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Frequently Asked Questions How do I know if I have MS?
To be sure you have MS, you need a clinical diagnosis from a neurologist. The diagnosis is made based on medical history, symptoms, as well as the results of tests such as MRIs.
Fiction by Gary Piper
“Greg, can you tell me why God listens to non-Christians more than he does us who are trying to live right?” Trish, asked her husband as they sat eating breakfast.
Greg was almost sure he knew where Trish’s question was coming...
Fiction by Gary Piper
Note to the reader: I know you are not facing an army of superior numbers as the men in the following story are but sometimes circumstances in life will make us able to identify with them. You need not fear...
by Gary Piper
Do 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...
Hand dysfunction is common in multiple sclerosis (MS). Recent interest has focused on incorporating patient-reported outcome (PRO) instruments into clinical trials. Nevertheless, examinations are rare in MS of existing manual ability measures.
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the 23-item ABILHAND, developed for use after stroke, in people with...
At no other time in the history of multiple sclerosis (MS) has the accurate measurement of health outcomes been so important. There are now many kinds of interventions of proven or potential efficacy available for people with MS and many other methods are under investigation. Not all outcomes that matter...
Baseline Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) is usually based on a single measurement. Here we evaluated whether using a baseline EDSS derived from two pre-treatment measurements improves the detection of progression events and the ability to demonstrate a therapeutic effect in delaying MS disability progression.
Real data from OLYMPUS, a phase...
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It's time for another informal survey. I was interested to run across a forum where people were discussing diarrhea as a side effect of Copaxone.
I have been on Copaxone for over seven years and can say that diarrhea was never one of my side effects. In one report of adverse...
We already knew this was true. However, a questionnaire-based study among 3,800 people with MS in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland has further confirmed these results and given us a little more insight.
...Back when there was Copaxone, Rebif, Avonex and Betaseron, things were pretty easy to pronounce (although my nurse kept referring to my "Copazone" injection when she was teaching me how to give myself a shot).
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