Now in its fifth edition, Multiple Sclerosis: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed is the best-selling guide to MS for newly diagnosed patients and their families. Written in plain language by renowned MS expert physician T. Jock Murray, this book guides patients at any stage who want to know more about the disease, its potential impact on their lives, and the medical treatments now available for managing it successfully.

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Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain that causes seizures. These seizures are not caused by a temporary underlying medical condition such as a high fever. Epilepsy can affect people in very different ways. This is because there are many causes and many different kinds of seizures. Some people may have. BRIVIACT® (brivaracetam), a new molecular entity, is indicated as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial-onset seizures in patients 16 years of age and older with epilepsy1; The approximately 30% of people with epilepsy whose seizures. Fast Facts: Epilepsy. Health Press, 5th edition, 2012.

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Dr Colleen Majewski, University of Chicago Medical Center, USA, for Doody's Review Service.