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July 25, 2014

MS Family Planning 101: Should DMTs Be Discontinued Before and During Pregnancy?

  • MS Drug Therapies
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  • Multiple Sclerosis
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The recent availability of a variety of disease-modifying therapies for RRMS raises many questions about when and which DMTs patients…
MS Drug Therapies

July 24, 2014

EDSS Alternative in an iPad, that can accurately gauge walking, balance, manual dexterity, visual acuity, and a measure of cognition in people with MS

  • Alternative therapies and devices for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
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July 21, 2014 A study demonstrates that an iPad app can accurately gauge walking, balance, manual dexterity, visual acuity, and…
Alternative therapies and devices for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

July 23, 2014

Marijuana Brownies Are Ok, But Not in Lollipops: Washington State

  • Alternative therapies and devices for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
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Marijuana stores in Washington state can sell pot in cookies, brownies and other approved baked goods but cannot put the…
Alternative therapies and devices for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

July 23, 2014

Another new MS medication, PLEGRIDY™ (Peginterferon beta-1a) Approved in the European Union for the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis

  • MS Drug Therapies
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  • Multiple Sclerosis
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July 23, 2014 Today Biogen Idec announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for PLEGRIDYTM(peginterferon beta-1a) as…
MS Drug Therapies

July 23, 2014

You don’t have to be flexible to do yoga

  • Alternative therapies and devices for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
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  Rosa Santana www.yogarosa.com July 23, 2014 Most people think of a yogi (someone who practices yoga) As being very fit…
Alternative therapies and devices for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

July 21, 2014

Research on immune activity in MS

  • MS Research Study and Reports
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  • Multiple Sclerosis
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Research on immune activity in MS Understanding and stopping MS in its tracks requires a better understanding of the role…
MS Research Study and Reports

July 21, 2014

Researchers Funded By the National MS Society Shed New Light on Immune Attacks in MS and a Possible New Treatment Strategy

  • Multiple Sclerosis
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  • National MS Society Related
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July 21, 2014 A team funded by the National MS Society has shed new light on immune cells known as…
Multiple Sclerosis

July 21, 2014

National MS Society-Supported Researchers Use Novel Technology To Identify FDA-Approved Compounds that May Stimulate Myelin Repair in MS

  • Multiple Sclerosis
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  • Myelin Repair
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A team at the University of California at San Francisco led by Jonah Chan, PhD,  has identified a group of…
Multiple Sclerosis

July 21, 2014

Low carb diets help diabetes and multiple sclerosis in new studies

  • Alternative therapies and devices for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
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  • Multiple Sclerosis
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  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Symptoms
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July 18, 2014 Low carb diets have been shown to trump low fat plans for weight loss. Now new research is pointing to…
Alternative therapies and devices for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

July 20, 2014

Grow your resilience – an MS Patient’s story

  • An MS Patients Story
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  • Inspirational
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Written By: Terry Wahls As I became progressively more disabled, I thought often of Viktor Frankl, a psychiatrist who was…
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