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Jay,
I liked your clever post and got what you meant. The only thing as bad
as a cold grey winter prairie day is the depressing
relentless rain and grey West Coast skies in February. Pray for some
beautiful Florida Sunshine if they are headed to B.C.

MechanicallyInclined My b.p. swings all over the place. Usually 120/70 but can go very low when dizzy. One day whilst shopping in a Co-op pharmacy I thought I was going to faint my head was spinning so fast that I sat at the first chair I could find which happened to be the blood pressure machine ta...

Dear Edser and Anna, Hello from Canada. I am doing research work on the incidence rate of MS in your area of the world. Do you know the general rates of MS for Co. Cork? Any information you could provide would be most appreciated. Just to give an idea of an area I just completed mapping in Saskatche...

chromosome 6 is one of the main genes thought to contribute most to the development of ms as well as many other autoimmune disorders. Many people with autoimmune disorders often have 4 or more because of the mutated Human Leucoyte Antigen on chromonsome 6...getting some nice sun (if possible) is sup...

Magoo, I have also decided to cancel sending funds or participating in MS Walk in lieu of the response you have elucidated. By the way the Koch family in America, (McDonald's founders) give generously to medical research because of a sister that had MS. The Seagram family in Canada same, Rona conglo...

I called False Creek to ask if people were being called back and the intake person explained yes, but only two people have had to return for further scanning. I queried as to the reason they were asked to return and she said that they have new software. New appointments can be booked for late Januar...

In a very responsible amount - good French or German Brandy - French cardiologists often prescribe
adjunctively if cleared by physician. My mother swore by Dubonnet
for her long life and warm feet!

Mangio

Merlyn, I would like to add some thoughts to the iron issues being discussed. Ferroportin, fraxatin, melanotransferrin - protein 97, divalent proteins that transport iron from food sources in the small intestine and iron sulfur clusters on Sod 2 all could also be involved in neurodegeneration and ms...