Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment (Cure)

June 26, 2017June 26, 2017
MS News That Caught My Eye This Week: Brain Scans, Spasticity, Tecfidera Study and Cigarettes
Columns, The MS Wire - A Column by Ed Tobias
In case you missed them, here are some news stories that appeared in MS News Today that caught my ... Read more
June 26, 2017June 26, 2017
MSAA Unveils New Print, Online Resources for Multiple Sclerosis Patients
News
The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA) has released three new resources for people with multiple sclerosis (MS), available for ... Read more
June 26, 2017June 26, 2017
RRMS Patients at Risk of PML Can Safely Switch from Tysabri to Lemtrada
News
Lemtrada (alemtuzumab) may be an effective option for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients withdrawing from prior ... Read more
June 23, 2017June 22, 2017
So Tired of This
Columns, Fall Down, Get Up Again- a Column by John Connor
It’s summer in the U.K., and it’s hot. That’s cause for celebration for everyone but us. It’s actually the ... Read more
June 23, 2017June 23, 2017
Genentech to Report on Ocrevus Success in Reducing Disease Progression in Relapsing and Primary Progressive MS at EAN Congress
News
Ocrevus (ocrelizumab) significantly reduces disease activity and disability progression in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) and primary ... Read more
June 23, 2017June 22, 2017
Ocrevus, Hope, and a Suicide Postponed
Columns, The MS Wire - A Column by Ed Tobias
Several months ago, I wrote a column about Andrew Barclay. Barclay died in an assisted suicide in December. He’d ... Read more
June 23, 2017June 23, 2017
Nurse Advocates for Shared Decision-Making to Treat MS
News
Shared decision-making between patients and their doctors and healthcare providers was considered a critical step in the process of ... Read more
June 23, 2017June 26, 2017
Tecfidera Improves MS Patients’ Work Productivity, Compared with Other Therapies, Study Shows
News
Multiple sclerosis patients taking Tecfidera, or dimethyl fumarate, were more productive at work than those on Copaxone ... Read more
June 22, 2017June 21, 2017
MS Alphabet: EAE, Endothelium, Epstein–Barr, and other ‘E’ Words
Columns, MS in Moderation, a column by Tamara Sellman
(Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with this second of two parts on ... Read more
June 22, 2017June 22, 2017
MS Researcher Stephen Hauser, MD, Awarded the 2017 Taubman Prize
News
Stephen L. Hauser, MD, director of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)‘s Weill Institute for Neurosciences, has been awarded the ... Read more
June 22, 2017June 26, 2017
Onetime Canadian Rancher Heidi Redl Wrote a Book About MS to Give Others Hope
News
Heidi Redl was in the physically demanding job of ranching when a doctor told her in 2004 that she had ... Read more
June 21, 2017June 20, 2017
Everyday Matters: A Positive Program for People with MS
Columns, You've Got Some Nerves - A Column By Judy Lynn
Many years ago, not long after my MS diagnosis, my cousin gave me a “gratitude journal.” At that time, ... Read more

June 22, 2017June 22, 2017

MS Researcher Stephen Hauser, MD, Awarded the 2017 Taubman Prize

Stephen L. Hauser, MD, director of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)‘s Weill Institute for Neurosciences, has been awarded the 2017 Taubman Prize for Excellence in Translational Medical Research. Recognized ... Read more

June 22, 2017June 26, 2017

Onetime Canadian Rancher Heidi Redl Wrote a Book About MS to Give Others Hope

News

Heidi Redl was in the physically demanding job of ranching when a doctor told her in 2004 that she had multiple sclerosis. Reluctant to give up her physical capabilities without ... Read more

June 21, 2017June 21, 2017

Fatigue and Reduced Leg Function Can Signal Transition to Progressive MS, Study Reports

News

Fatigue and limited leg function are more common among older people with progressive multiple sclerosis than in those with relapsing forms of the disease, according to a study. In fact, ... Read more

June 21, 2017June 21, 2017

Harvard Study Finds No Link Between Clinical Exams and MRIs in Some MS Patients

News

Physical disability may have no link to brain lesion volume in some patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), concludes a recent study led by Dr. Rohit Bakshi, a neurology and radiology professor at Harvard Medical ... Read more

June 20, 2017June 20, 2017

AXIM Obtains More Financing for Its Cannabinoid Therapies for MS and Bowel Diseases

News

AXIM Biotechnologies has secured an additional $4 million in institutional financing to advance clinical trials of its cannabinoid therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS) and irritable bowel syndrome. Some of the trials involve a ... Read more

June 20, 2017June 26, 2017

Cigarette Smoking Doesn’t Speed Up Disease Progression in PPMS, Canadian Study Suggests

News

Cigarette smoking is certainly no good for you, but it may not necessarily make your primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) worse, a new study finds. The study, “Smoking does ... Read more

June 19, 2017June 19, 2017

FDA Expands Dysport’s Approval for Treatment of Lower Limb Spasticity in Adults

News

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded approval of Dysport (abobotulinumtoxinA) for treatment of spasticity in adults, a condition that affects many people in the United States, ... Read more

June 19, 2017June 19, 2017

National MS Society Highlights Diet, Lifestyle Research Focusing on Living Well With Multiple Sclerosis

News

The National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society has selected research highlights from a recent MS conference in an effort to help make living with the disease less burdensome. Presentations from the May 24-27 annual meeting ... Read more

June 16, 2017June 16, 2017

Tiny Particles Carrying Myelin Antigens Seen to Restore Immune Tolerance in MS Mice Model

News

Researchers managed to change the immune system — replacing inflammation with immune tolerance — in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis (MS) using so-called quantum dots, or nano-sized particles carrying pieces ... Read more

June 16, 2017June 16, 2017

Air Pollution May Trigger Relapses in MS Patients, French Study Finds

News

Air pollution, particularly tiny inhalable particles around 10 micrometers in diameter, is a likely trigger for relapses in multiple sclerosis patients, a French study reports. The study, “Air pollution by particulate matter PM10 may trigger ... Read more

June 15, 2017June 16, 2017

IQuity Given $1M NIH Grant to Advance Research into RNA-based Diagnostic Tests for MS

News

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $1 million grant to IQuity, a Nashville-based company looking into novel RNA targets that ultimately benefit patients with multiple sclerosis ... Read more

June 15, 2017June 15, 2017

High Salt Consumption Has No Effect on Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms or Prognosis, Study Finds

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Eating a diet high in salt won’t worsen or speed up multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms, concludes a study of MS patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS). That contradicts earlier studies ... Read more

June 14, 2017June 14, 2017

Stressful Environment Triggers Inflammatory Cells Linked to Autoimmune Diseases Like MS, Study Shows

News

A stressful microenvironment, characterized by low metabolites and low oxygen levels, triggers the generation of immune cells directly implicated in a variety of inflammatory diseases, such as multiple sclerosis ... Read more

June 14, 2017June 14, 2017

SPMS Patients Have Higher Illness Burden than RRMS Patients, Kantar Health Study Shows

News

Patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) have a higher burden of illness than patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, a new study showed. The study, “Characteristics, burden of illness, ... Read more

June 13, 2017June 13, 2017

Unpublished Data May Point to Link Between Lemtrada and Other Autoimmune Diseases in MS Patients

News

Previously unpublished results of clinical trials of Lemtrada (alemtuzumab) appears to contain key information as to why many multiple sclerosis patients who use it develop other autoimmune diseases. Researchers looked ... Read more

June 12, 2017June 12, 2017

National MS Society Joins Other Groups Urging Reform of U.S. Law Protecting Disabled Airline Passengers

News

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society and a dozen other advocacy groups have banded together to support the Air Carrier Access Amendments Act of 2017, a bill seeking to strengthen the rights of airline ... Read more

June 12, 2017June 12, 2017

Maccabees Band Plans Charity Concert for the United Kingdom’s MS Society

News

The Maccabees rock band will play an exclusive gig in London to raise funds for the United Kingdom’s MS Society, supporting the organization’s mission of trying to end multiple ... Read more

June 9, 2017June 9, 2017

New Way of Growing Astrocytes from Stem Cells May Aid Research into Brain Disorders Like MS

News

Researchers at The Salk Institute have developed a way to grow vital brain cells called astrocytes from stem cells, a potential breakthrough for basic and clinical research into several diseases, including ... Read more

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June 26, 2017June 26, 2017

MS News That Caught My Eye This Week: Brain Scans, Spasticity, Tecfidera Study and Cigarettes

MSAA Unveils New Print, Online Resources for Multiple Sclerosis Patients

RRMS Patients at Risk of PML Can Safely Switch from Tysabri to Lemtrada

So Tired of This

Genentech to Report on Ocrevus Success in Reducing Disease Progression in Relapsing and Primary Progressive MS at EAN Congress

Ocrevus, Hope, and a Suicide Postponed

Nurse Advocates for Shared Decision-Making to Treat MS

Tecfidera Improves MS Patients’ Work Productivity, Compared with Other Therapies, Study Shows

MS Alphabet: EAE, Endothelium, Epstein–Barr, and other ‘E’ Words

MS Researcher Stephen Hauser, MD, Awarded the 2017 Taubman Prize

Onetime Canadian Rancher Heidi Redl Wrote a Book About MS to Give Others Hope

Everyday Matters: A Positive Program for People with MS

MS Researcher Stephen Hauser, MD, Awarded the 2017 Taubman Prize

Onetime Canadian Rancher Heidi Redl Wrote a Book About MS to Give Others Hope

Fatigue and Reduced Leg Function Can Signal Transition to Progressive MS, Study Reports

Harvard Study Finds No Link Between Clinical Exams and MRIs in Some MS Patients

AXIM Obtains More Financing for Its Cannabinoid Therapies for MS and Bowel Diseases

Cigarette Smoking Doesn’t Speed Up Disease Progression in PPMS, Canadian Study Suggests

FDA Expands Dysport’s Approval for Treatment of Lower Limb Spasticity in Adults

National MS Society Highlights Diet, Lifestyle Research Focusing on Living Well With Multiple Sclerosis

Tiny Particles Carrying Myelin Antigens Seen to Restore Immune Tolerance in MS Mice Model

Air Pollution May Trigger Relapses in MS Patients, French Study Finds

IQuity Given $1M NIH Grant to Advance Research into RNA-based Diagnostic Tests for MS

High Salt Consumption Has No Effect on Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms or Prognosis, Study Finds

Stressful Environment Triggers Inflammatory Cells Linked to Autoimmune Diseases Like MS, Study Shows

SPMS Patients Have Higher Illness Burden than RRMS Patients, Kantar Health Study Shows

Unpublished Data May Point to Link Between Lemtrada and Other Autoimmune Diseases in MS Patients

National MS Society Joins Other Groups Urging Reform of U.S. Law Protecting Disabled Airline Passengers

Maccabees Band Plans Charity Concert for the United Kingdom’s MS Society

New Way of Growing Astrocytes from Stem Cells May Aid Research into Brain Disorders Like MS

Columns

MS News That Caught My Eye This Week: Brain Scans, Spasticity, Tecfidera Study and Cigarettes

So Tired of This

Ocrevus, Hope, and a Suicide Postponed

MS Alphabet: EAE, Endothelium, Epstein–Barr, and other ‘E’ Words

Everyday Matters: A Positive Program for People with MS

How Pilates Changed My Life … and My MS, Part Four, Addendum: Home Gym For $100

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