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Drugs, drinking, sports, general risk-taking behavior....some (not all) of those things fit my youth, but as I said, I was a teen in the 70's. If those things predisposed me to MS, then my entire grad ...

If a physician said to me "It's all in your mind", either just to get rid of me or as a medico-philosophical attitude, I would find a new physician (unless this physician was an actual Buddha of cours ...

Personality aspects in multiple sclerosis.

1: Ital J Neurol Sci. 1985 Dec;6(4):415-23.

To test the claim that peculiar personality bias is detectable in multiple sclerosis (MS) we used the Szond ...

Hi JenniferF, and welcome on board. Smile

I have a type of ms which is very stress-sensitive, and it usually starts with optic neuritis followed by heavier physical symptoms if the stress is prolong ...

Great videos, Frank. This is one of my favorites. It's a talk by a brain scientist who had a stroke and she was able to observe what was happening during the stroke. Pretty amazing stuff:

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Yes it's frustrating HarryZ, but we as patients must take some of the blame too. Why don't we DEMAND that neurologists and scientists come up with some answers? Why do we keep falling for the same old ...

Something needs to speed up the regeneration process because those of us with the progressive types only have continued downturns.

There has been some research on meditation and neuroplasticity. R ...

Many scientists have resisted the increasing amount of evidence that shows regeneration of neurons in other areas of the brain, like the hippocampus, because of a long-held belief that the brain canno ...

All they are saying is- just like age at onset of MS, - it appears early smoking is linked to a progressive disease course.

Ah but they're not only saying there's a link, they're saying that this ...

I don't see why self-reported smoking habits would be strange in this situation...they simply asked if folks with MS if they smoked and when they started.

The problem is that when you have two ob ...

Hi cheerleader,

Sure smoking is not healthy, but I still think it's strange to come to this conclusion based on self-reported smoking habits.....

There's a new study just released claiming "Smoking worsens the prognosis in multiple sclerosis". I don't see how they can conclude that smoking worsens MS from this study. (correlation does not imply ...

Professional link fixer? A great idea! I've finally found my true calling in life. Thanks cheerleader! I'll check out some online universities. But of course for thisisms.com I'll do it for free. Very Happy

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I fixed the link. I'm a link-fixer. Now you get to the discussion on the forum instead of being redirected to the homepage. Very Happy

I'm definitely optimistic, SallyDc!

I absolutely think there will be a cure for MS in the not-so-distant future, but I think the cure will not be a pill, a shot or any other pharmacological therap ...