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My husband's MRIs are all at Stanford, looked at by same techs--they reported remyelination of lesions, no new lesions and reversal of gray matter since his venoplasty procedure in 2009. I do not have the MRI films on disc. Here is Jeff today, conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra. https://www.y...

Over half of the patients had benefit in repaired cerebral blood flow and no new lesions. Sadly, only 54% of people treated had lasting repair to blood flow. The rest restenosed. Is there actually any data to suggest that flow restoration correlated with outcome? It is certainly possible that there...

It just made their visual evoked potentials look better. Who cares.

very nice study. thanks for posting

Basically, it is just an optimized protocol for looking at MS lesions There are different protocols at different institutions for multiple sclerosis. Many protocols often include specific sequences such as T2 sagittal FLAIR which is good for looking at corpus callosum lesions. Often, the protocol sp...

to MRNA: Radiologists often read films in a broad way because they do no know the clinical history of the patient. Many people have non-specific benign white matter lesions that are insignificant. These are common in people as they get older, but they can also be seen in young people, especially tho...

relax Elliot and 1eye. This is not a forum for political debate. We are supposed to support each other.

Well, with all due respects and given that we simply don't know each other, I simply have no comments about your quirky reply. What I was trying to say is that the potential side effects of the drugs and the potential conflicts of interests of the prescribers are irrelevant. Many people with chroni...

NHE wrote:Give them the MS simulator shoes.

NHE wrote:MS Neurologists really ought to be shot in the foot for doing this.

Haha

NHE wrote:

centenarian100 wrote:Potential side effects include gastrointestinal upset, elevated liver function tests, and immunosuppression.

According to the Prescribing Information and the Mayo Clinic description, there are also increased risks of lymphoma, skin cancer and PML.

Indeed.

It you have schizophrenia, you really have no option except to take anti-dopaminergics

imuran is probably comparable in efficacy to beta IFN in relapsing multiple sclerosis. Potential side effects include gastrointestinal upset, elevated liver function tests, and immunosuppression. Imuran is easier to take and less expensive compared to beta interferons but is probably somewhat less s...

Hey Frodo. Thank you for your posts in this section. You are single-handedly keeping this section alive. I heard that the Kir4.1 data could not be replicated and that the original results were actually from pooled sera. Is this correct? -Cent Other biomarker under research, maybe pathogenic. The aut...

The connection to EBV and autoimmunity are not necessarily mutually exclusive. One of the theories about the pathogenesis of MS is that b cells are infected by EBV and become less regulated by CD25 regulatory t cells. Just because abnormal immune system function may be the "proximate" caus...