My Story:One Woman's Journey With MS

Multiple Sclerosis : If You Don’t Heal the Mind, You Can’t Heal the Body

Multiple Sclerosis : “The healing of the body can not be separated from the healing of the mind”. – Hippocrates
“If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him.”—Hippocrates
Hippocrates was [...]

Read the rest »

Multiple Sclerosis : The Scariest Day of My Life – Part 2

Multiple Sclerosis : This is the second installment of my three part series about the diagnosis of my multiple sclerosis.
In January of 1991 I went to get my eyes checked at a Benson Optical. The optician gave me a different prescription. I thought this might solve my blurry vision when [...]

Read the rest »

The Everything Health Guide to Multiple Sclerosis: An authoritative guide to help you understand symptoms, decide on treatment, and enhance your well-being (Everything Series) (Paperback)

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society estimates that 400,000 people in the United States have been diagnosed with MS. Because MS is a chronic disease, people with this diagnosis will live with the disease for years. MS sufferer Margot Russell and Dr. Allen C. Bowling, a nationally known MS expert, team up to help [...]

Read the rest »

Multiple Sclerosis : The Use Of Interferon Beta For Multiple Sclerosis Treatment

Multiple Sclerosis : Medicines that contain the interferon beta are similar to the natural interferon generated by the body in case of activation of the immune system when it needs to fight a disease. These medications proved their efficiency in case of viral infections and were also very helpful in problems involving the immune [...]

Read the rest »

Multiple Sclerosis : Women Multiple Sclerosis More Often Than Man

Multiple Sclerosis : The number of women affected by MS increased by 50% during the interval between 1980 and 1990, compared to the number of cases in men , which is almost the same every year, indicate the latest research of US Department of Health and Human services. The autoimmunity of MS makes even [...]

Read the rest »

Multiple Sclerosis : Corticosteroids Based Multiple Sclerosis Treatment

Multiple Sclerosis : Medication belonging to the corticosteroid class that includes methylprednisone, prednisone and dexamethasone reduce the inflammation inside the brain and spinal cord.
Prednisone and methylprednisone are both administered orally. They follow a treatment that relies on a high dose of intravenous methylprednisone for about four days during the attack of MS (IV treatment).
The [...]

Read the rest »

Multiple Sclerosis : Corticosteroids Based Multiple Sclerosis Treatment

Multiple Sclerosis : Medication belonging to the corticosteroid class that includes methylprednisone, prednisone and dexamethasone reduce the inflammation inside the brain and spinal cord.
Prednisone and methylprednisone are both administered orally. They follow a treatment that relies on a high dose of intravenous methylprednisone for about four days during the attack of MS (IV treatment).
The [...]

Read the rest »

Multiple Sclerosis : Overview Of The Mitoxantrone Treatment For Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis : Mitoxantrone has been used in the past for prostate cancer and leukemia but latest research proved its immunosuppressant character and thus, its efficiency in dealing with MS. By reducing the activity of the immune system, mitoxantrone slows the activity of MS and decreases the frequency of relapses.
The treatment with this medicine [...]

Read the rest »

Multiple Sclerosis : Multiple Sclerosis Facts, Theories, and Effective New Treatments

Multiple Sclerosis : MS is most prevalent in Caucasian females in the 20 to 40 year old range, but this is rapidly changing. The occurrence of MS is increasing in males and in young children. There are more than 25,000 children suffering with MS today.
Most research into MS and treatments, focus on [...]

Read the rest »

Benign multiple sclerosis diagnosis questioned: the absence of obvious symptoms may not mean that the disease is actually benign.(MIND & MEMORY): An article from: Health News [HTML] (Digital)

This digital document is an article from Health News, published by Thomson Gale on May 1, 2007. The length of the article is 883 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately [...]

Read the rest »