July 1, 2015 News by Patricia Silva, PhD “MS” Documentary Released on YouTube “MS” is a documentary film released last year that tells the story of three patients who suffer from multiple sclerosis (MS) and how they deal with the chronic debilitating disease. The director of the film recently announced that the short documentary has been made available on YouTube in…
June 25, 2015 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Researchers Offer New Insights into the Link Between Multiple Sclerosis and Specific Autoantibodies Researchers at Immco Diagnostics and the State University of New York in Buffalo recently reported in the journal PLoS One that the frequency of specific auto reactive antibodies does not differ between patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and people without the disease — a finding…
June 12, 2015 News by Charles Moore Most MS Survey Respondents Favor Legal Marijuana Access For Medical Use With 26 statesĀ plus the District of Columbia now allowing medical marijuana use, according to a recent North American Research Committee on Multiple Sclerosis (NARCOMS) survey, many people with multiple sclerosis are considering the herb as a therapeutic option. NARCOMS is a research program that allows people with Multiple Sclerosis…
June 11, 2015 News by Charles Moore The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Releases Updated Mobile Phone App The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA) has updated its smartphone app My MS Manager with several new features. My MS Manager, a first-of-its kind mobile phone app supporting both Apple’s iPhone (iOS 7.0 or later) and Android mobile devices (also works with iPads, iPod touch, and Android…
June 5, 2015 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Specific MicroRNA Expression Changes According to the Multiple Sclerosis Disease Stage Researchers at the Don C. Gnocchi Foundation and the University of Milano in Italy recently discovered that the levels of a specific RNA molecule vary in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) according to their disease stage and clinical progression. The study was published in the…
May 27, 2015 News by admin l-Carnitine Not Effective For Depression and Chronic Fatigue in MS and Neuromyelitis Optica A new study confirmed that depression and chronic fatigue often occur in multiple sclerosis (MS); and in a related condition known asĀ neuromyelitis optica (NMO).Ā NMO is similar to MS because myelin–the fatty substance that insulates nerve cells and helps them to communicate–is also lost. In NMO the myelin deteriorates mostly…
May 20, 2015 News by Patricia Silva, PhD International Multiple Sclerosis Conference to Focus on Patients’ Experience The 4thĀ International MS Patient Summit, which will be held on May 22 in Rome, Italy, will exploreĀ feedback fromĀ patients who suffer from multiple sclerosis (MS) in an effortĀ to increase knowledge of the disease and, hopefully, improve treatments. Kaz Aston, theĀ conference moderator, is anĀ MS patient herselfĀ who was diagnosed with the…
May 18, 2015 News by admin Gut Bacteria: Key to MS? There has been a great deal of recent interest in the connection between nervous system function and the complex bacteria that are found in the gastrointestinal system, known as the gut microbiome. Some scientists believe that differences in the type of bacteria found in the gut mayĀ underlie neurological disease. In…
April 30, 2015 News by Charles Moore Study Outlines Alarming Inflation Of MS Drug Costs Over Past Two Decades Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) College of PharmacyĀ and Oregon State University (OSU) at Corvallis, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Portland, Oregon, have documented an “alarming rise” over the last 20 years in the costs of drugs used to slow the progression of multiple sclerosis…
April 22, 2015 News by Charles Moore CorTechs Labs And Novartis Partner On Solutions for Quantifying Brain Volume In MS Patients San Diego based medical software developer CorTechs LabsĀ announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with multinational pharmaceutical maker Novartis Pharma AG. The two companies will collaborate in further development of Cortechs’ powerful NeuroQuant breakthrough 510(k) cleared software brain volume quantification device that targets identification, measurement and tracking…
April 21, 2015 News by Charles Moore PatientsLikeMe/Biogen Study Evaluates Wearable Devices To Monitors Activity Of People With MS Cambridge, Massachusetts basedĀ PatientsLikeMe has released results of a novel study conducted in conjunction with pharmaceutical maker Biogen that demonstrated how people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) can employ wearable activity tracking devices to monitor, collect, and share their personal mobility data. That information can potentially be relevant for…
April 13, 2015 News by admin Biogen to Focus on RRMS Disease Management, Treatment at Upcoming Conference Biogen plans toĀ present new clinical data at the 67th American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting in Washington D.C., April 18 ā 25, 2015, including numerous presentations focusing on multiple sclerosis. Ā In a company press release, Biogen statedĀ āAt AAN, we will feature new scientific data, including research highlighting the…
March 3, 2015 News by Charles Moore Caffeine In Coffee Found To Reduce Multiple Sclerosis Risk Coffee Drinking may confer the side-benefit of lowering the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) in susceptible individuals, according to a meta-analysis of Swedish and American studies to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 67th Annual Meeting to be held April 18-25, 2015 at the…