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• Alternative Therapies For Ms Patients Shows Promise

  
  Health & Fitness Blog — Authority: 164
  On August, 2008 A La Times medical reporter interviewed a group of doctors that were researching the benefits of medical marijuana. The issue of whether marijuana has any medical benefits is all determined on whom you ask--should marijuana be labeled with the dangerous drugs like PCP and heroin, or is it a miracle ...
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• I blog because…

  
  Multi-Tasking Mama — Authority: 119
  Image by sean dreilinger via Flickr This is my first time participating in Fill in the Blank Friday, hosted by The Unexperienced Mom .  I decided to join in this week because I love the sentence we get to complete. I blog because… I needed an outlet to vent and share when I was diagnosed with multiple ...
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• Tysabri News - Update

  
  ** Stu's Views & M.S. News ** — Authority: 141
  Source: Rocky Mountain MS Center With the recent announcement confirming the increased number of PML cases, other information has become available as well. Of the 24 cases, two-thirds have been in Europe and one-third in the U.S. This is surprising considering that about 60% of exposed patients have ...
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• Mayo Clinic Neurologist Reports: "Thousands Of NMO Patients Are Misdiagnosed With Multiple Sclerosis"

  
  ** Stu's Views & M.S. News ** — Authority: 141
  Article Date: 13 Nov 2009 Thousands of Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) patients are potentially being misdiagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), according to Mayo Clinic Neurologist Sean Pittock, M.D., largely due to lack of awareness of NMO within the medical community. Dr. Pittock shared this finding with more than 50 ...
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• Biogen Idecs Social Media Ties Save Tysabri Again; FDA Watching

  
  ** Stu's Views & M.S. News ** — Authority: 141
  By David Phillips | Nov 12, 2009 On November 2, Biogen Idec updated the prescribing label for its blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri (natalizumab) after consultation with the FDA. Aside from acknowledging that the risk of developing progressive multifocal ...
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• Do cannabinoids reduce multiple sclerosis-related spasticity?

  
  The C.A.M. Report — Authority: 137
  Researchers from Mayo Clinic, in Scottsdale, Arizona reviewed the evidence.First, the details.2 studies of multiple sclerosis (MS) were reviewed.And, the results.Study 1The largest study of oral cannabinoid therapy vs placebo found no improvement for MS-related spasticity as measured by the Ashworth scale.The Ashworth ...
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• LDN for MS: Results of Three Clinical Trials

  
  United Spinal's Action Online Magazine — Authority: 119
  International studies probed the safety and efficacy of a potential treatment for multiple sclerosis in pill form. By Ronald Hoffman, MD In January 2008, Action published an article about low-dose naltrexone (LDN), detailing a brief history of this drug and how it works. Originally developed as a treatment for ...
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• Stem Cells and MS

  
  United Spinal's Action Online Magazine — Authority: 119
  | MS PERSPECTIVES By Ed Lash Multiple Sclerosis Quarterly Report, a publication of United Spinal Association and the North American Research Committee on Multiple Sclerosis, published an article in its Summer 2009 issue on the prospects of stem-cell transplantation to improve the health of people with MS, even ...
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• Men Are Far More Likely to Abandon a Seriously Ill Spouse

  
  80beats — Authority: 652
  It started as an observation in a Seattle cancer ward, where oncologist Marc Chamberlain noticed that his male patients were often receiving steadfast support from their wives, while his female patients often didn’t have husbands hovering at their bedsides. Based on this anecdotal evidence, Chamberlain decided to ...
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• A Personal MS Chronologue on Stuart and the questions that need resolve

  
  ** Stu's Views & M.S. News ** — Authority: 141
  Yes, Stus Views and MS News is my blog. But how rare it is, that we (I) (the Royal WE) ever print anything concerning myself. Many of you know, that I too have MS.. Yea thats right, Me. Many have wondered over the years and many just do not want to believe that this lives within me. Yes, I am always trying to ...
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• Making it to 92: Part Two of Julie Danis Medical Mystery

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 142
  Writer, commentator and humorist Julie Danis is a Chicago-based strategic marketing professional, and a consumer insights lecturer at Northwestern University. She’s worked for Frito-Lay, Inc. and held senior level strategist positions at J. Walter Thompson/Chicago and Draft/Foote, Cone & Belding advertising ...
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• Matthew Perry To Take Part In Charity Tennis

  
  Look To The Stars News: Latest — Authority: 592
  Written by Tim Saunders A host of celebrities will take part in the 2009 Celebrity Pro-Am To End MS tennis event this weekend. Stars such as Matthew Perry , Gavin Rossdale , Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Brody Jenner, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Alan Thicke, Linda Thompson, Matthew Lillard, and Wayne Bryan will join professional ...
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• Myelin Repair Foundation Aims for First Phase 1 Clinical Trial in 2014

  
  ** Stu's Views & M.S. News ** — Authority: 141
  November 10, 2009 – Saratoga, CA– The Myelin Repair Foundation today released its first five-year report that includes a new set of ambitious goals for the second 5 years of its myelin repair research program. The Promises Made, Promises Kept report summarizes the MRF’s scientific achievements as well ...
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• a rose by any other name

  
  one life: livin' the dream — Authority: 118
  isn’t this what the rest of us call fampridine, or 4-ap, and which some of us have been taking for months, if not more? tart it up with a new name, get the fda involved, and before long, someone (Acorda Therapeutics) is going to be making a lot of money off this. “the drug — tentatively named Ampriva — would ...
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• New drug once used as bird poison shows promise for Multiple Sclerosis

  
  Pharmamics — Authority: 128
  An FDA panel is looking into the possibility that a new drug named Ampriva is helping people with Multiple Sclerosis. The drug is a reconfigured form of fampridine, which was originally used as a bird poison.The Food and Drug Administration is looking at reports that the medication has helped people with MS actually ...
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• Magnetic resonance imaging predictors of conversion to multiple sclerosis in the BENEFIT study

  
  ** Stu's Views & M.S. News ** — Authority: 141
  Arch Neurol. 2009 Nov;66(11):1345-52. Moraal B , Pohl C , Uitdehaag BM , Polman CH , Edan G , Freedman MS , Hartung HP , Kappos L , Miller DH , Montalban X , Lanius V , Sandbrink R , Barkhof F . Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Multiple Sclerosis Center Amsterdam, Vrije ...
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• Do cannabinoids reduce multiple sclerosis-related spasticity?

  
  ** Stu's Views & M.S. News ** — Authority: 141
  Source: PubMed.gov - Neurologist. 2009 Nov;15(6):369-71. Thaera GM, Wellik KE, Carter JL, Demaerschalk BM, Wingerchuk DM. Departments of Neurology, and daggerLibrary Services, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA. BACKGROUND: The plant Cannabis sativa contains numerous cannabinoids, which are ...
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• Making It to 92: Part Two of Julie Danis’ Medical Mystery

  
  Women's Voices For Change — Authority: 510
  Writer, commentator and humorist Julie Danis is a Chicago-based strategic marketing professional, and a consumer insights lecturer at Northwestern University. She’s worked for Frito-Lay, Inc. and held senior level [...]
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• Reese Witherspoon Gives and Takes

  
  WhatsWear.com — Authority: 441
  Reese Witherspoon showed her support for MS while running last week as she donned a bright green tee from charitable clothing company Give and Take . This t-shirt company has been garnering a lot of interest among Hollywood with their soft vintage-looking tees that help to support various causes. In addition to Reese ...
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• Teenage Obesity Linked To MS Risk

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 754
  Boston, MA (AHN) – New research from the Harvard School of Public Health suggests obesity in the teen years may be associated with a high risk of developing multiple sclerosis as an adult. Specifically, the study says that obese teenage women may be more than twice as likely to develop MS compared to their ...
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