A community portal about Multiple sclerosis with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, inflammatory disease that affects the central nervous system . MS can cause a variety of symptoms...
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A community portal about Multiple sclerosis with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, inflammatory disease that affects the central nervous system . MS can cause a variety of symptoms, including changes in sensation, visual problems, muscle weakness, depression, difficulties with coordination and speech, severe fatigue, and pain. Although many patients lead full and rewarding lives, MS can cause impaired mobility and disability in more severe cases.
The Southern California Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society this weekend held its annual Bike MS Southern California Ride, from Camarillo to Santa Barbara. On Saturday, nearly 1,000 cyclists rode through the beautiful Ojai Valley to breathtaking Leadbetter Beach in Santa...
Toronto Stock Exchange Symbol: MS EDMONTON, Oct. 6 /CNW/ - BioMS Medical Corp. , a leading developer in the treatment of multiple sclerosis , today announced that the independent Data Safety Monitoring Board ...
BioMS Medical Corp. (TSX: MS), a leading developer in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), announced that the independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) for the Company's U.S.
Medical researchers hope a study of patients with multiple sclerosis will help them get closer to explaining what causes the disease that affects thousands of people in the region.
Second, to assess the relationship of QOL with caregiver attitudes to MS and patient's variables. MethodConsecutive MS clinic attendees were assessed with ...
When Maya Andrick went to her first therapy appointment at Healing Reins Therapeutic Riding Center as a 1½-year-old, she could barely hold her head up. She cried through the appointment, as did her mother.Today, it’s a different story for the now 3-year-old.The girl, who is almost totally blind...
copaxone Originally uploaded by bandita Just found some pics on flickr of what it's like to live with MS. Of course, I know a little bit on the subject, since I was diagnosed on July 10, 2007. This shot of needles, taken by bandita was one of the first to pop up, and one of my "favorites" (a word that seems so oxymoronic when I think about it). I've been doing daily shots of Copaxone/placebo and weekly shots of Avonex/placebo for almost 6 months, now. (I'm participating in a clinical...
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Compelling evidence that children with early symptoms of multiple sclerosis have low levels of vitamin D has emerged from a study by scientists in Canada.
The study of children suffering the first...
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MONTREAL — Canada has one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis in the world and the country fails in providing adequate services for sufferers, a new study suggests.
The global survey by the...
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Today, I want to talk about a very serious and common condition throughout the world and the United States, Multiple Sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis, more commonly referred to as MS, is a chronic and often disabling disease that can attack the body's Central Nervous System. Our CNS is composed of the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. MS is thought to be an Autoimmune disease, which means the body's own defense system attacks its own myelin, which is the fatty substance that surrounds and...
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I have MS. Multiple sclerosis. Or maybe I just have one sclerose, because I feel great. You may have heard the tagline “the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis.” That sounds horrible! Thank God, I don’t have that! Oh, wait.
What having a diagnosis of a chronic disease has meant for me is a ridiculous number of doctor visits, tests, and medications. Ridiculous, because, again, I do feel great. Luckily, in addition to MS, I also have, and in far greater volume, that old crusty...
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