October 12, 2022 by BioNews Staff Expert Voices: How to sleep well with multiple sclerosis In this installment of our āExpert Voicesā series, Multiple Sclerosis News Today asked Alexa Kane, MD, to answer some of your questions about how sleep affects multiple sclerosis (MS) and vice versa. Kane is a clinical health psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis for Treatment…
May 11, 2022 News by Marta Figueiredo, PhD Low Levels of APP Molecule Found in Patients With MS-related Fatigue Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with fatigue have significantly lower levels of amyloid precursor protein (APP) ā a molecule involved in nerve cell function ā in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) relative both to those without this common symptom and healthy people, a study shows. The CSF is the liquid…
March 25, 2020 News by Patricia Inacio, PhD ‘Talk’ Therapy Helps with Insomnia and Fatigue in MS, Trial Suggests Cognitive behavioral therapy, a type of “talk” therapy, may help ease the severity of insomnia, fatigue, and anxiety in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), improving the quality of their sleep, data from a single-site trial suggest. The study āFeasibility and Treatment Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia…
February 17, 2020 News by Iqra Mumal, MSc Insomnia and MS Given Intimate Focus in Short Film ‘Awake’ by UK Group Insomnia, and all that repeat sleepless nights mean, burden a vast majority ā 85% ā of people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a survey of patients who are part of the Shift.MSĀ social network in the U.K. reports. The online community of more than 30,000 people examines this symptom in…
November 21, 2019 Columns by Jennifer (Jenn) Powell Painsomnia Unravels Me from Inside Out It is 2 a.m. and I am awake. I sit on the couch with my head in my hands. The leg pain that broke my slumber is now extreme. I have taken my medications, used my topical, and applied heat. All to no avail. Exhaustion meets pain as my eyes…
October 4, 2018 Columns by Jennifer (Jenn) Powell MS-related Insomnia is Exhausting I do not sleep well. Ever. I have tried a myriad of meditations and medications, yet sleep evades me. It is 2:30 a.m. and infomercials are taking over the airwaves. My knowledge of everything Ginsu knives is overrated. (Pro tip: If you wait until the end they always offer…
November 8, 2016 Columns by Ed Tobias Are You Ready for Bed at Noon? It May Be More Than Fatigue I thought I’d finish writing this last night, but I was too tired. Same thing the night before, and I’m sure this sounds familiar to a lot of you. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society estimates about 80% of the people who have MS have fatigue as one of…