MS Optic Neuritis Partially Reversed by Antihistamine
A recent five-month study revealed a common over-the-counter antihistamine, clemastine fumarate, “partially reversed damage to the visual system in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in…
Educate
Cheating Death Ignites MS
Last weekend I cheated death. Later that day I posted on Facebook, “Imagine this. .. a fully loaded logging truck taking a corner too fast…
PV13 Vaccine & Multiple Sclerosis
Pneumococcal illnesses are dangerous for people with compromised immune systems – 20 times higher according to www.medscape.com. As we get older additional vaccines are recommended…
Potential New Oral MS Drug on the Distant Horizon
The Medical University of Vienna has discovered “a specially synthesized plant peptide (cyclotide),” where, “there is no further progression of the usual clinical signs of…
Environment’s Role in MS Risk
We moved to an extremely isolated location in SE Montana in 1990 for my husband to teach in a one-room schoolhouse. Despite only a handful…
Protein, Enzyme & DNA Could Lead to New MS Medication
“One particular protein plays a crucial role in inflammation. So in our research we are developing an innovative DNA enzyme that prevents high levels of…
ScienceDaily.com for MS News
I’m giving away one of my secret resources of MS news, https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/mind_brain/multiple_sclerosis/. A world of information even beyond multiple sclerosis, ScienceDaily.com has the latest information…
Returning to Work with Multiple Sclerosis
I’m sure other disabled MSers struggle with the desire to return to work when experiencing symptom-free periods. I am no different. Visions of my old…
Tecfidera Dosage
Received my annual MRI results and was pleasantly surprised to learn I had no new MS progression in the past year. This is good news…
Electronic Auto-injector for MS Patients on Betaseron
Ten years of giving my own shots provides me insight into the struggles experienced by individuals assigned to self-administer injectable medications for multiple sclerosis. There…