Health: a bag of apples against multiple sclerosis, Aism initiative is back

Let’s make multiple sclerosis go away with a bag of apples. From Friday 1 to Monday 4 October – Dono Day – ‘La Mela di Aism’ is back, an event promoted by the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Association which takes place under the patronage of the President of the Republic and with the patronage of the Pubblicità Progresso Foundation. Testimonial, always alongside Aism, Chef Alessandro Borghese, who also on this occasion wanted to give his face to the awareness and fundraising initiative that will guarantee and enhance the services for people with multiple sclerosis and support scientific research . From now on, with a donation of 9 euros, it is possible to reserve your own 1.8 kg bag of tasty red, green or yellow apples. Just contact the provincial Aism section of your city whose list is available at http://www.aism.it/mela. Multiple sclerosis (Sm) is a serious, chronic, unpredictable and often disabling disease of the central nervous system. It mostly occurs with movement, vision and balance disorders, following a different course from person to person. It is a disease that mainly affects young people, the causes of which are not yet known and for which there is still no definitive cure. In Italy, 3,600 people are affected by the disease every year, with a new diagnosis every 3 hours. Of the 130,000 sick people, 10% are children and 50% are young people under 40. Sm is the leading cause of neurological disability in young adults after trauma. Italy is the country at medium-high risk of multiple sclerosis: the average social cost of the disease is 6 billion euros a year. It is a major health and social emergency, the note points out. ‘after the emergency, to be even more at the side of people with multiple sclerosis and continue to guarantee Aism’s activities in the area, which are fundamental for sick people. The donation amounts will be 5 or 10 euros from a fixed network call Tim Vodafone, WindTre, Fastweb, and Tiscali, 5 euros from a fixed network call Twt, Convergenze and PosteMobile and 2 euros from a personal mobile phone WindTre, Tim, Vodafone , Iliad, PosteMobile, CoopVoce, Tiscali. The ‘La Mela di Aism’ initiative – concludes the note – was joined by Assaeroporti, the Italian association of airport managers, together with the airports of: Alghero, Bari, Bologna, Brindisi, Cagliari, Foggia, Genoa, Milan Linate, Milan Malpensa, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Pescara, Rimini, Rome Ciampino, Rome Fiumicino, Taranto Grottaglie, Turin, Trapani, Treviso, Venice and Verona.