Multiple Sclerosis News

Posted April 19, 2008:

• Oral Drug Reduces Disease Activity In Multiple Sclerosis, Study Suggests

Posted April 8, 2008:

• Caffeine Prevents Multiple Sclerosis-like Disease In Mice
• Increasing Positive Experiences Decreases Depression Symptoms In Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

Posted April 1, 2008:

• Unraveling How A Drug Helps Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

Posted March 28, 2008:

• Vitamin D Deficiency May Be To Blame For Soft Bones In Baby's Skull

Posted March 18, 2008:

• New Drug Protects Nerve Cells From Damage In Mice

Posted January 24, 2008:

• New Therapeutic Target For Treatment Of Multiple Sclerosis

Posted January 17, 2008:

• Genetic Differences May Help Explain Response To Multiple Sclerosis Treatment

Posted December 21, 2007:

• Blood-brain Barrier: A Misunderstood Key To Finding Life-saving Cures To Brain Disease

Posted December 17, 2007:

• Combination Therapy Including Antibiotics May Be Beneficial For Multiple Sclerosis

Posted December 4, 2007:

• Hepatitis B Vaccine Not Associated With Childhood Multiple Sclerosis

Posted November 7, 2007:

• Understanding The Nervous System To Improve Treatment For Multiple Sclerosis

Posted October 27, 2007:

• Safer Gene Therapy? Hope For Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and MS

Posted October 14, 2007:

• Cigarette Smoking May Accelerate Disability In Those With MS
• MS That Runs In Families Appears More Severe Than Non-familial MS

Posted October 11, 2007:

• Smoking Has No Effect On Progression Of Multiple Sclerosis, Study Suggests
• Genes That Affect Responses Of Multiple Sclerosis Patients To Copaxone Identified

Posted October 10, 2007:

• Multiple Sclerosis: Myelin Sheath Repaired With Antibody In Mice

Posted September 25, 2007:

• Cell-surface Sugar Defects May Trigger Nerve Damage In Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Posted September 1, 2007:

• Cellular Marker For Multiple Sclerosis Discovered

Posted August 30, 2007:

• Multiple Sclerosis Disease Progression Clarified Through MRI

Posted August 28, 2007:

• 'Designer Estrogen' Identified As Potential MS Drug

Posted August 14, 2007:

• DNA Vaccine Against Multiple Sclerosis Appears Safe, Potentially Beneficial

Posted July 26, 2007:

• Childhood Sun Exposure May Lower Risk Of Multiple Sclerosis
• Patient Compliance Improves Through 'Motivational Interviewing'

Posted July 10, 2007:

• Low Vitamin D Levels May Be Common In Otherwise Healthy Children

Posted July 6, 2007:

• Blood Clotting Protein May Inhibit Spinal Cord Regeneration

Posted July 4, 2007:

• Antibody Linked To MS Significantly Higher In Spinal Fluid Of Blacks

Posted June 29, 2007:

• Men And Women Equally Transmit Genetic Risk Of Multiple Sclerosis To Their Children

Posted June 28, 2007:

• 'CARS' Imaging Reveals Clues To Myelin Damage

Posted June 27, 2007:

• New Line Of Communication Between Nervous System Cells Discovered

Posted June 22, 2007:

• Psychologists Attribute Yawning To The Need To Cool The Brain And Pay Attention

Posted June 14, 2007:

• Protein's Role In Multiple Sclerosis Clarified

Posted May 15, 2007:

• Testosterone May Help Men With Multiple Sclerosis

Posted May 14, 2007:

• Glucosamine-like Supplement Inhibits Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes
• New Therapeutic Targets For Neurodegenerative Diseases

Posted May 8, 2007:

• Brain's White Matter: More 'Talkative' Than Once Thought

Posted May 6, 2007:

• Ultra-high-field MRI Allows For Earlier Diagnosis Of Multiple Sclerosis

Posted April 30, 2007:

• Exercise Can Cut Coronary Artery Disease Risk For Some With Multiple Sclerosis

Posted April 29, 2007:

• Multiple Sclerosis Is Increasingly Becoming A Woman's Disease: Why?

Posted April 25, 2007:

• Understanding Schizophrenia: How Genetics, White-matter Defects, Dopamine Abnormalities And Disease Symptoms Are Associated

Posted April 18, 2007:

• Multiple Sclerosis Patients Not Receiving Medications To Slow Disease Progression, Research Shows

Posted April 16, 2007:

• Gene Crucial For Nerve Cell Insulation Discovered
• Modified Bone Marrow Cells Help Treat Multiple Sclerosis In Animal Model

Posted March 27, 2007:

• Inhibiting Blood To Save The Brain

Posted March 25, 2007:

• Could Estriol Be The Elixir For Multiple Sclerosis?

Posted March 4, 2007:

• Enabling Nerve Regeneration Means Evicting The Cleanup Crew

Posted February 23, 2007:

• Extent Of Brain Involvement At Diagnosis May Predict Rate Of Later Brain Atrophy In Patients With MS

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