Hi!

Has anyone looked into the research by Dr. Denise Faustman and her colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) regarding their new approach to diabetes?

I first found out about it here: http://www.joinleenow.com/html/trials.php

In short they are examining a method of re-training an immune system to stop attacking it's own cells.

Apparently, if proven correct, their findings may have huge implications for other autoimmune diseases such as MS. The research looks promising.

Kind regards.

MartinP

My first exacerbation was in 1996, so I have had MS now for 8 1/2 years. I have had a total of four exacerbations, each milder than the last. I have no disabilty, and no symptoms of MS, and my last exacerbation was three years ago.

However, I have no idea whether to credit my regimen for my good health thus far. I strongly suspect someone else with more aggressive disease might have followed my ...

Jeff Krasner from the Boston Globe is a reporter who has been covering the Tysabri story. He would like to get the patient side of the story and has asked if I know anyone who was on the drug who would be willing to talk to him. I thought I'd check with the folks at ThisIsMS.

He wrote a letter to patients that you can find here:
http://www.bostoncure.org/Globe/

He ...

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anyone tried it?

Dear all,


The following article from the UK MS Trust (a charity) website provides further details about the optic neurosis trial with Aimspro.


Aimspro trial results presented

Doctors in Oxford who conducted a small trial of Aimspro as a treatment for optic neuritis presented their results at a meeting of the Association of British Neurologists (ABN) in Belfast on 1 April.

This is the first randomised double blind placebo controlled trial of the drug. The ...

I have been taking Avonex for over a year now. My boyfriend gives me my injections every Saturday night (usually in my upper thighs). He did the same this past weekend and the next morning I woke up with an enormous bruise at the injection site - this is the first time this ever happened. The injection did not hurt at all. Does anyone know what would cause this? Did I hit a vein or ...

A New Version of an Old Drug Successfully Treats Deadly Diseases Like HIV/AIDS, Cancer and MS in an Entirely New Way, by Strengthening the Immune System

Summary: A very low dose of the FDA-approved drug naltrexone has been discovered to be an effective up-regulator of the immune system. The new therapy, called low dose naltrexone (LDN), has shown remarkable effects on an array of illnesses including HIV/AIDS, cancer, and autoimmune diseases such as MS. ...

Well, the Marathon is over and I did it! :O)

Came in at 6:32:52 so was just under three minutes outside my target time!

To prove it, see my medal here : http://www.btinternet.com/~squiffyshous ... obdone.jpg

To say I am sore and stiff today would be an understatement! think my crutches will need another "retread" now :O)

The money is still rolling in to my justgiving page and the current ...

I saw a program on TV today, and they showed the brain of a Alzheimers victom. The plaque and lesions showed in the Alzheimers patient seemed to resemble what showed up in my MRI. And of course, I was diagonosed with MS. I realize the diagnoses is based on the Dr's findings in the many office visits, as well as the MRI. Yet, it was scary to hear the same type of MRI key words ...

I'm undx but probable. Just saw Neuro for 6 month check and I was the best since starting all this in June 2003. Was beginning to think maybe not MS because walking close to normal for a month and not much need of a stick. Still does not say anything but neurological and looks to be slow progressing. He would be very surprised if it started to progress more quickly and no need to look ...