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  • View Article  health benefits and risks, involving vitamin D or skin cancer

    MEDICAL SCIENCES
    Addressing the health benefits and risks, involving vitamin D or skin cancer, of increased sun exposure


    *Department of Radiation Biology,

    Institute for Cancer ...   more »

    View Article  MS That Runs In Families

    MS That Runs In Families Appears More Severe Than Non-familial MS

     

    Science Daily —

     

    Magnetic resonance images (MRI) of a large group of ...   more »

    View Article  Small Study Investigating Combination Therapy

    Small Study Investigating Combination Therapy Including Antibiotics For Multiple Sclerosis, UK

     

     

    A preliminary study suggests that combining beta interferon with an antibiotic may ...   more »

    View Article  Tolerogenic DNA Plasmid Vaccine Decreases Brain Lesions in MS

    Tolerogenic DNA Plasmid Vaccine Decreases Brain Lesions in MS Patients:

     

    Presented at ECTRIMS

     

    PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

     

    Intramuscular injection of the tolerogenic DNA ...   more »

    View Article  Initiation Of Enrollment In Pivotal Phase III Clinical Study Of Oral Laquinimod For RRMS

    Initiation Of Enrollment In Pivotal Phase III Clinical Study Of Oral Laquinimod For Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis


    Jerusalem, Israel and
    Lund, Sweden,

    Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ...   more »

    View Article  Can a vitamin alleviate chronic, progressive MS?

    Can a vitamin alleviate chronic, progressive multiple sclerosis?

    Ongoing nerve-fiber damage, disability prevented in animal study

    Researchers have found a possible way to protect people ...   more »

    View Article  Using Pedometers to Increase Physical Activity and Improve Health

    Using Pedometers to Increase Physical Activity and Improve Health

     

    Context

     Without detailed evidence of their effectiveness,pedometers have recently become popular as a tool ...   more »

    View Article  Treatment with Natalizumab in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

    Treatment with Natalizumab in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Is Associated with Increased Numbers of Circulating CD34+ Cells in the  Peripheral Blood.

     

    Introduction:

     

    Under physiological ...   more »

    View Article  Optical coherence tomography and disease subtype in multiple sclerosis.

    Optical coherence tomography and disease subtype in multiple sclerosis.

    Department of Neurology,

    Johns Hopkins University,

    School of Medicine,

    Baltimore, MD,

    USA.

    OBJECTIVE:

     

    To examine ...   more »

    View Article  Rituximab in Adults With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS)

    Rituximab in Adults With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis:

     

    PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC –

     

    A single course of rituximab is safe and well tolerated, and compared ...   more »

    View Article  Interferon Beta-1b in Combination With Azathioprine for Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

    Interferon Beta-1b in Combination With Azathioprine for Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

     

    PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC –

     

    The addition of azathioprine to standard treatment with ...   more »

    View Article  Treatment of active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis with treosulfan

    Treatment of active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis with treosulfan.

    Dept. of Neurology,

    University of Wuerzburg,

    Wuerzburg, Germany,

     


    OBJECTIVE:

     

    To study the safety and ...   more »

    View Article  New natural history of interferon-beta-treated RRMS

    New natural history of interferon-beta-treated relapsing multiple sclerosis.

    Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences,

    University of Bari,

    Bari, Italy.

    OBJECTIVE:

     

    To investigate the impact ...   more »

    View Article  A specific viral cause of multiple sclerosis

    A specific viral cause of multiple sclerosis: One virus, one disease.

    Departments of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine and Microbiology-Immunology,

    University of Illinois at Chicago,

    Chicago, ...   more »

    View Article  Glucosamine may provide relief to patients with MS

    Using a mouse model of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in an animal study, glucosamine dramatically delayed the onset of symptoms and improved the animal's ability to move and walk.

     

    In ...   more »