May 10, 2023 News by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD Surgery found successful for some MS patients with facial pain Surgical procedures to treat trigeminal neuralgia ā a type of nerve damage that causes facial pain ā may be successful for some people with multiple sclerosis (MS) who fail to respond to medications, a new study found. A more invasive procedure called microvascular decompression, or MVD, had slightly…
April 13, 2022 News by Marisa Wexler, MS Select Brain Stimulation May Ease MS Tremor, But More Study Needed Electrically stimulating certain regions of the brain may help to ease tremors in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), but the specific brain regions needed for stimulation may be unique in MS compared to other tremor-causing diseases, a new study suggests. The study,Ā “Connectomic analysis of unilateral dual-lead…
July 22, 2021 Columns by Jennifer (Jenn) Powell Are You Prepared for a Fall? I sit amid the flood of carpet stain remover. My left leg is elongated as my right leg is at a jackknife. The cool of the fluid penetrates my sweats. Shock dissipates into pain. I try to move, but pain sears down toward my tailbone. I sit in the dark…
February 14, 2020 News by Iqra Mumal, MSc Urinary Diversion Surgery May Be Used as Last Resort for Treating Urological Dysfunction in MS Patients, Study Shows A surgical technique known as non-continent urinary diversion is an effective last-resort solution for treating urological dysfunction in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a new study shows. Titled āOutcomes of ileal conduit urinary diversion in patients with multiple sclerosis,ā the study was published in the journal…
July 31, 2019 News by Steve Bryson, PhD Surgery with Anesthesia Does Not Raise Person’s Risk of MS Relapse, Study Finds No excessive relapse risk appears to exist for people with multiple sclerosisĀ who undergo surgery that requires anesthesia, researchers report, challenging long-held assumptions associated with MS and surgery. Their single-site study, āMultiple sclerosis relapse risk in the postoperative period: Effects of…
February 23, 2018 Columns by John Connor What’s Going On? Something is! I had to be carted off to the hospital in an ambulance on Thursday of last week. It was either an infection my home-visiting doctor couldn’t spotĀ or the dreaded relapse. She couldn’t diagnose any illness. At the hospital, they used the words “atypical infection.” One of…