It Takes A Global Village to End MS

NEW YORK, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Multiple sclerosis is a life altering disease that affects each person in a unique and different way. More than 2.1 million people worldwide live with MS, which is why demonstrating the power and importance of the global MS movement is critical on World MS Day -- May 29.

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World MS Day is worldwide collaborative awareness campaign taking place in more than 40 countries. The campaign builds understanding of multiple sclerosis, an often disabling disease of the central nervous system which interrupts the flow of information within the brain and between the brain and the body. MS is the most common neurological disease affecting young adults.Its hallmark is unpredictability and its symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis.

Central to the campaign are multi-media awareness efforts stretching around the globe that illustrate what living with MS means, including the opportunity for people affected by MS , especially young adults who are benefitting from current breakthrough treatments, to share the mottos that help guide their daily lives. For news and pictures of World MS Day activities, see http://www.worldmsday.org.

Leveraging the messaging of the global World MS Day campaign, the National MS Society is also encouraging those who would like to help create a world free of MS to visitwww.nationalMSsociety.org so they can find out how to become part of the global movement and discover what mottos guide people living with MS. They can also add their own mottos if they like.

Other creative efforts supporting and building on World MS Day are:

About Multiple SclerosisMultiple sclerosis, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system, interrupts the flow of information within the brain and between the brain and the body. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with more than twice as many women as men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 2.1 million worldwide.

About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society The Society addresses the challenges of each person affected by MS. To fulfill this mission, the Society funds cutting-edge research, drives change through advocacy, facilitates professional education, collaborates with MS organizations around the world, and provides programs and services designed to help people living with MS and their families move forward with their lives.

In 2012 alone, through its national office and 50-state network of chapters, the Society devoted $121.9 million to its programs and services that assisted more than one million people. To move us closer to a world free of MS, the Society also invested $43.3 million to support over 350 new and ongoing research projects around the world. The Society is dedicated to achieving a world free of MS. Join the movement at http://www.nationalMSsociety.org

SOURCE National Multiple Sclerosis Society

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