Hearing the Voice of MS
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Two people experienced serious side effects following stenting of the jugular veins,
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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
The results of the study, reported in the Sunday Times Scotland, suggest that mothers pregnant during the dark autumn and winter months were most likely to give birth to those who would develop MS
It has been recently shown that MS is significantly associated with a condition defined as chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI). In CCSVI, put simply, there is a narrowing of the vessels draining blood away from the brain.Blocked venous blood outflow causes a high rate of cerebral venous reflux in MS patients.
As a follow on from my previous article about spasticity I would now like to address the treatments used
Spasticity, ( feelings of muscle stiffness and involuntary muscle spasms), is a well defined consequence of MS.
Tags: functional limitations, involuntary muscle spasms, male gender, muscle stiffness, upper motor neuronResearch from Taiwan indicates that capnellene (GB9), a compound extracted from the soft coral Capnella imbricata, could prove useful for treating neuropathy and neuropathic pain.”
Many people believe that pets are important to a healthy life and even claim that their animals have human-like abilities, such as sensing the feelings of their owners and reacting accordingly. In the past few years, studies have been conducted to understand whether there is therapeutic value in contact between humans and animals.
In some studies, [...]
I recently started to look into “inclined therapy”. It is something I’d heard about several years ago but it kind of fell off my radar so a connection with Andrew Fletcher on Twitter brought it back to the forefront.
Inclined therapy is simply tilting the bed so that the head end is 15 cm or 6 [...]
By Judith Moser, MD
MILAN, Italy — June 23, 2009 — Patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) show early benefit from a new formulation of subcutaneous interferon (IFN) beta-1a as measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), according to a study presented here at the 19th Meeting of the European Neurological Society (ENS).
Nicola De Stefano, MD, [...]