Title: Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis
Feed: CWKN #388, June 4, 2008
Time:  1:28
SUGGESTED LEAD: CONVENTIONAL WISDOM HAS IT THAT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AFFLICTS MOSTLY MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN.  BUT NOW RESEARCHERS SAY THE DISEASE OFTEN STARTS MUCH EARLIER, EVEN IN CHILDHOOD.  AND ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL M-S SOCIETY, AS MANY AS TWENTY THOUSAND ADOLESCENTS HAVE THE DISORDER.  THAT STORY TONIGHT FROM CONNECT WITH KIDS.
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NATS:  generic b-roll soccer, montage still photos

NARR:  AT AGE TWELVE, IT WAS TINGLING AND NUMBNESS IN HER ARMS DURING EXERCISE …  (:05)

SOT:  Kristine Phillips, 18 years old  (:06)
“Like they’d fall asleep almost.”

NARR:  … AT FOURTEEN,  HER RIGHT EYE WENT ALMOST BLIND …  (:03)

SOT:  Kristine Phillips, 18 years old  (:10)
“I have 8 percent vision, and it’s black and white.”

NARR:  … AND AT FIFTEEN, HALF HER BODY WENT COMPLETELY NUMB FOR DAYS.  (:04)

SUPER:   Kristine Phillips, 18 years old  (:19)
“And it was my entire left side.  Face, the back of my head, everything.”

NARR: KRISTINE PHILIPS HAS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS … A DISORDER, WHICH, UNTIL RECENTLY, EXPERTS THOUGHT ONLY ADULTS COULD GET.  (:07)

CHILDHOOD SYMPTOMS LIKE NUMBNESS, CLUMSINESS, AND EXCESSIVE FATIGUE OFTEN WENT UNEXPLAINED.  (:06)

BUT NOW, WITH AN M-R-I, DOCTORS CAN SEE INSIDE THE BRAIN, AND MAKE THE DIAGNOSIS MUCH EARLIER.  (:07)

NATS:  “Here it shows up actually as a white dot.”

NARR:  THERE’S STILL NO CURE, BUT EARLY DIAGNOSIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE NEW TREATMENTS CAN DELAY THE PROGRESS OF M-S.  (:06)

NATS:  “you ready?  One, two, (injection)”

SUPER:  Dr. Michael Stein, Neurologist  (1:03)
“Those have revolutionized the whole therapy of MS, because it used to be, if somebody was diagnosed with MS, the attitude was, well what does it matter?  You can’t do anything for them.  You can’t help them.   And now we can say, yes we can help you.   We get you started on these medicines and the future outlook is very good.”

NARR:  WITH MEDICINE, KRISTINE HASN’T HAD AN ATTACK IN THREE YEARS …  (:04)
 
SOT:  Kristine Phillips, 18 years old  (1:18)
“I hope for the future, I think there’ll be a cure.  But I know my eye will always stay this way.”

NARR:  I’M COLLIN SIEDOR, FOR CONNECT WITH KIDS.  (:03)

SUGGESTED TAG:   NEW RESEARCH IN THE JOURNAL NEUROLOGY FOUND THAT M-S CAN ALSO AFFECT CHILDREN’S I-Q, MEMORY, AND LANGUAGE SKILLS.  DOCTORS SAY THIS RESEARCH MAKES EARLY DIAGNOSIS EVEN MORE CRITICAL.  FOR MORE INFORMATION ON MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, LOG ONTO <LOCAL URL> AND CLICK ON THE CONNECT WITH KIDS ICON.