MS society websites: www.mssociety.org.uk and www.nationalmssociety.org
- Department of Neurology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK; aw255@cam.ac.uk
Patients turning up with folders full of printouts from the internet are increasingly common sights in outpatient departments. The response from clinicians often tends towards annoyance and even suspicion. Furthermore, a disease such as multiple sclerosis is linked to much mystery (concerning causes) and controversy (concerning treatments), and as such, the internet abounds with sites making all manner of claims. Physicians …







