Global Gene Map Clears New Milestone
The second phase of the Hap Map Project -- created to identify and catalog genetic similarities and differences among populations around the world -- has been completed by scientists from six countries. The first phase, completed in 2005, provided data that's led to the development of techniques used in the search for genes associated with common diseases.
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Health Tip: Living With MS
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system, causing nerve damage that tends to worsen over time. There is no cure for MS. But here's information about treatment options that may help alleviate symptoms, provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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Health Highlights: Oct. 26, 2007
Study Examines Acne Drug's Effectiveness Against MS. A two-year study of 200 patients in 14 Canadian cities will examine the effectiveness of the oral acne drug minocycline in controlling multiple sclerosis (MS), the Toronto Star reported. The multi-center trial, announced Thursday, was organized after findings from earlier small studies suggested that minocycline helped patients with the neurodegenerative disease.
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Health Highlights: Oct. 27, 2007
A two-year study of 200 patients in 14 Canadian cities will examine the effectiveness of the oral acne drug minocycline in controlling multiple sclerosis (MS), the Toronto Star reported. The multi-center trial, announced Thursday, was organized after findings from earlier small studies suggested that minocycline helped patients with the neurodegenerative disease.
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Most Americans Have Poor 'Eye-Q'
Even though almost half of all American adults say eyesight is their most valued attribute, many have poor eye care/health habits, says an American Optometric Association (AOA) survey released Monday. The American Eye-Q survey of 1,000 adults 18 years or older found that Americans lack awareness in two key areas: eye diseases and contact lens hygiene and compliance.
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Clinical Trials Update: Oct. 31, 2007
If you are ages 18 to 64; have relapsing, remitting, or secondary progressive MS; and are having difficulty with thinking, memory, learning, attention, or information processing; you may qualify to participate in this study
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Little Evidence Silicone Breast Implants Harm Health
Silicone breast implants do not increase the risk of cancers, connective tissue diseases, or other serious chronic diseases, according to U.S. researchers. A team from the International Epidemiology Institute in Rockville, Md., and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., reviewed available research on the safety of the implants.
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Study Shows Antibiotic Harms ALS Patients
A trial of the antibiotic minocycline against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Lou Gehrig's disease -- has been halted because patients taking the drug had a significantly accelerated decline in neurological function. The finding calls into question plans to try minocycline against other neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis, said a report published online Nov. 1 in Lancet Neurology.
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Scientists Find Way to Track Stem Cells in Brain
The identification of a new marker is making it possible to track brain stem cells for the first time, U.S. researchers report. The achievement is already opening doors to new research into depression, early childhood development and multiple sclerosis, the team's senior author said.
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Health Highlights: Nov. 12, 2007
The blood pressure drug amiloride may prove an effective treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS), according to researchers at Oxford University in the U.K. They found that amiloride reduced degeneration of nerve tissue in mice. The researchers are now planning to test the drug in MS patients, BBC News reported. The study appears in the journal Nature Medicine.
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No Link Between Hepatitis B Shot, MS: Study
There's no link between vaccination to protect against hepatitis B and the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) in childhood, a new study finds. A number of previous studies have investigated a possible association between the hepatitis B vaccine and MS in adults and most found no evidence of increased short- or long-term risk of MS. However, the studies were criticized for problems with their methodology, including how participants' vaccination status was confirmed.
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Evidence of TB Found in 500,000-Year-Old Fossil
The oldest evidence of tuberculosis has been discovered in a 500,000-year-old human fossil from Turkey, a finding that contradicts the widely held belief that the disease emerged only several thousand years ago, according to a team of international researchers.
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Drug Combo With Antibiotic May Slow MS Progression
Combining an antibiotic with a medication currently used to treat multiple sclerosis may slow progression of the disease, according to researchers at the Louisiana State Health Sciences Center in Shreveport. Their study included 15 patients (average age 44.5) with relapsing-remitting MS who'd been taking interferon for at least six months and were experiencing symptoms and developing new brain lesions.
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Let There Be Light
While you may still hear secret stories about women covered in baby oil and lying on a crinkly bed of aluminum foil, sun worship has been discouraged for the last 30 years. But there's still a bright side to sunshine: Light therapy is used to treat medical conditions such as psoriasis and depression and may even prevent autoimmune disease such as multiple sclerosis (MS).
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