Medthera has launched WalkPort, a supported walking station designed to help people with mobility difficulties, including those with multiple sclerosis (MS), safely stand and practice walking at home and in clinical settings. The device is now open for reservations, with initial shipments expected to start in August, according to the company. “Walking is more than…
Brain inflammation may help repair myelin, animal study shows
Brain inflammation is often viewed as harmful in neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), but a new animal study suggests that certain short-lived forms of inflammation may be needed to help the brain repair myelin. This finding may have important implications for understanding the biology of MS — an immune-mediated disease marked by damage…
Spinal Cord Lesions are probably overlooked
Tweet Someone has made a comment about the poor impact of treatments on progression and I made comment about trials and you only find lesions if you look for them. MRI can spot lesions if they are big enough but with MRI they seldom look in the spinal cord. Lesions in the spinal cord are…
Descobreixen com l’esclerosi múltiple pot provocar la mort de neurones, i això és important perquè obre una nova via per a investigar la malaltia
Un equip internacional de recerca ha identificat un mecanisme clau que explica per què, en l’esclerosi múltiple (EM), no només es danya la mielina sinó que també moren neurones del cervell. La troballa aporta una nova perspectiva sobre la malaltia i obre la porta a tractaments enfocats a protegir directament les cèl·lules nervioses. La recerca…
La reparació de la mielina podria estar en un gen d’animals d’alta muntanya
Un equip de científics ha identificat un mecanisme biològic inesperat que podria ajudar a reparar la mielina, la capa protectora dels nervis que es veu danyada en l’esclerosi múltiple (EM). La descoberta prové de l’estudi d’animals d’alta muntanya com els iacs, que han desenvolupat adaptacions genètiques per sobreviure en entorns amb poc oxigen. Aquestes adaptacions…
Antibodies in CNS inhibited by natalizumab, What does this tell us about antibodies?
Tweet It says to me the antibodies in the CNS are inpart generated by the peripheral immune system entering the CNS as natalizumab blocks cells entering the inflammed CNS Background: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) kappa free light chains (KFLC) is a sensitive marker of intrathecal immunoglobulin synthesis and is incorporated into the 2024 McDonald criteria for multiple…
How a support group opened my eyes to the reality of invisible illness
I don’t remember much about the support group meeting that changed everything. I don’t remember the facilitator’s name, the other people’s faces, how long we sat there, or what anyone actually said. What I remember is the moment, somewhere in the middle of someone else’s story, when I looked around the room and the thought…
Singing for Wellness
By Stacie Prada Last year, my naturopath suggested I take deep breaths each day, and I agreed it would be good for me. I approached it like a prescription and made sure to do it. I followed guided meditations, and … Continue reading → Source: blog.mymsaa.org
EU experts back tolebrutinib approval for SPMS patients with no relapses
Regulators in the European Union are recommendeding that tolebrutinib be approved as a treatment for people with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) who have not experienced a relapse in the last two years. That new positive opinion was issued by the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), a regulatory body…
11 minutes, 1,900 seats, and not 1 for me: when accessible seating feels anything but accessible
Concert tickets might sound like a small thing, but for Dan and me, they’re not. Live music is one of our favorite ways to feel connected, normal, and joyful beyond the daily realities of living with Multiple Sclerosis. A couple of weeks ago, I tried to buy tickets to see O.A.R. (among our favorite rock…