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Melatonin could help treat multiple sclerosis
New research shows how the “sleep hormone” may benefit patients with the debilitating neurological disease. "[Researchers] saw that during fall and winter, patients’ relapse rates were 32% lower than the rest of the year, when melatonin levels naturally dip."
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Continued Smoking After MS Diagnosis Associated with Accelerated Disease Progression
Continued smoking after a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) appears to be associated with accelerated disease progression compared with those patients who quit smoking, according to an article published online by JAMA Neurology.
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Telephone-Delivered Interventions Reduce MS Symptoms by More than 50 Percent
Findings show how telehealth can improve access to high quality healthcare
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Saving SSDI
As the disability-insurance program’s trust fund runs out of cash, there are new signs of internal reform—but more changes are needed. By Harold A. Pollack.
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Women Who Breast-Feed Less Likely to Have MS Relapse: Study
But protective effect seems to last only about as long as exclusive nursing does
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Multiple Sclerosis vs. California's Stem Cell Agency
How long will it be before people with MS get well? No way to know. But there is funding for the research. Because California voters said YES to Proposition 71, the Stem Cells for Research and Cures Act, we have a chance to defeat Multiple Sclerosis.
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Bringing Cool Relief to Multiple Sclerosis
Hackaday Prize Semifinalist whose goal is to create a cooling system for MS'ers.
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Low vitamin-D genes linked to MS
People genetically prone to low vitamin-D levels are at increased risk of multiple sclerosis, a large study suggests.
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Novartis to Buy Multiple Sclerosis Drug From Glaxo
The experimental drug ofatumumab would bolster the Swiss pharmaceutical company’s portfolio of multiple sclerosis treatments.
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MS and employment
"The elephant in the MS room is employment, or more importantly unemployment. In Europe approximately 50% of MSers are unemployed within 10 years of diagnosis; as the average age of MS disease onset is 30 years this mean that 50% of MSers are unemployed by the age of 40. "
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17 Life Lessons Parents With Multiple Sclerosis Have Taught Their Children
I normally eschew lists like these, but the sentiment is quite endearing.
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Alcohol and smoking associated with anxiety and depression in multiple sclerosis
This is one of the first longitudinal studies to show that unhealthy lifestyle choices can also exacerbate mental illness in people with MS.
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Florida Doctor Accused of Misdiagnosis Scheme Back in Business
Dr. Sean Orr agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a whistle-blower suit that alleged he misdiagnosed patients with multiple sclerosis for profit.
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Oral Disease Modifying Agents for Multiple Sclerosis Are Now More Preferred by Neurologists
A survey of 97 neurologists conducted in June 2015 revealed specialists within the field of neurology are increasingly avoiding prescribing injectables to patients suffering from multiple sclerosis, as orally-available disease modifying-agents (DMAs) continue to gain in popularity.
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What it feels like to have Multiple Sclerosis when the government takes your disability benefit away
The personal independence payment benefit is failing the sick and disabled.
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Could Multiple Sclerosis Sufferers Benefit From Cannabis Chewing Gum?
Biotech company focused on chewing gum as a functional vehicle for uptake of cannabinoids via the oral mucosal membrane -- a superior, safer, and more socially accepted delivery method than smoking or vaporizing.
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Cleansing the waters - is there a role for plasma exchange in MS?
"As a clinician this paper challenges our current thinking of managing MS, at least in the early stages."
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Second study from University of Queensland research pair retracted from journal after misconduct probe
The study, titled Cognitive Linguistic Deficits in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, had been published in the journal Aphasiology.
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MIT students, MS patient collaborate on app
At the Boston Home, one resident’s quest to help herself and the other people living there has led to an app that lets residents summon aid with a tap of a tablet computer’s screen.
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The struggle of being a parent with multiple sclerosis
Nicola Smith, who has multiple sclerosis, tells the Victoria Derbyshire programme she is worried that her condition will lead her son to miss out.
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