professor George Jelinek, an experienced medical clinician and researcher, provides a genuine alternative. Through an exhaustive, evidence-based analysis of medical research, Professor Jelinek reached the surprising conclusion that MS is a disease largely determined by lifestyle factors. He has demonstrated that people with MS who modify their diet, exercise habits, and other aspects of lifestyle can stabilise the illness, and potentially recover. Professor Jelinek's experience with his mother's death from MS, and his own diagnosis in 1999, lend an urgency and compassion to this meticulous work. Professor Jelinek's recommendations will change the lives of thousands of people with MS and support their loved ones.About my mother, MS and me
About the book: Evidence, research and statistics
About MS: Understanding the illness
Considering the evidence
Dietary fats: Evidence of immune system effects
Dietary fats: Evidence from population studies
Dietary fats: Evidence from clinical studies
Dietary supplements: Evidence about multivitamins, antioxidants and others
Sunlight exposure and vitamin D: Evidence of benefi t in MS
Other lifestyle issues: Evidence about exercise, stress, depression and smoking
Other factors: Evidence about gluten, dental amalgam, vaccinations, hyperbaric oxygen and others
The mind–body connection: Evidence about the role of the mind and emotions in healing
Steroids
Interferons
Glatiramer
Other drug therapies affecting immune system function
Newer drug therapies on the horizon
Viruses and anti-viral treatment
Pain and fatigue: Evidence-based prevention and management
Recommendations
The Recovery Program: Evidence-based lifestyle and therapy recommendations