A recent "study" on quality of life issues for care givers and MS people left me in a state of shock, anger and immense frustration. Was I shocked, angered and frustrated to learn that (and this is a direct quote from the article):
"Conclusion. Caregivers of persons with MS reporting high levels of caregiver strain experienced a lower QoL and were caring for persons with MS with a lower QoL and higher levels of depression and anxiety. Interventions to reduce caregiver strain and burden in those at risk are necessary to reduce poor outcomes among both caregivers and care recipients with MS. "
No. I was shocked, angered and immensely frustrated at the squandering of precious research funds on what I consider to be "junk science". WHY are resources ALLOWED to be diverted from important issues such as the causes and cures of disabling medical conditions in order to "study" what is obvious to the average person with any common sense????
If I hit my thumb with a hammer, IT WILL HURT. I don't need a study to tell me this or to confirm any "anecdotal" evidence of the obvious. STOP THIS NONSENSE! Our precious resources must be used for meaningful science or, at the very least, to provide the very "interventions to reduce caregiver strain and burden in those at risk" recommended by this study.
contributed by K (USA) 
Emma
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brian
Hi Brian, If I change all of the writing to white it looks very strange. I will keep the main body of the text white & fiddle around with the headings to get a better colour.
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