According to a story from UBC, a recent study has revealed that multiple sclerosis patients may start experiencing abnormal symptoms up to five years before they begin to manifest the…
Understanding diseases and the mechanisms behind them is a crucial step towards developing treatment. Many times, however, it's difficult to accomplish this due to the rarity of a condition, or…
According to a story from uk.news.yahoo.com, when Billy Caldwell, age 12, and his mother returned from traveling to Canada, the Home Office initially confiscated a substance that had been the…
According to a story from Newswise, a team of scientists and researchers have recently completed research that managed to reveal the genetic nature of the unusual rare disease neuromyelitis optica.…
According to UVA Today, a University of Virginia professor, Sarah Kucenas, is studying glia cells in the brain of fish that could potentially help spear the way for the creation of…
According to PRNewswire, Express Scripts announced a new program to benefit people living with rare diseases on May 31st. The program, called Second Opinion is part of the company’s larger…
A new partnership between two major players in autoimmune disease research recently hit the news. The American Autoimmune Related Disease Association (AARDA) announced a partnership with Allegheny Health Network (AHN).…
A new study looks at the impact of a drug to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) on children of patients who take it during pregnancy, reports News Wise. Some MS patients take…
According to a story from CBS Minnesota, legislation was recently filed in Minnesota that could end the practice of step therapy in the state. Step therapy is a common money…
According to a story from MD Magazine, the FDA has recently approved the first multiple sclerosis treatment catered to children with the disease. In this instance, the agency did not…
As someone who has suffered with chronic vertigo for the past year and a half, and who deals with a chronic vestibular condition, I know all too well how debilitating…
New research is showing that patients sometimes use crowdfund websites to pay for fake stem cell transplants and other dubious medical procedures, according to a story from medicalxpress.com. Crowdfunding websites…
Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients in the United States and other countries around the world are trekking to Russia to undergo a controversial treatment for the neurological disorder that some researchers…
According to a story from medicalxpress.com, a recent study from the University of Birmingham discovered that the progression of multiple sclerosis could be predicted by spinal fluid analysis. This could…
Migraines are not on the usual list of symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS), but researchers know that, for many MS patients, migraines are somehow associated with this neurological disease that…
According to a story from The Independent, an NHS trust has issued a recall for around 2,500 patients after concerns were raised about the treatment they were receiving from senior…
As a society, we're always watching SOMETHING. Television, smartphones, tablets, smart watches, computers - we're always glued to some form of media, so it's always nice when the people we…
The UK government is being petitioned to hold a referendum on the decriminalisation of the drug cannabis. This has implications for people with diseases that may be helped by using…
According to a story from philly.com, a recently released set of guidelines is placing new emphasis in the need for patients not to delay treatment during the early stages of…
A study carried out by researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital has discovered that the extremely common Epstein-Barr virus is a risk factor for seven diseases, including lupus and multiple sclerosis.…
A new clinical study shows how the internet may provide opportunities for therapy. The study’s results detail how an online program called Elevida reduces fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis.…
A biotechnology company called Apitope is developing an innovative new immunotherapy treatment for a range of autoimmune diseases. A press release by the company that can be found here…
According to a story from PR Newswire, the science and tech company Merck recently announced that Mavenclad (cladribine) was recently approved for public use by the UAE Ministry of Health…
In some cases of multiple sclerosis, patients report a decrease in their sense of smell. This by itself is not unusual given the nature of the disease. A small study…
An organisation called PatientsLikeMe that helps to represent patients to governments and pharmaceutical companies has published a press release about the results of two recent studies designed to define and…
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