According to some researchers, experts looking for the origins of multiple sclerosis (MS) may have been looking in the wrong place all along. They argue that the terrible disease may be caused by blockages along blood vessels, which physically prevent blood from reaching the brain, thus producing all the effects that... |
27 November 2009
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Autoimmune diseases are among the most dangerous kind in the world. They manifest themselves when the body's own immune system begins to attack the central nervous system (CNS), inflicting severe damage, and eventually leading to death. Multiple sclerosis is one good example. Although the barriers that exist bet... |
15 October 2009
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Investigators from the Jewish General Hospital Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, and the McGill University, in Montreal, Canada, may be on the verge of one of the greatest discoveries of the decade – a cure for the devastating disease multiple sclerosis (MS). The team managed to devise a method of ensu... |
12 August 2009
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Multiple sclerosis, a disease of the nervous system that often leaves patients paralyzed, in a constantly deteriorating condition, is one of the conditions health care experts are fighting hardly against. Its onset and development have long since been associated with deficits in vitamin D metabolism processes, but no... |
17 June 2009
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Multiple sclerosis, also known as disseminated sclerosis or encephalomyelitis disseminata, is a condition of the immune system, in which the cells begin to attack the central nervous system, causing the demyelinization of neurons. It occurs mostly in people between the ages of 15 and 60, and can often result in a phy... |
30 April 2009
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The severity of multiple sclerosis (MS) has prompted scientists to look for a cure since the disease was first identified. Thus far, they've had little success, and chances are that the next few years won't bring about significant breakthrough in this area. In the hopes of preventing this from happening, Ca... |
6 November 2008
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Scientists at the University of Cambridge made a significant discovery when they noticed that alemtuzumab, a drug created for the express purpose of fighting leukemia, in fact worked best against multiple sclerosis (MS) and relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). The drug also seemed to have the power to resto... |
23 October 2008
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Although we previously thought that prolonged exposure to direct sunlight may cause severe forms of skin cancer, apparently, we need to be in the open at least 10 to 15 minutes daily, in order for our bodies to produce a sufficient quantity of vitamin D to last us a day. According to two studies published by Harvard ... |
30 September 2008
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Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease with no treatment available at this point in time although it affects some 400,000 people in the United States alone. Microsoft is part of the MS Technology Collaborative alliance, together with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) and Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceut... |
29 October 2007
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