Fish Oil Might Help Relieve MS
Fish oil containing omega-3 fatty acids could benefit multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, a U.S. study finds. Omega-3 fatty acids contain eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), which affect blood proteins called matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) produced by the immune cells of MS patients. The new study was conducted by researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University and the VA Medical Center in Portland.
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Brain Lesions Predict MS Progression
Certain types of lesions on the brains of multiple sclerosis patients may help predict the severity of disease progression and the accompanying disability, researchers are reporting.
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Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 11, 2007
This study will evaluate an investigational drug for people with multiple sclerosis who have cognitive impairment. Participants will be required to visit the clinic approximately six times over three months. Candidates must be 18 to 64 with at least a 9th grade education and a diagnosis of MS (relapsing remitting or secondary progressive). Additional criteria apply.
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Stopping Tysabri May Worsen MS
People suffering from multiple sclerosis who stopped taking the controversial drug Tysabri experienced a resurgence of brain lesions associated with their disease, researchers report.
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Stomach Virus a Culprit in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
A father's concern for his son led to research that now sheds new light on a disease that has long been shrouded in mystery. Andrew Chia, now 24, was diagnosed with debilitating chronic fatigue syndrome in 1997. This week he is co-author with his father, Dr. John Chia, of a study which links chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) with enteroviruses, which cause acute respiratory and gastrointestinal infections.
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Few Americans Know of Leg Artery Danger
Three-quarters of adult Americans polled recently said they knew little or nothing about peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a very common blockage of blood vessels in the legs that boosts heart risk. I don't think that was necessarily a surprise among physicians involved in PAD," said Dr. Timothy Murphy, a professor of diagnostic imaging at Brown University, who co-authored a report on the survey, published in the Sept. 18 issue of Circulation.
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Meditation May Help Rheumatoid Arthritis Sufferers
For rheumatoid arthritis sufferers whose painful illness prompts depression, relief may come from the practice of an age-old technique already embraced by millions around the world: meditation. Researchers found that a half-year exposure to meditation techniques helped patients shave as much as one-third of their psychological distress.
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Better Lupus Treatments on the Horizon
High-tech research into better, safer ways to treat the autoimmune disease lupus is building up steam, a group of scientists report. Striking an upbeat tone, researchers from across the United States spoke at a teleconference Tuesday -- hosted by the Lupus Research Institute (LRI) -- that focused on the improving outlook for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
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Health Highlights: Sept. 30, 2007
Patients Having Their Own Stem Cells Injected in British MS Study, Six patients in the United Kingdom suffering from multiple sclerosis are having their own stem cells injected into them as an experiment to see whether this type of treatment can repair the neurological damage that causes MS.
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Antibody Helps Repair MS Nerve Damage
Researchers say they've made new strides in harnessing the body's natural ability to reverse nerve damage wrought by multiple sclerosis. According to the U.S. team, a single low dose of a human antibody administered to laboratory mice repaired myelin, the protective sheath that covers nerves. Multiple sclerosis wreaks havoc with the nervous system by stripping away this outer covering.
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Familial MS May Be More Destructive
Multiple sclerosis that runs in families appears to cause more severe brain damage than the non-familial form, say University at Buffalo researchers. They used MRI scans to examine the brains of 759 MS patients and found that the 198 patients with familial MS had significantly more destructed lesions, and significantly lower volume of whole brain, white matter and gray matter, as well as other indications of greater brain damage.
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Health Highlights: Oct. 13, 2007
Smoking Could Speed MS Disability, Smokers with multiple sclerosis show more evidence of brain tissue shrinkage on MRI scans than people with the illness who do not smoke, U.S. researchers say. A team at the University of Buffalo's Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center (BNAC) compared the MRIs of 368 MS patients, 128 of who had a history of smoking.
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Health Highlights: Oct. 14, 2007
Smokers had higher disability scores than nonsmokers, as well as lower brain volumes. As packs-per-day smoked increased, the volume of the neocortex -- a key brain area linked to higher thinking -- shrank, the team said.
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Eye Scan May Help Diagnose, Treat MS
A short and simple eye scan not only appears capable of spotting multiple sclerosis earlier in the course of the disease, but might also provide a way to track progression of the illness, as well as the effectiveness new drugs in development, researchers say.
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