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Thursday, June 18
Memory loss: 7 tips to improve your memory
by
All About MS
on Thu 18 Jun 2009 09:50 AM CST
Can't find your car keys? Forget what's on your grocery list? Can't remember the name of the personal trainer you liked at the gym? You're not alone. Everyone forgets things occasionally. Still, memory loss is nothing to take lightly. You can do simple things every day to improve your memory more »
Research – Optic Neuritis Eye Changes = MS Risk
by
All About MS
on Thu 18 Jun 2009 09:34 AM CST
Recent studies demonstrate early diffuse central nervous system (CNS) inflammation in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The clinically unaffected (fellow) eye of patients with unilateral optic neuritis (ON) may reflect the more »
Wednesday, June 17
comment re: Understanding Vitamin D
by
All About MS
on Wed 17 Jun 2009 10:01 AM CST
A reader commented that I had taken the information for - Understanding Vitamin D - from the Vitamin D Counsel. Yes, I did take my information from the Vitamin D Counsel. I usually try to give credit where credit is due. But, sometimes I get interupted or I am very fatigued and not thinking properly and I don't give the source the credit. I am sorry. I will try to be more dilegent in the future. Thank you for the correction.
Bonnie
Breastfeeding Exclusively & Postpartum Relapses
by
All About MS
on Wed 17 Jun 2009 09:47 AM CST
To determine if exclusive breastfeeding protects against postpartum relapses of multiple sclerosis (MS) and, if so, whether this protection is related to prolonged lactational more »
Interracial Origins of MS
by
All About MS
on Wed 17 Jun 2009 01:00 AM CST
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a complex neurologic disease with a striking geographical distribution. In Canada, prevalence is high in Caucasians of Northern European ancestry and uncommon in North American Aboriginals, more »
Tuesday, June 16
Combating Fatigue
by
All About MS
on Tue 16 Jun 2009 10:16 AM CST
The best way to combat fatigue is to treat the underlying medical cause. Unfortunately, the exact cause of MS-related fatigue is often unknown, or there may be multiple causes. However, there are steps you can take that may help to control more »
Stem Cell Clinical Trials, Questions
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All About MS
on Tue 16 Jun 2009 01:00 AM CST
Many readers have been wishing to know how they can be part of clinical trials for stem cell research. I have researched stem cell research trials for some time now. I cannot find even one clinical trial for stem cell research more »
Monday, June 15
Mitoxandrone - Leukemia Risk
by
All About MS
on Mon 15 Jun 2009 09:46 AM CST
Patients with multiple sclerosis who are treated with a cumulative dose of 82 mg/m[2 of Mitoxandrone (MTX) are at a 2.7 higher risk of developing acute leukemia (AL), according to a late-breaking abstract presented on April 30 more »
SPF – How high is too high?
by
All About MS
on Mon 15 Jun 2009 09:11 AM CST
With more and more sunscreens boasting ever-rising sun protection factor (SPF) numbers, knowing what's worth its weight in zinc is more difficult than ever.
In the United States, SPF reached a whopping triple digits this more »
Vitamin D - Correlated with Disability and Progression
by
All About MS
on Mon 15 Jun 2009 12:00 AM CST
Vitamin-D deficiency may be associated with a higher disability score and increased rate of disease progression for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), new research findings more »
Sunday, June 14
Vision Deteriorates Without Sight-Related Symptoms
by
All About MS
on Sun 14 Jun 2009 11:14 AM CST
Researchers suggest that clinicians make a point of checking patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) for diminished vision even when the patients have not experienced any vision-related symptoms such as optic neuritis. The study was presented on May 3 at the more »
study - interferon beta-1a, azathioprine, & corticosteroids
by
All About MS
on Sun 14 Jun 2009 12:00 AM CST
Studies evaluating interferon beta (IFNbeta) for multiple sclerosis (MS) showed only partial efficacy. In many patients, IFNbeta does not halt relapses or disability progression. One strategy to potentially enhance efficacy is more »
Saturday, June 13
Vitamin D - reader email
by
All About MS
on Sat 13 Jun 2009 11:44 AM CST
I was watching a program about MS on W5 or some show like that and they were talking about the benefits of high doses of Vitamin D to decrease relapses in RRMS. I have been taking 3000 IUs/day of Vitamin D, but the man being interviewed said that he was given 10,000 IU's /day. I'm more »
Understanding Vitamin D
by
All About MS
on Sat 13 Jun 2009 11:42 AM CST
The high rate of natural production of vitamin D3 cholecalciferol (pronounced cho·le·cal·ci·fer·ol) in the skin is the single most important fact every person should know about vitamin D—a fact that has profound implications for the more »
Five-point vitamin D primer
by
All About MS
on Sat 13 Jun 2009 09:51 AM CST
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