This Is MS Multiple Sclerosis Community: Knowledge & Support

At the start of the year there was hope in the shape of Tysabri. As usual MS found this hard to cope with and the deaths on the trial led to a postponement. Later in the year there was a death on the Campath trial which is likely to result in delays.

Monday morning on my train to work I read the paper. Surprise, surprise, MS showed that it will not go down without a ...

Made me laugh in Stir Crazy.

RIP Richard Pryor.


And they tell us that MS doesn't kill!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4517714.stm

Look, it's an article from a well-known researcher (Dr Sriram) slamming the use of EAE as a model in MS! It's good to see.



Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis: A misleading model of multiple sclerosis.

Ann Neurol. 2005 Dec;58(6):939-45.
Sriram S, Steiner I.
Department of Neurology Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

Despite many years of intensive research, multiple sclerosis (MS) defies understanding and treatment remains suboptimal. The prevailing hypothesis is that MS is immune mediated and that ...

A protein has been discovered that decides which cells in the brain should die (I wish there was such a protein for neurologists and MS researchers). As usual the findings could (but never do) lead to better therapies etc.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medical ... wsid=34711


PS On another issue, I getting my first experience of optic neurosis. Eyesight in one eye has gone a little bit blurry but what I really notice ...

Recently I read few posts suggesting that people with MS are less susceptible to regular colds. The hypothesis was that a hyper-active immune system associated with MS is protective against regular colds. Is this a myth or a fact? Some of these messages further suggested that the return of cold symptoms (after long periods without colds) are indicative of a successful treatment (ABCR). I would be interested to hear personal opinions or any information of ...

Given that Christmas is coming, the researchers are pushing out the boat to endure they receive their Christmas bonuses.

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It seems the colder and more wintery it gets here in NJ, the more time i spend horizontal. Walking w/definite limp of affected leg and tipping over on occasion. Makes me hesitant to go outside because of winter weather. More comfortable horizontal and taking naps. Hot summer weather knocked me out too. Is this normal for ms? Is it forever? I was diagnosed definitely in July, so still a little new at it. On copaxone ...

Hi everybody,
I know my question doesn´t belong to this forum, but maybe somebody can help me.

I´m an europien patient with MS, I don´t spek english as a mother tongue. Today we got in a school Topics for essay writeing( I have one course in English language)

The topic is:
"Team nets
how to work effectively, well and co-operatively
networks of people in teams, crossing traditional boundaries, the co-opetition dynamic, cooperation/competition- intristic in every ...

Some research on Alpha4 integrin. Point to note that guinea pigs were used!

http://www.msif.org/en/research/researc ... _of_a.html

I'm currently taking my first round of Sol-Medrol. I'm taking 1000mg by IV over a six hour period for three days. (3000 total) My symptoms are mainly stiffness and pain. If anyone has done such a treatment please let me know how you did.