Having access to reliable MS facts is critical to finding useful help and resources for MS patients. How can you tell when you are being given multiple sclerosis facts and when somebody is just capitalizing on your ignorance and fears to make a quick buck? Well, first of all you should look at the quality of information that is being offered by the source. Is it simply an opinion or is there evidence to support it? And what sort of evidence are you being presented with? If it is scientific evidence, and if it comes from studies that have been published in peer-review journals, then you are on the right track. Other valuable sources of information that aren’t necessarily scientific are the blog entries or discussion forum contributions of other MS patients.

Not only do MS patients and those suffering from other diseases have firsthand experience of their respective diseases, …