Archive for November, 2008Paroxysmal Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis: They Come and They GoTuesday, November 18th, 2008Many people with MS often confuse a pseudoexacerbation with a true MS exacerbation. The symptoms are similar, but the duration and underlying cause are not. Non-Drug Study, Open For Enrollment: Couples Living With Multiple SclerosisFriday, November 14th, 2008Couples Living with Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trial, Open for Enrollment: Investigational ORAL Medication for Subjects With Relapsing Forms of MSThursday, November 13th, 2008Location: Multiple locations throughout the US Clinical Trial, Open for Enrollment: Stem Cell Therapy for Patients With MS Failing Interferon––A Randomized StudyThursday, November 13th, 2008MS is at onset an immune-mediated demyelinating disease. In most cases, it starts as a relapsing-remitting disease with distinct attacks and no symptoms between flares. Over years or decades, virtually all cases transition into a progressive disease in which insidious and slow neurologic deterioration occurs with or without acute flares. Relapsing-remitting disease is often responsive [...] MS Relapses: A Multivariable Analysis of Residual Disability DeterminantsWednesday, November 12th, 2008Recovery from MS relapses is variable. The factors influencing persistence of residual disability (RD) after a relapse are still to be thoroughly elucidated. This study out of the University of Turin in Italy, sought to assess RD after MS relapses and to define the factors associated with persistence of RD. The full article can [...] MR in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of MS: An OverviewWednesday, November 12th, 2008This article, published in the European Journal of Radiology, identifies MS as a chronic, persistent inflammatory-demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that typically presents as an acute clinically isolated syndrome attributable to a monofocal or multifocal demyelinating lesion, which usually affects the optic nerve, spinal cord, or brainstem and cerebellum. Health Benefits of YogaWednesday, November 5th, 2008What do you think of when you hear the word Yoga? This article dispels the pretzel postures myth and offers views on a much more gentle therapy. |
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