Americans' Moose and staff to take part in MS Walk Sunday
Published on May 2, 2008 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Rochester Americans News Release
(Rochester, NY)... The Rochester Americans' mascot, The Moose, along with members of the front office staff will be participating in the annual Multiple Sclerosis Walk scheduled to begin Sunday, May 4th at 9:00 a.m. at Genesee Valley Park.
The annual event, hosted by the National MS Society, consists of a three-mile walk throughout downtown Rochester as participants raise funds and "walk to find a cure" against the ongoing disease.
Multiple sclerosis (or MS) is a chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system (CNS), which is made up of the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. Symptoms may be mild, such as numbness in the limbs, or severe, such as paralysis or loss of vision. The progress, severity, and specific symptoms of MS are unpredictable and vary from one person to another. Today, new treatments and advances in research are giving new hope to people affected by the disease.
While the cause of MS is still not known, scientists believe that a combination of several factors may be involved. Studies are ongoing in the areas of immunology (the science of the body's immune system), epidemiology (that looks at patterns of disease in the population), and genetics in an effort to answer this important question. Understanding what causes MS will be an important step toward finding more effective ways to treat it and-ultimately-cure it, or even prevent it from occurring in the first place.
In the United States today, there are approximately 400,000 people with multiple sclerosis (MS)-with 200 more people diagnosed every week. Worldwide, MS is thought to affect more than 2.5 million people. While the disease is not contagious or directly inherited, epidemiologists-the scientists who study patterns of disease-have identified factors in the distribution of MS around the world that may eventually help determine what causes the disease. These factors include gender, genetics, age, geography, and ethnic background.
To obtain more information on MS or if you would like to become involved, please contact the Upstate New York Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society at (585) 271-0801.
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