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At long last, the results from the University of California at San Francisco study of low dose naltrexone (LDN) in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) have been released. The data seem to point to the conclusion that LDN can help mental health of people with MS, but has little effect...

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A study recently came to light that suggests that aerobic fitness (aka exercise) can protect the brain from atrophy and lesions in people with multiple sclerosis. Put simply, the study showed that: People with MS who worked out more performed better on cognitive tests. Cognitive dysfunction is a very common symptom...

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The winner of the 2009 Best Patient Blog award, The Wheelchair Kamikaze is described on the Epocrates website as: "the blog of a fearless Manhattanite with Multiple Sclerosis. Marc, the author, covers MS news and what life is like to live with the debilitating disease. However, this blog certainly isn't all...

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From a "big picture" perspective of the role that chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) plays in MS, I honestly don't know what the results mean. I don't think anyone else claims to know, either. In the most simple terms, here is what the data from the recent study conducted at the...

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A. I guess it's theoretically possible that the herb Gingko biloba might help the cognitive dysfunction that many people with multiple sclerosis experience as one of their most troubling MS symptoms. Personally, I never rule anything out, as long as it's safe and some people say that it has helped...

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UPDATE: Whew! I have spent several hours going through all of the links that were sent to me and think I got most of them in one place. Scroll to the end of this blog to see the links that I retrieved from e-mails and read the comments section to...

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It is known that having "bad" bacteria in your body can cause the immune system to act up and (potentially) worsen autoimmune diseases. In multiple sclerosis, this could theoretically mean an increase in the severity of MS symptoms. To test this theory, researchers conducted an experiment with a common bacteria, Porphyromas...

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When I was pregnant with my twins, I honestly felt so physically terrible (with morning sickness and pregnancy aches and pains) and was so emotionally worn out (from worrying about all the potential things that I imagined could go wrong with a multiple pregnancy), that MS was the last thing...

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In MS, it is thought that the main problem stems from certain immune cells "crossing over" the blood-brain barrier into the brain and attacking the myelin that protects nerve cells. Exactly how they do this is a bit of a mystery. However, scientists recently have managed to observe this never-before-seen...

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I feel a little negligent. I heard back in December that Merck KGaA's oral drug, cladribine, had not been approved by the FDA for use in multiple sclerosis. I mentally shrugged and didn't do any further research into the situation (mainly because there was so much excitement about the CCSVI...

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