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Hi,

I will be moving with my husband to Waynesville, North Carolina, in July :D Is anyone able to recommend a neurologist, family practitioner and an asthma doc in the area please. I'm happy with the ones I currently see but it is going to be too far to travel once we move.

Thanks
Maggie

Dear all,

For information - another international ms conference is taking place at the end of the month in lovely Valencia, Spain (see link attached). Many of the participants presented at the UK MS Society research conference which was held at the end of May in beautiful Edinburgh, Scotland. Really looking forward to hearing the outcome of both and will post if I see anything. In my next life, I hope I come back as ...

Our neurologist has lead us to believe that only muscle weakness (leading to temporary parallysis) means exacerbation. Numbness, tingling, and other sensory problems--even if they are progressive--don't count for him.

Is this the generally accepted attitude?
thanks,
mother of 16-year-old with MS

I have been taking Avonex for about 1.5 years and Prozac for about 6 months. I've noticed, and other people have told me, that I look like I am retaining water - especially in my face. My sister, who is a nurse, told me I have a "moon-face". Does anyone else have this or does anyone take any kind of diuretic?

Hello All,
I am at a brick wall and to damn old to climb over it lol..I have acute vertigo and have been taking diazepam for the last 14 years for it. Recently my vertigo seems to have taken over. I was wandering if anyone has any suggestions on other medications they take for vertigo? I am assuming that vertigo is from the 8th cranial nerve and maybe inner ear problems. I am pretty desperate ...

Calling the female physician with MS who maybe was posting somewhere else last year under the name of "Life on the Ice". I may be completely wrong here, of course.

My husband, David Wheldon has accidentally deleted your email before he had a chance to reply to it, so could you please send it again? He feels very embarrassed about this because he always replies to emails, so could you please send it again? ...

Any brain imaging breakthroughs have to be positive for MS research...


Revolutionary nanotechnology illuminates brain cells at work

May 30, 2005 - Physorg.com - Until now it has been impossible to accurately measure the levels of important chemicals in living brain cells in real time and at the level of a single cell. Scientists at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Plant Biology and Stanford University are the first to overcome this obstacle by successfully applying ...

IL-12 seems to implicated in MS, and this abstract refers to agents to control IL-12 production. I recently read something in Pubmed about quercetin (found in apples among other places I think) having an effect on IL-12. Anybody know of any other drugs / supplements that could have a beneficial effect on IL-12 for PwMS?


Regulatory mechanisms and their therapeutic implications of interleukin-12 production in immune cells.

Kang BY, Kim E, Kim TS.

Department of ...

Read this article and it made me wonder. . .

MONDAY, May 30 (HealthDay News) -- The industrial solvent trichloroethylene (TCE) may cause immune system changes in workers exposed to the chemical, Italian researchers conclude.

The study found that workers exposed to TCE showed significant changes in the normal balance of immune system regulators called cytokines. The finding could explain previous research that found that workers exposed to TCE had increased rates of autoimmune disorders. ...

Dear all,

For those interested, I attach links to three recent research papers (summaries). The summary findings are way above my head but the sense I get is that there is a real acknowledgement of how complex this disease is, but also the sense that some progress is being made which should, in turn, lead to better treatments.

http://www.msif.org/go.rm?id=12517

http://www.msif.org/go.rm?id=12516

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