Multiple Sclerosis




Cognitive Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis

Thursday, June 8th, 2006

Jeff Canar, PhD
Prevalence rates for dementing illnesses in the US ranges from 2.8% for adults aged 65 to 74 up to 28% for adults greater than 65 years of age (Desai, Zhang and Hennessy, 1999). Dementia, broadly defined, involves impairment in memory plus impairment in at least one other cognitive domain including language; apraxia––the inability […]

Why is Multiple Sclerosis So Disruptive? Initial and Secondary Challenges

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

Konstantinos Dimitrios Kostas, PhD
This article continues a series of articles written for health care professionals about the biopsychosocial concomitants of multiple sclerosis (MS) and will address the challenges that many people with MS encounter during the course of their illness. The Spinal Cord Disorders article for the next edition of SCI Psychosocial Process will […]