Hearing the Voice of 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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Although the exact cause of multiple sclerosis (MS) is unknown, a number [...]
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, [...]
Half of all people with MS will experience pain from time to time because of the condition. Fortunately for most, the pain is usually mild. But, for a small number, pain is a more severe and ongoing symptom that may need specialised assessment and treatment. In this article I will address pain which arises from [...]
Tags: course of MS, living with ms, ms symptoms, ms treatment, multiple sclerosis treatment, quality of life, symptomsI 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 [...]
Recently MS patient Jan Wilks began walking days after treatment with umbilical cord stem cells after years in a wheelchair. Coverage of her case in the press sparked a huge demand for more information on this new cutting edge treatment. Jan Wilks is only one of stem cell therapy’s success stories.
Stem Cell Treatment
Stem cell treatment [...]
Recently MS patient Jan Wilks began walking days after treatment with umbilical cord stem cells after years in a wheelchair. Coverage of her case in the press sparked a huge demand for more information on this new cutting edge treatment.
Jan Wilks is only one of stem cell therapy’s success stories.
Multiple Sclerosis – a Cure?
Stem cell [...]
Medication belonging to the corticosteroid class that includes methylprednisone, prednisone and dexamethasone reduce the inflammation inside the brain and spinal cord.
Prednisone and methylprednisone are both administered orally. They follow a treatment that relies on a high dose of intravenous methylprednisone for about four days during the attack of MS (IV treatment).
The purpose of corticosteroids use
The [...]
Glatiramer acetate is a myelin like protein. Its means or the method it has to fight MS haven’t been totally figured, but it seems to act as an obstruction to the body’s attack over the myelin coat.
It is an injectable medicine applied beneath the skin every day. The pills containing the same substances have proved [...]
Tags: copaxone, glatiramer acetate, ms treatment, multiple sclerosis treatment, treatment side effectsBiogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) have announced interim results from an ongoing, one-year longitudinal health-outcomes study in which patients reported significantly higher levels of treatment satisfaction after three infusions with TYSABRI® (natalizumab) when compared to multiple sclerosis (MS) therapies used previously. The findings from the study, which were reported by [...]
