My father did the first disability study on MS, and I find that the stupidest claims are made by the drug companies touting the effectiveness of their MS medications, specifically that their Drug has effectively changed the disabilty rate from ten years (my father's study) to nineteen years, forgetting that when my father published it took an average of six or seven years to get diagnosed, while today a Dx can be made in a week or so. Add seven years to the ten years (equals 17) and compare it to the 19, and the new drugs have not been very effective in helping those with MS.