A study by researchers from the University of California have suggested that smoking an opiate like marijuana may be able to help treat spasticity, a common symptom that affects patients with MS. Researchers from the UC San Diego School of Medicine conducted a placebo controlled trial which indicated that smoking pot may help MS patients [...]
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Nearly a decade ago, researchers from Mayo Clinic has found an enzyme that is always present in brain lesions and blood samples in people with MS. Now, they have discovered that using an antibody to neutralize the said enzyme can also help slow down multiple sclerosis is mice. The findings of the study are published [...]
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With MS being quite a puzzling disease with out a cure yet in sight, people have considered other supposed treatments that help minimize the symptoms of the disease. One of the treatments that people with MS usually consider is taking omega 3 fatty acid supplements. But a recent study showed that it might not actually [...]
Swiss drug maker Novartis AG has reported that an MS patient treated with oral MS pill Gilenya has been diagnosed with a rare but highly fatal brain disease. According to the Swiss drug maker, the patient developed progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy or PML, which is a rare but fatal form of brain disease. But in addition, [...]
A study suggests that angioplasty may also help relieve some of the symptoms associated with venous abnormalities in patients with MS. The findings were recently presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s 37th Annual Scientific Meeting in San Francisco, California.
Angioplasty is a procedure wherein a tiny balloon is inserted and blown up inside a clogged [...]
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A recent study has looked into how certain foods and drinks may affect multiple sclerosis and its progression. European researchers asked patients registered under the Flemish MS Society to take part in a survey which included questions regarding their history, their MS as well as their consumption of fish, wine, coffee, alcohol, tea and cigarettes. [...]
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Multiple sclerosis is a disease that is still quite as mystery to many medical experts. While it continues to be a misunderstood condition affecting many people worldwide, it doesn’t mean that researchers haven’t made great strides to control and even cure the disease. There are facts that not a lot of people affected by MS [...]
A recent study suggests that pregnancy may help reduce the risk of MS in women. Researchers from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia found out that women who became pregnant two or more times also showed to have around a quarter of the risk of developing MS as compared to those who were [...]
While depression has been associated with a number of different debilitating conditions, it even has a more profound effect on patients afflicted with multiple sclerosis. MS is a condition that can hamper a person’s ability to live a normal life due to its number of ways it can affect one’s daily tasks. MS and depression [...]
Researchers may have found the reason why autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis may worsen at the onset of infection. Scientists from the University of Nottingham discovered a molecular mechanism that may be behind the worsening of MS and other autoimmune diseases when an infection besets an individual suffering from such diseases. The findings were [...]