As the days grow shorter and our schedules seem to fill up faster, many of us forget one of the most restorative acts of self-care available to us, a good night’s sleep. While we often think of wellness in terms … Continue reading → Source: blog.mymsaa.org
Category: Multiple Sclerosis Research
My Bad …Trial Reporting
Tweet If a trial is a success and you are going somewhere there is a desire to play by the rules but if your trial has failed then there is little incentive to have to report stuff Cwajna M, Hamouda AM, Kendall N, Ghozy S, Atieh F, Aboseif A, Ahmed NS, Kallmes DF, Arumaithurai K,…
Drink Coffee
Tweet You know that I can’t be bothered with meta analysis where you compare loads of studies to get a consensus of what is happening and conclude bigger studies are needed, However SH1-in SH1-out. This current study says drink coffee and your risk MS is 20 percent less….yep but what is the mechanism action? You…
Crap Gap
Tweet I was at a meeting recently and they started talking about the wearing -off effect…some people piped up that it was all in the minds of some people and that when you do a proper controlled study as opposed to listening to Mr/Mrs Big Mouth then people can’t find any thing different but others…
My caregiver speaks the language of MS as a resident, not a tourist
Like a lot of people disabled by a chronic disease, I don’t do well with unsolicited advice. The kind that suggests there is something I can do about my disease, that I’m not doing enough, not looking hard enough for a solution, that they would do better. I’d prefer they just keep all that to…
Let It Go Friday
Happy Friday, y’all! I hope you have had a great week and that you are looking forward to a lovely weekend! During this past week, what was your best day and why was it your best day? Was there anything that happened during your week that upset you? Regardless of whether your good days outweigh the bad…
When MS Makes It Hard to See: Understanding and Coping with Vision Changes
Dealing with changes to your vision due to multiple sclerosis (MS) can be one of the scariest and most stressful things you face. It’s a core sense we rely on every minute, and any trouble with it can feel overwhelming. … Continue reading → Source: blog.mymsaa.org
New method shines light on nerve fibers in the brain
A new technique is letting scientists peer into the brain’s wiring with greater detail by simply using a microscope and an LED light, an accessible and cost-effective method that may be useful for studying brain damage in neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). The method, called Computational Scattered Light Imaging (ComSLI), generates precise maps…
What a difference a day makes
Tweet Before yesterday people may have got away with the punch line “These findings suggest that the association of EBV and MS is specific for MS” This implies there is something very specific for MS and EBV…However this is clearly not true. Yesterday there were reports of links between EBV and lupus and one could…
EBV and Autoimmunity…it’s not just MS
Tweet Epstein-Barr virus reprograms autoreactive B cells as antigen-presenting cells in systemic lupus erythematosus. Younis S, Moutusy SI, Rasouli S, Jahanbani S, Pandit M, Wu X, Acharya S, Sharpe O, Wijeratne TU, Harris ML, Yang EY, Chaichian Y, Parsafar S, Baker MC, Harley JB, Meffre E, Steinman L, Marshak-Rothstein A, James JA, Martinez OM, Utz…