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July 11, 2012 -- Teaching MS patients how to deal with stress can improve their quality of life -- and may also prevent or slow down formation of new brain lesions, according to a new study.

http://www.webmd.com/multiple-sclerosis ... agement-ms

Stress definitely causes a flareup of my symptoms. Two studies on the relationship between stress and MS: "The relationship between acute stress and aggravation of quiet or asymptomatic MS is well established by medical literature especially that which has come out since the year 2000.": h...

Childhood Trauma in Multiple Sclerosis: A Case-Control Study Carsten Spitzer, MD, Miriam Bouchain, Liza Y. Winkler, MD, Katja Wingenfeld, PhD, Stefan M. Gold, PhD, Hans Joergen Grabe, MD, Sven Barnow, PhD, Christian Otte, MD and Christoph Heesen, MD Abstract Objective To investigate the association...

This presentation found that 57% of MS-patients also had functional weakness (conversion disorder):

http://www.docguide.com/psychiatric-con ... sented-ens

Hi David, I thought you might find this study interesting: Sleep Med. 2010 Mar;11(3):329-30. Epub 2010 Feb 16. Yawning, sleep, and symptom relief in patients with multiple sclerosis. Gallup AC, Gallup GG Jr, Feo C. Source Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902...

Hi hannakat. I haven't tried medical qi-gong but I'm doing buddhist body-based meditation and I cannot recommend it enough. It's about meditating with the body:

How to Try Mindfulness Meditation 1. Find a quiet and comfortable place. Sit in a chair or on the floor with your head, neck and back straight but not stiff. 2. Try to put aside all thoughts of the past and the future and stay in the present. 3. Become aware of your breathing, focusing on the sensa...

Thanks for that information, that's very interesting NHE.

There are convincing arguments on both sides of this debate. For me it all came down to the fact that mercury is toxic, so I had them replaced.

Stress and peptic ulcer: life beyond helicobacter BMJ 1998; 316 : 538 (Published 14 February 1998) Susan Levenstein, adjunct research physician Abstract The discovery that Helicobacter pylori is a cause of peptic ulcer has tempted many to conclude that psychological factors are unimportant. But thi...

http://assets.theatlantic.com/static/coma/images/issues/201011/john-ioannidis-wide.jpg November 2010 ATLANTIC MAGAZINE Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science Much of what medical researchers conclude in their studies is misleading, exaggerated, or flat-out wrong. So why are doctors—to a striking ex...

Looks like meditation even increases our stem cell counts:



http://bit.ly/citOAU

Mindfulness Meditation Helps Multiple Sclerosis Patients, Researchers Say Sept. 27, 2010 -- Learning a mind-body technique called “mindfulness meditation” seems to help people with multiple sclerosis cope with the depression, fatigue, and anxiety associated with the disease, a new study indicates. ...

Hi Matt! I quit a year ago and I've had ms for about 7 years. So I smoked the first 6 years with ms. Smoking did not worsen my ms. Other peoples' experience may of course be totally different, and there are many other reasons to quit/not be around cigarette smoke. Hope it works out for you and your ...

My issue with Embry's article is that at the end of the day here he is being critical of the MS drugs. But there is zero scientifically proven evidence that his BBD has any effect on 1.disease progression or 2.relapse rate. This seems like a perfect example of an Ad Hominem Tu Quoque fallacy. "...