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2 Corinthians 12:10 (ESV) For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
What are common symptoms of MS?
Symptoms of MS are unpredictable, as they vary by individual. Some symptoms may include problems with extreme fatigue, blurred or double visio, loss of balance or coordination, muscle stiffness, bladder/bowel, short term memory, and tingling or numbness.
Multiple Sclerosis and Demyelinating Diseases
Diseases of the nervous system are called different names depending on which tissues of the nervous system are affected and what nature of injury occurs. When inflammation occurs for no clear reason within the brain, optic nerves, or spinal cord, the term "demyelinating disease" is used. Demyelinating refers to the affecting of the white matter of the brain. This tissue contains the connections be...
Ocular coherence tomography (OCT)
Scanning of optic nerve head painlessly and rapidly quantitatively measures for the existence of prior injuries to the optic nerve. The presence of these defects is very common in MS and supports the presence of disease prior to established disability.
Quantitative somatosensory testing
To determine thresholds for thermal and vibration sensitivity. This testing can demonstrate slight degrees of numbness which are not detectable by normal examination.
Copaxone (glatiramer acetate) - FDA approved
* daily subcutaneous injection
* noninterferon, probably safest medication for MS
* skin redness, itching, and dimpling common
* for relapsing-remitting MS and first symptom MS
* reduces relapse rate
* improvement on MRI activity
* takes 6-12 months to be most effective
* extremely safe
* side effects: injection site reactions such as
swelling, redness, pain
* approved in 1996
Azathioprine (Imuran), leflunomide (Arava), and Methotrexate - not appreved for MS
* immunosuppressive medications in pill form
* rarely used as therapy at first due to their
increased risk
Management of Relapses in MS
Relapses will occur to 90% of people with MS at some point. A relapse is usually defined as symptoms which are worsening over at least 24 hours, presumed to be due to MS, and not due to an infection which is causing a fever. Not all relapses require treatment. The first question is to ask whether one has such an infection prior to considering treatment of a relapse. If a bladder infection is suspe...
Testing for multiple sclerosis
In most individuals with MS, their diagnosis is established over time and the consideration of alternative causes for their symptoms. One astonishing fact about MS, is that once an individual has a typical problem associated with MS, the risk of having MS within 15 years is 90% even if all other tests show negative findings. The gold standard of diagnosis is seeing multiple problems in the nervous...
Symptoms of MS and Demyelinating Diseases
Symptoms of any disease in the nervous system usually depend on which portion of the nervous system is involved. For example, a problem near the part of the brain involved with sensing movement will be felt as abnormal movement sensation or vertigo. A problem in the pathway carrying vision impulses will produce blurred vision. Trouble in the large bundle of nervous tissue in the neck (the spinal c...
Tips for Effective Exercise
Tips for Healthy Eating
Having MS does not require a special diet; however, eating a healthful diet ensures that your body has the nutrients it needs to work its best, and may help you improve your sense of wellbeing.
* Proteins support growth and tissue repair
* Carbohydrates and sugars provide your body with energy
* Fats absorb vitamins and provide essential fatty acids (EFAs)
* Fiber aids digestion
* Vitamins and minerals...
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Secret Art Show: great art still available
Thank you to everyone who has supported the Secret Art Show to date.
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MS in northern Scotland
Newly published research shows that the prevalence of multiple sclerosis is particularly high in northern Scotland and that Orkney has the highest level of MS in the world.
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Listen out for our Radio 4 Appeal this Sunday
A personal appeal from Chris Jones, one of the founders of the MS Trust
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Marijuana Helps Relieve MS Pain
Researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found that smoking marijuana can help relieve pain, and muscle tightness "spasticity" in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). The study is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)...
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Marijuana May Relieve Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
The advocates of proposition 19, the bill that tried to legalize cannabis in California, must be turning cartwheels at the news coming out of University of California, San Diego School of Medicine...
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Some Symptoms Of Multiple Sclerosis Respond To Smoked Cannabis
A clinical study of 30 adult patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has shown that smoked cannabis may be an effective treatment for spasticity - a common and disabling symptom of this neurological disease...
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Risk of PML in multiple sclerosis as high as 1.1% with natalizumab
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A company-sponsored study of natalizumab has confirmed that the drug raises the risk of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), and that the risk can be as high as 1.11% when used for a long time in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients...
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Marijuana may ease multiple sclerosis symptoms
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with multiple sclerosis have long said that smoking marijuana helps ease their painful muscle cramping. And a new clinical trial suggests they are not just blowing smoke.
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FDA says unsure if multiple sclerosis pill caused deaths
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators said on Monday they could not definitively link Novartis AG's multiple sclerosis pill Gilenya (fingolimod) with the deaths of people who took the drug.
Dr. Hunter Twitter Updates
Samuel F. Hunter
Gilenya (fingolimod) recommendations to include ECG assessment as part of determining risk - we have done for 6 years http://t.co/hRXtn2dn
Thursday, 17 May 2012 13:28
Samuel F. Hunter
FDA warns of dangers of CCSVI Liberation angioplasty for MS - no surprise to me - http://t.co/uZShbhhI
Thursday, 17 May 2012 13:26
Samuel F. Hunter
MS symptoms benefit from marijuana smoking - no surprise -feel better I am sure - but long way from legal http://t.co/vjEZlHgL
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:48
Samuel F. Hunter
The patient with PML who was taking Gilenya likely had the problem while they were still on Tysabri.
Wednesday, 18 April 2012 13:24
Samuel F. Hunter
Countdown to American Academy of Neurology next week. A great deal of new MS research to be presented.
Wednesday, 18 April 2012 13:23
Samuel F. Hunter
No further CCSVI Research with treatment will occur in US without FDA approval
Thursday, 12 April 2012 07:08
Samuel F. Hunter
FDA apparently wants to rule on safety of the procedure
Thursday, 12 April 2012 07:07
Samuel F. Hunter
FDA has jurisdiction over experimental use of devices and drugs
Thursday, 12 April 2012 07:06
Samuel F. Hunter
US FDA has stopped CCSVI trial in Rochester, NY citing failure to secure FDA approval
Thursday, 12 April 2012 07:06
Samuel F. Hunter
Migraine can be prevented and treated with magnesium oxide http://t.co/MFBFEf0M
Monday, 19 March 2012 16:21
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Confirmed. Medical Marijuana Helps MS Spasticity.: I'll admit, I found it a little weird to see this all over th... http://t.co/qbhm6VUt
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Stay Intellectually "Healthy" with Multiple Sclerosis: As people with MS, it is easy to become very focused on o... http://t.co/kBUxageo
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MSC Podcast 08/10/2009
Pain Killers and Christians.
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MSChristian.org Promo Video
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MSC’s Podcast 2 04.08.2009
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MS drug Tysabri leukoencephalopathy risk factors identified
Multiple sclerosis patients taking natalizumab are at higher risk of developing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) if they are positive for the anti-JC virus antibodies, have been treated with immunosuppressants, and have been treated with natalizumab for longer periods, according to a study published... - A new prevalence study of MS in Orkney, Shetland and Aberdeen city
Summary: A new epidemiological study from the UK, examining prevalence of MS in northern Scotland, shows a rise in prevalence of the disease over the past 30 years.The highest increases have been in Orkney, which now has the highest recorded...
- Clinical correlates of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis
Abstract (provisional)
Background
Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) is a vascular condition characterized by anomalies of the primary veins outside the skull that has been reported to be associated with MS. In the blinded Combined Transcranial (TCD) and Extracranial...Medworm RSS
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Tasquinimod Phase II Overall Survival Data
Projects in or entering pivotal phase are laquinimod, an orally administered small molecule with unique immunomodulatory properties for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, tasquinimod for prostate cancer as well as ANYARA for use in cancer targeted therapy, primarily of renal cell cancer.05/18/2012 (Source: Kidney Cancer Association)
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- Marijuana eases painful MS muscle cramping
A recent Reuters write-up of a marijuana for an MS pain and spasticity trial highlighted positive results for the MS (muscular or multiple sclerosis) patients after using marijuana. They felt less pain and spasticity, which consists of extreme muscular tension, cramps... (Source: NaturalNews.com)- Secret Art Show: great art still available
Thank you to everyone who has supported the Secret Art Show to date. (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust) - Marijuana eases painful MS muscle cramping
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Vitamin D Levels Linked to Relapses in Multiple Sclerosis
A new study suggests that MS patients who have low levels of vitamin D may have a higher risk of suffering relapses of disease.
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Warmer Weather May Affect MS Patients' Thinking
Scientists at the Kessler Foundation have found that multiple sclerosis patients have more trouble remembering, processing information, and learning in warm weather.
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MS Linked to Brain Chemical Deficiency in New Study
Scientists say multiple sclerosis appears to reduce levels of a neurotransmitter that helps prevent stress and inflammation in the brain.
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Why do new medications cost so much?
In response to a reader’s request, I will address the cost of medications for MS. She asked specifically about Obamacare causing this, but the issue is much bigger and more complex. What do you pay for when you buy a brand name medication? Why do they go up in price so dramatically? How can we [...]
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Doctors quitting neurology
I learned this week that another valued colleague has “retired” due to the stress of office practice brought on by insurers and government. He went to take a part-time VA job. His patients are scrambling to find someone to provide their care. The sick ones are learning that nobody is eager to help them. Why [...]
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Are You Ready for your Specialist to Lose 18 percent of Medicare Pay?
October 11, 2011 For the first time, the congressional advisory committee MedPAC has recommended that Congress should cut Medicare payments to physicians in exchange for ending the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula. If these recommendations are passed by Congress, as a specialist, we will lose approximately six percent of your Medicare payments each year for [...]
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Information on multiple sclerosis. Read current research articles and learn about multiple sclerosis diagnosis, symptoms as well as the latest MS treatment options.
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Smoked cannabis reduces some symptoms of multiple sclerosis
A clinical study of 30 adult patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) has shown that smoked cannabis may be an effective treatment for spasticity – a common and disabling symptom of this neurological disease.
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Misdiagnosis of multiple sclerosis is costing health system millions per year
It is relatively common for doctors to diagnose someone with multiple sclerosis when the patient doesn't have the disease -- a misdiagnosis that not only causes patients potential harm but costs the US health care system untold millions of dollars a year, according to a new study.
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Halting an enzyme can slow multiple sclerosis in mice
An antibody that neutralizes Kallikrein 6 is capable of staving off MS in mice, new research suggests.
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Confirmed. Medical Marijuana Helps MS Spasticity.
I'll admit, I found it a little weird to see this all over the news of the multiple sclerosis world. I kind of thought we already pretty much knew that marijuana helped with certain MS symptoms.
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Have You Been Rejected as a Blood Donor Because of MS?
About 4 years ago, in 2008, I wrote this blog: Can I donate blood if I have multiple sclerosis?
I felt that I was a little late in writing it, as the blood donor eligibility guidelines were updated and released a year earlier, in 2007. These guidelines eliminated MS...
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Ann Romney, Multiple Sclerosis and the Presidential Campaign
I was prepared to really hate this piece about Ann Romney's multiple sclerosis (MS), preparing myself for words like "suffer" and "victim" to be sprinkled throughout the video (after all, this was on Entertainment Tonight). Sure enough, there was suspenseful music and large graphic letters filling the screen, reading "MS...
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I am a Writer
As a teenager I once wrote an article to 73 Magazine an Amateur Radio Magazine and a short time later I received a rejection letter (the first of many). While I was discouraged the desire to be a writer never left me yet for ...
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Psalm 107: Let the redeemed of the Lord say so...
Part One… God’s Love Endures Forever
Written by Gary Piper
Note… One of the ways I pass the time away when sitting in my van waiting for someone is to read the bible I keep in my van. One day while waiting for my daughter-in-law Patty to come...
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The Journey of Jesus
The Journey of Jesus
by Gary PiperDo I follow the Journey of Jesus or not, is the single most important question you will be confronted with in your life. You will be confronted with it more times in a day that you can imagine. If you do follow the Journey...
- A new prevalence study of MS in Orkney, Shetland and Aberdeen city
