The latest in Multiple Sclerosis

Migraine more common in women with MS

2010-02-22T13:46:06Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who suffer from migraine headaches appear to be at much higher risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) than women in the general population, according to research released in advance of the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting to be held in US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a drug which has been found to allow with multiple sclerosis (MS) to walk faster, the drug watchdog said.</p><p>Multiple sclerosis patients treated with the drug, Ampyra - generic name dalfampridine - were found in clinical trials to have faster walking speeds than those treated with a placeb...

Drug that helps MS patients walk faster approved

2010-02-22T15:43:01Z

<div><p>The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a drug which has been found to allow with multiple sclerosis (MS) to walk faster, the drug watchdog said.</p><p>Multiple sclerosis patients treated with the drug, Ampyra - generic name dalfampridine - were found in clinical trials to have faster walking speeds than those treated with a placebo, ...

Important Facts You Should Know About Multiple Sclerosis

2010-02-22T16:56:57Z

Multiple sclerosis is a difficult disorder of the nervous system which can generate a broad range of symptoms varying in intensity and duration. Each patient?s feel with multiple sclerosis is different and symptoms are perceived differently from someone to another. Multiple sclerosis can involve visual, sensory and motor symptoms, depending on the body systems which are affected by the disease. In more advanced levels of progression, multiple sclerosis can also determine dysfunctions of the i...

MS pills show promise and risk, studies say

2010-02-22T17:27:42Z

<div id="subtitle">Mixed reviews for experimental pills to treat common form of multiple sclerosis</div><div><p>Tests of the first two oral drugs developed for treating multiple sclerosis show that both cut the frequency of relapses and may slow progression of the disease, but with side effects that could pose a tough decision for patients.</p><p>Two experts not involved in the studies said the drugs appear effec...

Obesity in adolescence may increase girls' MS risk

2010-02-24T02:46:42Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A woman's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) during her lifetime is doubled if she was obese at age 18, new research shows.</p><p>"This is the first study to link MS risk with obesity," study co-author Dr. Kassandra L. Munger of the Reuters Health) - Good news for women with multiple sclerosis (MS) who are pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant. A study published Wednesday shows that while women with MS have a somewhat heightened risk of certain pregnancy complications, by and large, their pregnancies are as healthy as other women's.</p><p>Using a national database on nearly 19 mi...

FDA confirms 3 new infections linked to Tysabri

2010-02-25T04:17:45Z

<div id="subtitle">FDA says it confirmed new cases of brain inflammation linked to MS drug, bringing total to 13</div><div><p>The Food and Drug Administration says it confirmed three new cases of a potentially lethal brain inflammation linked to the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri.</p><p&...

dinner of champions

2009-09-20T02:47:23Z

Tom Sherak The National Multiple Sclerosis Society's 35th Annual Dinner of Champions held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel Los Angeles, California - 16.09.09

Cigarettes boost MS risk, but not through nicotine

2010-02-25T13:34:35Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smoking cigarettes increases the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS), but the substance that makes cigarettes addictive, nicotine, doesn't seem to be at fault, Swedish researchers say.</p><p>While male smokers were 1.8 times as likely to have MS as non-smokers, and MS risk increased 1.4-fold for women who smoked, people who used Swedish snuff w...

Novartis says FDA approves interferon drug for MS

2010-02-25T19:25:54Z

<div id="subtitle">Novartis says FDA approved Extavia in relapsing-remitting MS and first episodes of disease</div><div><p>Novartis AG said Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its drug Extavia, a form of interferon intended to treat multi...

Multiple Sclerosis - A Thousand Fold Proven Way to Cure It

2010-02-25T22:50:00Z

The other day I read about multiple sclerosis. They describe this disease as incurable. Fact is that MS had been unknown until about the middle of the nineteenth century. Around that time, the French neurologist Charcot discovered the symptoms first. Interestingly enough this disease has been diagnosed always more often since then and this development is unstopped. Today MS belongs to the fastest growing neurological diseases.<br><br>Of course, that causes question...

MS sufferer Debbie Purdy

2009-08-14T06:51:36Z

MS sufferer Debbie Purdy at the House of Lords during her landmark case on '' Assisted Suicide.''.Copyright: The Times....

Smoking may speed progress of multiple sclerosis

2010-02-26T09:27:38Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who smoke have a speedier progression of the disease, a new study in the Archives of Neurology suggests.</p><p>Dr. Alberto Ascherio of the Harvard School o...

Breastfeeding lowers risk of MS relapse: U.S. study

2010-02-27T00:08:58Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Breastfeeding may protect women with multiple sclerosis against relapses of their disease, possibly by delaying a return to normal monthly cycles, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.</p><p>They found that MS patients who nursed their babies exclusively -- meaning no bottled formula -- fo...

Harry Potter author quits MS charity over 'rifts'

2010-03-03T06:45:29Z

<div><p>Multi-millionaire Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling said Thursday she had quit as patron of a Scottish charity for multiple sclerosis because the organisation is being ripped apart by an internal row.</p><p>Rowling, who has supported the charity for nearly a decade after her mother died from the debilitating disease in 1991...

Test drug boosts mobility in multiple sclerosis: study

2010-03-01T07:48:28Z

<div><p>An experimental drug called fampridine improves walking ability in some patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease of the nervous system that crimps mobility, a study published on Friday in The Lancet says.</p><p>Doctors recruited 301 adults with MS in the United States and Canad...

MS sufferer Ann Brown re: case study for piece on the now-proven benefits of Vitamin D to sufferers.

2009-04-20T22:36:28Z

MS sufferer Ann Brown (photographed at her home in Falkirk, Scotland), case study for Melanie Reid's piece on the now-proven benefits of Vitamin D to sufferers of the disease..Copyright: The Times

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Merck: New pill may work for MS

2010-03-02T18:09:45Z

<div id="subtitle">New pill to treat Multiple Sclerosis may be available soon, says drugmaker Merck</div><div><p>German drugmaker Merck Serono is one step closer to releasing the first pill to treat multiple sclerosis, the company said Friday.</p><p>In a press statement, Merck said that patients taking cladribine tablets had a nearly 60 percent lower r...

Neuron gene linked to multiple sclerosis: study

2010-03-01T23:26:30Z

<div><p>A newly-discovered genetic flaw may lay the nervous system open to assault from the body's own immune system, leading to multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published Sunday.</p><p>In MS, the immune system attacks myelin, the fatty sheath that protects the cells of the central nervous system.</p><p>As a result, nerve signals get slowed or blocked, causing difficulties in movement and coordinatio...