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Oral MS Therapy Drug Now FDA Approved In The US
An oral therapy for multiple sclerosis has just recently been approved by the FDA in the US. This will help aid MS sufferers with added options to handle this oftentimes debilitating disease. Although cure for the said autoimmune disease may not have yet been found, being able to manage the symptoms associated with the disease would always be a great help for those afflicted with MS.The said drug, called dalfampridine, is the first ever FDA-approved drug for MS that can be taken orally. Not only…
Finding The Link Between Sunlight and MS
Researchers have long known that the incidence of multiple sclerosis seems to be more common in higher latitudes than those in the tropics. One reason they surmised is that it may be because of the amount of sunlight that the tropics receive and the less of it that those in the higher latitudes are able to get. The researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison are trying to find out whether it is the Vitamin D from the sunlight or the ultraviolet light that may have the significant effect…
Further Evidence of Epstein-Barr Virus and MS Connection Observed
Scientists have seen further evidence of the connection between the Epstein-Barr virus and the incidence of multiple sclerosis. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health, the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and a team of collaborators, for the first time, have observed that MS risk in a patient increases multiple times following an Epstein-Barr virus infection. The findings show that EBV might be considered a contributory cause to multiple sclerosis.Multiple sclerosis is a debi…
Molecule That Spurs Brain Cells To Grow, Develop Found
Scientists from the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a molecule that acts as a switch triggering brain cells to grow and develop. Molecules known as miR-219 are usually found at high levels in brain cells called oligodendrocytes. This molecules seem to trigger oligodendrocytes to undergo a maturation process and become adult cells that perform certain tasks such as producing myelin, the protein that acts as insulation for neurons in the brain.Oligodendrocytes are highly imp…
Exercise May Protect Brain Of MS Patients
A recent study shows that highly fit patients with MS perform better on tests involving cognitive function as compared to lesser fit patients. The said study, which was conducted by researchers from the Ohio State University as well as the University of Illinois and the University of Massachusetts can be seen at the online journal Brain Research.According to Ruchika Shaurya Prakash, assistant professor of psychology at Ohio State University and lead author of the study, “We found that aerobic fi…
New Therapy for Relapsing MS Shows Promise
A team of international researchers have recently found a new possible therapy that promises to help reduce the number of new or enlarged brain lesions in people with relapsing multiple sclerosis. The researchers have found that adding a humanized monoclonal antibody called daclizumab to available standard treatment enables the substantial reduction of new brain lesions in patients suffering from relapsing MS. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease characterized by the body’s hyperactive im…
Migraine More Common In Women With MS
A recent study suggests that women with multiple sclerosis are more prone to suffer from migraine compared to women who don’t have MS. But having migraine in itself is not an indicator that women will develop MS later on. The findings of this study will be presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in Toronto on April, 2010.The said study was conducted by study author Dr. Ilya Kister, MD, of the New York University School of Medicine and a member of the American Ac…
Drinking Milk During Pregnancy May Lower Baby’s MS Risk
A preliminary study suggested that mother’s who drank milk during pregnancy may help reduce their baby’s risk of developing multiple sclerosis as an adult. The preliminary study was done by researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and will be presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology.The preliminary study involved 35,794 nurses whose mothers answered a 2001 questionnaire concerning their experiences and diet during pregnancy with their nurse-…
Scientists Witness How Immune Cells Invade Brain In MS
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, the University Medical Center Gottingen and other institutes have recently witnessed live how aggressive cells from the immune system invade brain tissue and cause considerable damage such as what happens to people suffering from MS. For so many years, scientists were puzzled just how these immune cells are able to escape the bloodstream and infiltrate the brain, considering that there are specialized blood vessels that act as a barrier b…
New MS Pill Shows Promise In Reducing Disease Relapse
A new little pill is showing promise and hope for a number of people suffering from the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis. This new pill may just change the lives of people with MS and improve their quality of life while learning to live with the usually debilitating disease.A major clinical trial of an oral drug called Cladribine shows results that it can effectively reduce relapse and deterioration of MS, according to researchers at Queen Mary, University of London. The oral pill does away…
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