The First Year: Multiple Sclerosis: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed - Paperback

by Margaret Blackstone (Author), Saud A. Sadiq (Foreword by)

A completely revised and updated second edition of one of the nation's top-selling multiple sclerosis guides. Patient-expert Margaret Blackstone's guide features the latest information on the latest research, new medications (including the ongoing debate about Tysabri), and other recent developments.

Author Biography

Margaret Blackstone is a graduate of Yale University. She was awarded the Murray Fellowship and wrote and translated poetry in Mexico for a year. She is the author of several books on a variety of medical topics, including Beat Diabetes and Recovering from a C-Section, and a poet and an award-winning author of children's books. She lives in Greenwich Village with her family.

Saud A. Sadiq, MD, is the Director of The Multiple Sclerosis Research and Treatment Center and Chairman, Department of Neurology, at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in New York.

Contributor residences: Blackstone: New York, New York; Sadiq: New York, New York