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I've been reading 'I Heard There Was A Secret Chord' - a book about music and it's effect on the brain. There was an interesting discussion on Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation, and it's positive effect on people with MS. Has anyone looked into this? Here is a link with more info: https://www.neurologya...

Interestingly it seems to state that akkermansia is not good, where an article published a while back states the opposite - so we have a ways to go to know what really helps. https://theconversation.com/out-of-balance-bacteria-is-linked-to-multiple-sclerosis-the-ratio-can-predict-severity-of-disease...

Looks promising but this is another take on this :
'Andrographis might cause the immune system to become more active, and this could increase the symptoms of auto-immune diseases.'

apparently, Theophylline is also found in tea and coffee

Speaking of gut-brain issues, I am reading 'Ultra-Processed People' by Chris Van Tulliken - a fascinating new book that raises many issues on the harms of chemical additives in so many of our foods. It doesn't get into MS, but it does bring up the strong possibility that additives can really mess up...

This video is quite interesting. You need to scroll down to the video 'Researchers Discover Potential Biomarker for Progressive MS'
https://www.mdalert.com/conversations/progressive-ms

Like many possible treatments that are cheap and readily available for MS - is it being further researched? No big money to be made.

Multiple sclerosis patients find hope in ‘liquid gold’ https://technology.inquirer.net/134131/multiple-sclerosis-gold The world has over 1.8 million people with multiple sclerosis in the world, according to the World Health Organization in 2023. The Mayo Clinic says it attacks a person’s nervous sys...

Elliot, so glad to hear this is helping you. My wife tried this device for 6 weeks, wearing it religiously for about 8 hours a day - unfortunately, it did nothing to help her weak right leg or her balance. We had several phone conversations with Accelera, and tried different settings, to no avail. T...

Elliot, thanks for your continuing updates. Question - A cell phone (or Ipad?) is required to operate this, correct? Does the cell phone need to be left on and near the device once it's on to keep it operational? I suspect this next question is not one you can answer yet - if it is used for a prolon...

Needless to say, this is extremely interesting. Please keep us posted as to how this is going!

It also suspected that living near a lake with blue green algae is a risk. ALS cases for lakeside residents is unusually high. The University of Vermont and Dartmouth College have been studying this, and there is a documentary on the subject. Don't know if it has any relation to MS however.

As you may have heard, there has been a major breakthrough as far as linking MS to Epstein-Barr virus. Here is an interview with the scientist working on this. Unfortunately his accent makes it hard to understand him, but he feels this is a major breakthrough. https://www.sciencefriday.com/episodes/...