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- A New Cause for MS?
By Henry L. Davis
NEWS MEDICAL REPORTER
October 15, 2009, 6:36 AM
Buffalo physicians announced Wednesday that they have started a large study that could overturn thinking about the generally accepted cause for multiple sclerosis.
MS is believed to stem from an abnormal response of the body’s immune system directed against the fatty sheath that surrounds nerve [...]
- Luteolin as a therapeutic option for MS
Multiple sclerosis (MS) remains without an effective treatment in spite of intense research efforts. Interferon-beta (IFN-beta) reduces duration and severity of symptoms in many relapsing-remitting MS patients, but its mechanism of action is still not well understood.
Moreover, IFN-beta and other available treatments must be given parenterally and have a variety of adverse effects. Certain naturally [...]
- Hot off the ECTRIMS Press…Play Your Brain Games!
Is it really possible to improve some, MS related, cognition issues by playing computer games? Doctors from Baylor College of Medicine here in Houston seem to think so. According to their poster presentation at the World Congress on Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS + ECTRIMS + LACTRIMS) Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Sept. 17-20, 2008) they conclude that [...]
- No FluMist for People with Multiple Sclerosis
Tuesday September 1, 2009
Most doctors and experts recommend that anyone with multiple sclerosis (MS) gets a seasonal flu shot. Influenza (the “flu”) is usually accompanied by high fevers and high fevers and infections can lead to relapses and/or increased symptoms and disability.
I’m sorry to say, however, that those of us with MS should NOT get [...]
- Swedish snuff doesn’t increase MS risk
Washington, Sept 1 : Unlike cigarettes, Swedish snuff doesn’t increase a person’s risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), finds a new study.
“While tobacco cigarettes increased a person’’s risk of developing MS, our research found that using Swedish snuff was not associated with an elevated risk for MS,” said study author Dr Anna Hedstrom, of the [...]
- MS Patients Who Smoke Show More Brain Atrophy/Lesions Than MS Nonsmokers
ScienceDaily (Aug. 18, 2009) — Persons with multiple sclerosis who smoked for a little as six months during their lifetime had more destruction of brain tissue and more brain atrophy than MS patients who never smoked, a study by neuroimaging specialists at the University at Buffalo has shown.
Research published in the Aug. 18, 2009, issue [...]
- Merck Sumbits Cladribine Application for EU Approval
July 23, 2009 — 9:05am ET | By John Carroll
Racing to beat Novartis to the world’s biggest drug markets with a new oral therapy for multiple sclerosis, Merck KGaA has filed for regulatory approval of cladribine in Europe and plans to file in the U.S. later this quarter.
The application brings Merck ”closer to the possibility of providing an [...]
- Predicting Relapses Means Preventing Them
The ability to predict the spatial frequency of relapses in multiple sclerosis (MS) would enable physicians to decide when to intervene more aggressively and to plan clinical trials more accurately.
Methods: In the current study our objective was to determine if subsets of genes can predict the time to the next acute relapse in patients with [...]
- NIH Deepens Investment In Avonex and Copaxone Combination Study
Article Date: 22 Jul 2009 – 4:00 PDT
The first large-scale “CombiRX” clinical trial testing the combined use of FDA-approved interferon beta-1a (Avonex®) and glatiramer acetate (Copaxone®) to treat relapsing-remitting MS has just received a $19-million renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health. This is the largest MS trial ever supported by the [...]
- Exercise Your Brain: Online Game Launched for PWMS
Article Date: 16 Jul 2009 – 3:00 PDT
The MS Technology Collaborative has created a new way for people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) to exercise their brain power. The Collaborative, an alliance of Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Microsoft, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, today announced the launch of MyBrainGames, a free suite of online games [...]
