Multiple Sclerosis News From Medical News Today
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:20:20 +0100

MS Drug Prevented Fatal Heart Condition In Lab Study
A drug used to treat multiple sclerosis may also be effective at preventing and reversing the leading cause of heart attack, a new study has found. Scientists found that Gilenya, a drug recently approved in the US for treating MS, was effective at reversing the symptoms of ventricular hypertrophy in mice...
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST

Muscle Endurance Tests Can Detect Abormalities In The Early Stages Of Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS), a neurodegenerative disease, causes periodic attacks of neurologic symptoms such as limb weakness and mobility defects. And while MS patients' walking abilities and muscle strength are examined on a regular basis, doctors have yet to determine when the lower limb muscles begin to deteriorate...
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

New Standard For Vitamin D Testing To Ensure Accurate Test Results
At a time of increasing concern about low vitamin D levels in the world's population and increased use of blood tests for the vitamin, scientists are reporting development of a much-needed reference material to assure that measurements of vitamin D levels are accurate. The report appears in ACS' journal Analytical Chemistry...
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

Rebif® For Early Symptoms Of Multiple Sclerosis, UK
Rebif® (interferon beta-1a), a disease-modifying medication used to treat relapsing forms of multiple Sclerosis (MS), is now available in the UK to treat individuals with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS), a potential early indicator of MS, announced Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany...
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST

Greater Brain Activation Reported After Cognitive Rehabilitation For Multiple Sclerosis
Neuroscientists at Kessler Foundation have documented increased cerebral activation in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) following memory retraining using the modified Story Memory Technique (mSMT)...
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

Brain Support Cells From Umbilical Cord Stem Cells
For the first time ever, stem cells from umbilical cords have been converted into other types of cells, which may eventually lead to new treatment options for spinal cord injuries and multiple sclerosis, among other nervous system diseases...
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

Clues To Causes Of Nerve Cell Degeneration Provided By Spasticity Gene Finding
The discovery of a gene that causes a form of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) may provide scientists with an important insight into what causes axons, the stems of our nerve cells, to degenerate in conditions such as multiple sclerosis...
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST

Study Suggests Potential For Reversing Age-Associated Effects In Multiple Sclerosis Patients
New research highlights the possibility of reversing ageing in the central nervous system for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The study is published in the journal Cell Stem Cell. As we get older, our bodies' ability to regenerate decreases...
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

Research Proving Link Between Virus And MS Could Point The Way To Treatment And Prevention
A new study from researchers at Queen Mary, University of London shows how a particular virus tricks the immune system into triggering inflammation and nerve cell damage in the brain, which is known to cause MS...
Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

UTHealth Researchers Link Multiple Sclerosis To Different Area Of Brain
Radiology researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have found evidence that multiple sclerosis affects an area of the brain that controls cognitive, sensory and motor functioning apart from the disabling damage caused by the disease's visible lesions...
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST