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Monthly Archives: November 2007
Social Security Disability and MS
MS is most often discovered when episodes occur in young adulthood and interupts the patient’s working life. Very often these exacerbations resolve and the individual is able to once again resume their employment. In the most common category of patients with MS this can be a repeating cycle of relapse and remission. During times of [...]
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Safer Bone Marrow Treatment Development
A new technique that uses an antibody rather than the risky Chemo or Radiotherapy now used to prepare the patient to recieve a bone marrow transplant has produced encouraging results in animal studies worthy of further investigation and possible human implementation.
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Blood Pressure Med Warrants MS Study
A medication that has been used for many years as a treatment for high blood pressure may be useful for preventing nerve damage in multiple sclerosis patients. A study in mice found the drug Amiloride blocks the accumulation of calcium in nerve cells. Calcium build up is a factor in the nerve damage associated with MS.
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Clay Walker Donation Towards Research
Clay Walker announced Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 6) at the Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital in Nashville that his foundation, BAMS (Band Against Multiple Sclerosis), will donate $25,000 for research toward a cure for multiple sclerosis. Walker also said the foundation plans to donate a similar amount toward MS research annually during the next three years. Walker, [...]
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Study: How Schwann Cells and Axons Communicate
The neural links of the brain that are a part of the myelination process are being targeted by a major study to determine how they communicate. A possible outcome could be the development of regimens that facilitate remyelination for multiple sclerosis patients.
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