Topic: Multiple Sclerosis
AFP Global Edition | 2009-02-27 00:00:16
<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 Canada, and gave the ...
MS sufferer Ann Brown re: case study for piece on the now-proven benefits of Vitamin D to sufferers.
ZUMA Press Inc | 2009-02-05 16:33:45
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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AP News | 2009-01-23 17:07:26
<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 ...
AFP Global Edition | 2008-11-09 20:00:14
<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 ...
