University of Manchester scientists in collaboration with colleagues from other European centers have shown that higher levels of vitamin D – primarily synthesized in the skin following sun exposure but also found in certain foods such as   more »

I am married with two grown children and a wonderful grandson, and a sweet dog. I live in a town of about 1000 people in Saskatchewan, Canada. I am not a health professional. I am a   more »

Emphasis on the reduction of relapses as early as possible is important because you may not always recover your previous level of functioning after a relapse. Quite often, irreversible   more »

To evaluate the literature about the role of vitamin D in the prevention and treatment of multiple sclerosis   more »

Transmission of novel influenza A (H1N1) is being studied as part of the ongoing outbreak investigation, but limited data available indicate that this virus is transmitted in ways similar to other influenza viruses. Seasonal human influenza viruses are thought to spread from person to person primarily through large-particle respiratory droplet   more »

Researchers at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee report that plasma exchange therapy or PLEX dramatically improves the health of multiple sclerosis patients who fail to respond to conventional   more »

Word began to flow out of Mexico the weekend before last of well over 150 deaths suspected to have been caused by a new strain of influenza commonly referred to as swine flu. Scientists who examined the flu announced that this was a new strain of Influenza A (H1N1) derived partly from swine flu, partly from human flu and partly from avian   more »