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This is about my personal journey with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The intent is to help others understand more about MS and to pass along the message of HOPE. MOST who have MS do NOT end up in a wheelchair. While MS will impact their life, most live fu
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Genetics Studies and MS
This article can be found on the National Sclerosis Website along with numerous other research results. Genetics Studies Yield New Clues to Why People Get MS New studies are deciphering the complex picture of genetic characteristics that make peopl...
More research
Last night we had a really informative presentation at our MS Support Group meeting. Kim from Bakersfield came up and presented a DVD featuring researchers from Yale University, The Neuro Research Center in Calvery Canada, as well as others. The rese...
Myelin Repair Foundation an Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week
This is MS awareness week (March 2-8). Please take a few moments to tell everyone in your Blog and personal lives about the Myelin Repair Foundation. The Myelin Repair Foundation is working towards new treatments for MS. Myelin repair is the newest a...
MS Trial: Oral Teriflunomide
I found the following information on the National MS Society web page. Dec 30, 2008 MS Trial Alert: Study of Oral Teriflunomide (HMR1726) Added on to Copaxone Recruiting People with Relapsing Forms of MS Worldwide Summary: Investigators at six site...
Stem Cell Research with Neural Injury
Regardless of personal opinion regarding stem cell research, some remarkable things are being learned about stem cells and exactly how they can help people with a wide variety of illnesses, injury and disease. Not the least of which is MS. The follow...
New Year...off to a
sick start. Today is day two of fever, cough and laryngitis. I hate being sick. My throat feels like it's on fire and I have a nasty headache on top of it. UGH. Happy New Year to me! Well, on the bright side it gives me an excuse to veg out on the co...
Myelin Repair Foundation
Doing a bit of research this evening I found The Myelin repair Foundation. This is a foundation is dedicated to find a way to reverse the damage caused to the myelin sheaths by MS. The following information was taken directly from their web site: htt...
Optic Neuritis and DTI
There was an interesting article published yesterday in Science Daily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216201416.htm The article discusses diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and it's use in actually predicting the course of optical neurit...
