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October 7, 2014

Assessing Patient Adherence – a CME program

  • MS Educational Programs
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  Dear MS-Leaders Registrant, EARN CME/CE Credit!   Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and Medical Logix, LLC, are…
MS Educational Programs

October 5, 2014

What is PLEGRIDY (TM)?

  • MS Drug Therapies
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New and now approved—PLEGRIDYTM for relapsing forms of MS What is PLEGRIDY™ (peginterferon beta-1a)? PLEGRIDY is a prescription medicine used to treat…
MS Drug Therapies

October 4, 2014

Multiple sclerosis researchers find the effects of age on remyelination are reversible

  • MS Relapse
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  • Multiple Sclerosis
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  • Myelin Repair
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(Medical Xpress)—Like conducting an errant orchestra to play together, researchers are guiding processes that go awry in multiple sclerosis to…
MS Relapse

October 4, 2014

Smoking Ups Natalizumab Neutralizing Antibodies in MS

  • Multiple Sclerosis
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  • Tysabri
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Sue Hughes –  October 03, 2014 BOSTON — Smoking appears to increase the likelihood of developing neutralizing antibodies to natalizumab (Tysabri, Biogen Idec),…
Multiple Sclerosis

October 4, 2014

Biogen’s new MS drug to cost $62,036 a year

  • MS Drug Therapies
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By Robert Weisman   | GLOBE STAFF   OCTOBER 04, 2014 Cambridge biotech Biogen Idec Inc. said Friday it will charge $62,036 per patient for a…
MS Drug Therapies

October 3, 2014

9 Foods That May Help Save Your Memory

  • Misc. MS Related
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  • Nutrition
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Healthy food and memory Healthy eating lowers your risk of diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, but it’s not yet clear…
Misc. MS Related

October 3, 2014

Does Gut Bacteria Contribute to Multiple Sclerosis?

  • MS Research Study and Reports
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Medscape Neurology Multiple Sclerosis and the Microbiome: What’s the Connection? An Expert Interview With Sushrut Jangi, MD Bret S. Stetka,…
MS Research Study and Reports

October 1, 2014

New Findings on How Glatiramer Acetate Works for Multiple Sclerosis

  • MS Drug Therapies
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By Gale Scott | September 29, 2014  Patients with the relapsing-remitting (RRMS) form of multiple sclerosis (MS) have shown improvement with…
MS Drug Therapies

October 1, 2014

159 Genetic Variants Now Known to Be Associated With MS

  • MS Genetic Research
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  • Multiple Sclerosis
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The International MS Genetics consortium recently identified more than 45 new genetic variants associated with susceptibility to multiple sclerosis, many…
MS Genetic Research

October 1, 2014

What’s the Role of Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein in NMO (NeuroMyelitis Optica)?

  • MS Research Study and Reports
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Researchers are working to refine a cell-based assay that more accurately identifies antibodies for myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) in the…
MS Research Study and Reports

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