Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Canada have shown an association between paediatric multiple sclerosis (MS) and the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), indicating that exposure to the virus at a certain time in childhood may be an important   more »

One of the most pernicious aspects of multiple sclerosis (MS) — its sheer unpredictability — may finally be starting to yield to advanced medical imaging   more »

bananas are rated as one of the best snack options, and one medium-sized banana contains approximately 100 calories. Also, bananas contain the amino acid, tryptophan, which has a proven calming effect and are   more »

Demographic and neurological data were collected on 140 consecutive clinic attendees, and their lifetime and point prevalence’s of anxiety disorders were determined with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV disorders (SCID-IV). All subjects completed the self-report Hospital Anxiety   more »

The simplest type of neural pathway is a monosynaptic (single connection) reflex pathway, like in the knee-jerk reflex. When the doctor taps a certain spot on your knee with a rubber hammer, receptors send a signal into the spinal cord through a sensory neuron. The sensory neuron passes the message to a motor neuron that controls your   more »

Mitoxantrone (mye-toe-ZAN-trone) belongs to the general group of medicines known as antineoplastics. It is used to treat some kinds of cancer. It is also used to treat some forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). This medicine    more »

Pain syndromes are not uncommon in MS. In one study, 55% of the people studied had what is called "clinically significant pain" at some time during the course of a lifetime with MS. Almost half (48%) were troubled by chronic pain. This study suggested   more »

Your immune system works around the clock in thousands of different ways, but it does its work largely unnoticed. One thing that causes us to really notice our immune system is    more »

Many use the Internet to search for health information, especially those who have chronic health conditions, revealed survey results published in the first June issue of the journal Health Services Research. A survey about consumers' use of the Internet to find health information was sent to 12,878 randomly selected members of a panel who had at least a minimum    more »

• Population Studies

There are also population studies that show difference in susceptibility to MS between different populations. Lapps in Scandinavia appear to be resistant to ...   more »

Inside your body there is an amazing protection mechanism called the immune system. It is designed to defend you against millions of bacteria, microbes, ...   more »