City Of Philadelphia Demands $300 Tax From Each Blogger

Not by prohibiting it but by Taxing It!

It appears our freedoms are up for grabs by unscrupulous politicians to cover their frivolous expenses!

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LDN and Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

There is a lot of talk in the MS community about LDN treatment.

The theory is that when endorphins are blocked the body compensates by creating more.

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Using a Functional Electrical Stimulation Device to Improve Dropped Foot in People with MS

Researchers found that people with multiple sclerosis using a foot stimulator increased walking performance, compared to the exercise group and also experienced fewer falls.

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Global Economic Impact of MS

It is estimated that the average financial cost of MS in high income countries is more than $US 1.2 million per person. Loss of employment, or early retirement, is considered the single largest cost factor contributing to this financial cost.

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Could Early Symptoms of MS Be Stratified to Give Better Targeted Multiple Sclerosis Treatments?

If we knew early on what the disease course for Multiple Sclerosis would be then we could better target the medication in each individual case.

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Increased Risk of Disability Progression in MS with Vascular Co-morbidity

Hi you’re new here, Don’t forget to get your free report on the right REMEMBER to share any article you like. Just click share and you can choose where to share it or just “Tweet This”. Thanks for visiting! Well that’s a  bit of a scary phrase. Introduction Vascular co-morbidity means that as well as [...]

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Laugh and the world laughs with you

I recently received an email from , Mike Szymanski as I have subscribed to his news items. In it he tells the story of a new reader with MS who fell off her chair to much hilarity. One of the other newsreaders who was involved in the laughing felt the need to apologise when he [...]

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Vitamin D supplementation alone may not replace the ability of sunlight to reduce MS susceptibility.

Although the exact cause of multiple sclerosis (MS) is unknown, a number of genetic and environmental factors are thought to influence MS susceptibility. Fortunately there is an animal model of MS called experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis or EAE which allows us to investigate possible treatment for MS. and so it was with this model that the [...]

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Stanford University halts CCSVI treatments after two serious incidents

Two people experienced serious side effects following stenting of the jugular veins, One patient died from a brain haemorrhage. Another required emergency open heart surgery The article on the MS Society site can be seen here

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Could Interferon Beta be making patients worse ?

Interferon beta (IFNb) is a first-line treatment for people with MS. However, increasing evidence suggests that the presence of neutralising antibodies during treatment is associated with a reduction in treatment efficacy

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