Archive for April, 2010

An Australian study published today (Friday 30 April) has shed further light on the correlation between vitamin D and MS. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, shows that people born after the vitamin D-scarce winter months are roughly 30% more likely to go on to develop MS later in life compared with those born after the summer months…

Title: Drug Reverses Diabetes-Related Vision Loss
Category: Health News
Created: 4/29/2010 10:28:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/29/2010 10:28:50 AM

Scientists are reporting what they say is compelling evidence that some powerful non-heritable, environmental factor likely plays a key role in the development of multiple sclerosis…

Title: The Worst Headache of Your Life: Brain Hemorrhage Symptoms
Category: Doctor’s Views
Created: 4/23/2010 4:52:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/23/2010 4:52:54 PM

Hospital for Special Care announced the launch of the region’s first Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Clinical Trials Unit at its Neuromuscular Center. The new unit will be headed by Jinsy A. Andrews, M.D., a physician researcher recruited from Columbia University. Dr…

A new Mayo Clinic study has found that the type of tissue damage changes throughout the course of multiple sclerosis (MS). In early relapsing disease stages, the plaques, or areas where the nervous system is inflamed or demyelinated, are predominantly active with distinct heterogeneous patterns of myelin damage…

Title: Fate of New Migraine Drug Is Uncertain
Category: Health News
Created: 4/22/2010 11:50:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/22/2010 11:50:37 AM

The MS Society has made a number of significant appointments to its research advisory committees and steering groups in a step to ensure the charity’s research programme maximises its impact on the lives of people affected by MS…

Every bride wants to look as stunning as royalty as she walks down the isle. She can, with the right wedding accessories. With the right bridal tiaras. This wedding headpiece, in essence, is a semi-circular head band often adorned with jewels; it’s a circlet worn on high social gatherings. Since the olden times until the present, tiaras remains a symbol of royalty. One way to determine if a tiara was chosen well is to see if it blends well with the bride’s own style and character. If you’re seriously considering tiaras for your wedding, know that there are three kinds – the diadem, the garland, and the kokoshnik.

Title: Hemophilia
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 4/16/2010 2:58:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/16/2010 2:58:53 PM