MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CARNATION DAYS (CA)
Categories: Health, Canada & Environment, Space & The Outdoors
Location: Canada
Type of Event: Daily Event
Updated: May 06, 2024
Location: Canada
Type of Event: Daily Event
Updated: May 06, 2024
About MS Carnation Days in Canada
The carnation. It's Canada's oldest and most recognized symbol of hope in the quest to end multiple sclerosis.
Many Canadians living with multiple sclerosis are mothers. Others, either children or adults, have mothers affected by this disease because women are diagnosed with MS three times as often as men. That's why every year the MS Carnation Campaign takes place over Mother's Day weekend
From May 8 – 10, 2014, thousands of volunteers in more than 280 communities across Canada will be showing their dedication to finding a cure by selling carnations on street corners, malls and other public spaces.
Canadians have one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis in the world.
MS is the most common neurological disease affecting young adults in Canada.
Every day, three more people in Canada are diagnosed with MS.
Women are more than three times as likely to develop MS as men.
MS can cause loss of balance, impaired speech, extreme fatigue, double vision and paralysis.
MS was first identified and described by a French neurologist, Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot, in 1868.
To date scientists do not know what causes MS but researchers are closer to finding the answer.
Many Canadians living with multiple sclerosis are mothers. Others, either children or adults, have mothers affected by this disease because women are diagnosed with MS three times as often as men. That's why every year the MS Carnation Campaign takes place over Mother's Day weekend
From May 8 – 10, 2014, thousands of volunteers in more than 280 communities across Canada will be showing their dedication to finding a cure by selling carnations on street corners, malls and other public spaces.
Canadians have one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis in the world.
MS is the most common neurological disease affecting young adults in Canada.
Every day, three more people in Canada are diagnosed with MS.
Women are more than three times as likely to develop MS as men.
MS can cause loss of balance, impaired speech, extreme fatigue, double vision and paralysis.
MS was first identified and described by a French neurologist, Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot, in 1868.
To date scientists do not know what causes MS but researchers are closer to finding the answer.
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Event Sponsor:
MS Society of Canada
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