multiple sclerosis

Discusses the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of multiple sclerosis and how people with MS can make their lives as normal as possible.

Explores the effects of illness on raising three children and on his relationship with his wife, Meredith Vieira.

Harlan Hawkins, a boy with a passion for baseball, must decide what he really wants from life after being offered a way out of the suburban poverty in which his family has lived since his mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and his father deserted them.

After discovering that her father has multiple sclerosis, fifteen-year-old Payton begins counseling sessions at school, which lead her to become interested in a boy in her biology class, have a falling out with her best friend, develop an interest in bike riding, and eventually allow her to come to terms with life's uncertainties.

The author discusses what has been learned by him and other scientists over the course of his thirty years researching the origins of multiple sclerosis, treatments, and possible cures.