June 9, 2016 Columns by admin Is MS hereditary? Yes, According to New Study Some forms of multiple sclerosis are hereditary after all. After many years of saying that MS is not passed down the generations, new research now says the opposite. Although past studies have suggested that genetic risk factors could increase the risk of developing the disease, upĀ until now, there has been…
June 8, 2016 Columns by admin MS is a lonely road. No kidding! Being lonely can be very difficult to define as it is not only the popularly assumed situation of being alone. You can be lonely in a room full of people if you donāt know anyone well enough to speak to them; conversely, you can be happy when alone, in your…
June 7, 2016 Columns by admin āMS Does Not Remitā ā Call to Change RRMS Name to Relapsing MS MS does not remit and the out dated term causes many people to delay taking medication, says Dr Patricia Coyle, Founder and Director ofĀ Stony Brook’sĀ MS Comprehensive Care Center. Dr. Patricia Coyle. Last week, at the CMSC Annual Meeting in Maryland, during a live-streamed presentation covered byĀ Multiple SclerosisĀ News Today, she…
June 6, 2016 Columns by admin Stem Cell Transplants – an Exciting MS Therapy Development Stem cell treatment of MS, whichĀ came under the spotlight at last weekās 16th Annual Meeting of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) when Dr. Mark Freedman discussed the procedure, is an exciting area within the development of therapies. Dr. Freedman, professor of medicine (neurology) at the…
June 3, 2016 Columns by admin Do MS and Epilepsy share a link? I Have Both ByĀ the time I wentĀ through various tests that led to being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 14 years ago, epilepsy had already been part of my life since the age of 19. No oneĀ mentioned any link. The neurologist’s words still ring in my ears. Having already told me that MS was theĀ diagnosis,…
June 2, 2016 Columns by admin Can Vitamin D Supplements Prevent MS or Keep Symptoms from Worsening? There has been a great deal of talk and conjecture about the relationship between multiple sclerosis (MS) and vitamin D, often linked to living in an area lackingĀ sunshine. Indeed, when I lived in the United Kingdom, which is notorious — or should be — for seemingly endless gray skies and…
June 1, 2016 Columns by Elissa Holzman People With MS: Here Comes the Sun! Iām sure Iām not alone when I say that Iām glad to be done with cold and dreary weather. Bring on the sunshine! But my excitement is tempered a bit because, like many people with MS, I find the heat exhausting; it saps my energy and makes it even harder…
June 1, 2016 Columns by admin Side Effects of Zinbryta, an FDA-approved MS Drug, Need to Be Considered Too Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this blog post are not the opinions of Multiple Sclerosis News Today. Our MS Blog series offers patient experts to engage in patient-focused topics that are meant to spark discussion and debate in the Multiple Sclerosis community. The opinions of our bloggers are entirely…
May 31, 2016 Columns by admin MS Might Be Reversed by Strict Dieting, USC Study in Mice Reports How wouldĀ you feel about following a calorie-restricted diet, if it might reverse the symptoms of multiple sclerosis and help repair the damage caused by the disease? Scientists are so excited about the findings achieved so far that they are moving to large-scale human trials, and have already taken the unusual…
May 30, 2016 Columns by admin Run to Win the Race Against MS Welcome to this, the very first installment of my new regular column for Multiple Sclerosis News Today. Here, you canĀ join the race to beat this disease. Run to win. First, let me introduce myself. I am, shall we say, mature ā aged 63; having spent my working life doing what…
May 11, 2016 Columns by Elissa Holzman The YOU Diet and Multiple Sclerosis There are lots of so-called āMS dietsā out there, each one claiming to ease the difficulties of living with MS. This, despite the fact that neurologists donāt often address nutrition when discussing disease management with their patients. Why is diet so rarely discussed by medical practitioners? And why hasnāt there…
May 3, 2016 Columns by admin Stem Cell Therapy: Modern Medicine’s Promising Future For MS Treatment MS research shows that adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell therapy may potentially repair the damage and inflammation seen in the nervous system of patients with MS.Ā During an autoimmune reaction, the myelin sheath coating which is formed around the axons of neurons slowly deteriorates, thus causing physical and cognitive impairments.Ā By…
April 22, 2016 Columns by Elissa Holzman My Top 5 Multiple Sclerosis Food Hacks I just picked up a T-shirt that says, āEat Well and Travel Often.ā It was obviously made just for me. Traveling to new places and seeing new things is something I enjoy tremendously. And enjoying delicious meals makes me feel pampered and cared for. But since I canāt travel to…
March 30, 2016 Columns by Elissa Holzman The Bitter(sweet) Truth About Multiple Sclerosis Oh sugar, sugar⦠Diet Coke is my āthing.ā I have a love/hate relationship with it ā I hate being without it but I know I need to end our affair. I like to think that it helps me stay awake, but in reality it gives me headaches and an upset…
March 18, 2016 Columns by Elissa Holzman MS Patients: Support Yourself At various times during my life with MS, Iāve reached out for support from people with experience and knowledge about multiple sclerosis. Although sometimes I wanted to learn more about this unwanted illness that had burst into my life, I was also looking for people with MS to tell me…
February 23, 2016 Columns by Elissa Holzman Complementing Your MS Care Although it was over a decade ago, I still vividly remember the first questions I asked my neurologist after learning I had Multiple Sclerosis, āWhat can I do? Should I change my diet? Exercise more? Or less?ā My first instinct was to look for a holistic way to minimize my…
February 10, 2016 Columns by Elissa Holzman My MS Diagnosis (How I Got Here) Elissa Holzman is an MS Health Coach who specializes in nutrition and a healthy lifestyle for supporting those with the disease. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2005, which led her to pay closer attention to how she treats her body. In her new column for Multiple Sclerosis News…
January 4, 2016 Columns by Ed Tobias An MS Advocate for Those Who Really Need One You probably haven’t heard of Edward Dowd. I hadn’t until I read about him in the latest issue of the National MS Society’s magazine, Momentum. I learned that Ed is a big-time landlord. The company he founded operates about a thousand rental apartments in the San Francisco area.