Change.It will soon be a new year and it's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have all about change. Some changes are terrible to bear, as people with MS know all too well. But other change deserves to be called renewal, reorganization, remedy, or resolve. The Society is in a renewal mode. Our national conference in Orlando Orlando, city, United States Orlando (ôrlăn`dō), city (1990 pop. 164,693), seat of Orange co., central Fla., in a lake region; inc. 1875. In a citrus fruit and farm area, it is one of the world's most visited vacation spots. marked a change in how our Society defines itself and how we interface with the wider world. Our national chairman, Weyman Johnson, and our president and chief executive officer, Joyce Joyce - A distributed language based on Pascal and CSP, by Per Brinch Hansen. ["Joyce - A Programming Language for Distributed Systems", Per Brinch Hansen, Soft Prac & Exp 17(1):29-50 (Jan 1987)]. Nelson, are determined to lead a new movement embracing everyone who wants to do something about MS now. (See pages 12-18.) It's a bracing bracing, n a resistance to the horizontal components of masticatory force. challenge. So is the challenge of changing household habits. InsideMS invited some experts to offer short lists of hints for simplifying life. (Pages 23-26.) We hope there are some helpful new ideas "New Ideas" is the debut single by Scottish New Wave/Indie Rock act The Dykeenies. It was first released as a Double A-side with "Will It Happen Tonight?" on July 17, 2006. The band also recorded a video for the track. for you, but we know full well that people living with MS constantly invent new means to make their lives more liveable live·a·ble adj. Variant of livable. Adj. 1. liveable - fit or suitable to live in or with; "livable conditions" livable . If this magazine and our Web site can serve to disseminate dis·sem·i·nate v. dis·sem·i·nat·ed, dis·sem·i·nat·ing, dis·sem·i·nates v.tr. 1. To scatter widely, as in sowing seed. 2. your good ideas on this subject, we'll be doing our job. Please don't keep your solutions to yourself. Write or e-mail us and share them. Finally, there is the ongoing challenge of MS treatment at the present state of knowledge. We know the remedies for MS and its symptoms are going to change. Research and development are in high gear. Excitement is in the air. But what is rapid movement for science is painfully slow for people who need better treatments now. Right now, the disease-modifying drugs are "state-of-the-art." (See page 40.) What we can change now are some of the psychological, financial, and public policy barriers to their use by those who can benefit from them. We'll need to focus on that while medical science pushes ahead toward the new, more effective treatments suitable for every kind of MS. Information provided by the National MS Society is based on professional advice, published experience, and expert opinion. Information provided in response to questions does not constitute therapeutic recommendations or prescriptions. The Society recommends that all questions and information be discussed with a personal physician. Martha King Editor, InsideMS editor@nmss.org |
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