http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Cannabis can reduce spasticity in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. A systematic review, published in the open access journal BMC Neurology, found that five out six randomized controlled trials reported a reduction in spasticity and an improvement in mobility. http://www.physorg.com/news179118127.html Medicine & Health Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:30:01 EST news179118127 Glial cells, which help neurons communicate with each other, can leave the central nervous system and cross into the peripheral nervous system to compensate for missing cells, according to new research in the Dec. 2 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The animal study contributes to researchers' basic understanding of how the two nervous systems develop and are maintained, which is essential for the effective treatment of diseases such as multiple sclerosis. http://www.physorg.com/news178910103.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:00:02 EST news178910103 A study led by a Scripps Research Institute scientist describes a new, highly pragmatic approach to the identification of molecules that prevent a specific type of immune cells from attacking their host. The findings add a powerful new tool to the ongoing search for potential treatments for autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), as well as blood cancers, such as myeloid leukemia. http://www.physorg.com/news178824314.html Medicine & Health Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:00:01 EST news178824314 People with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) feel more than twice as much withheld anger as the general population and this could have an adverse effect on their relationships and health, according to a study published in the December issue of the European Journal of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news178279955.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:50:01 EST news178279955 Current research suggests that a common oral bacterium may exacerbate autoimmune disease. The related report by Nichols et al, "Unique Lipids from a Common Human Bacterium Represent a New Class of TLR2 Ligands Capable of Enhancing Autoimmunity," appears in the December 2009 issue of The American Journal of Pathology. http://www.physorg.com/news178264218.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:10:02 EST news178264218 Magnetic resonance images (MRI) of patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in childhood show that pediatric onset multiple sclerosis is more aggressive, and causes more brain lesions, than MS diagnosed in adulthood, researchers at the University at Buffalo have reported. http://www.physorg.com/news177610613.html Medicine & Health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:40:02 EST news177610613 A woman is six times more likely to be separated or divorced soon after a diagnosis of cancer or multiple sclerosis than if a man in the relationship is the patient, according to a study that examined the role gender played in so-called "partner abandonment." The study also found that the longer the marriage the more likely it would remain intact. http://www.physorg.com/news177089270.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:00:01 EST news177089270 Teenage women who are obese may be more than twice as likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS) as adults compared to female teens who are not obese, according to a study published in the November 10, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news177009035.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:20:04 EST news177009035 In diseases such as multiple sclerosis, cells of the immune system infiltrate the brain tissue, where they cause immense damage. For many years, it was an enigma as to how these cells can escape from the bloodstream. This is no trivial feat, given that specialized blood vessels act as a barrier between the nervous system and the bloodstream. http://www.physorg.com/news176652011.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:01:57 EST news176652011 ST. PAUL, Minn. -People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have relapses within the first five years of onset appear to have more severe disability in the short term compared to people who do not have an early relapse, according to a new study published in the November 4, 2009, issue of Neurology(R), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study is one of the first to examine how MS relapses affect people during different time periods of the disease. http://www.physorg.com/news176579798.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:10:02 EST news176579798 (PhysOrg.com) -- Neurologists at the University at Buffalo are beginning a research study that could overturn the prevailing wisdom on the cause of multiple sclerosis (MS). The researchers will test the possibility that the symptoms of MS result from narrowing of the primary veins outside the skull, a condition called "chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency," or CCSVI. http://www.physorg.com/news174760709.html Medicine & Health Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:39:06 EST news174760709 (PhysOrg.com) -- While gripping, lifting or manipulating an object such as drinking from a cup or placing a book on a shelf is usually easy for most, it can be challenging for those with neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's, or for people who had a stroke. For them, the tight gripping can cause fatigue, making everyday tasks difficult. http://www.physorg.com/news174746473.html Medicine & Health Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:00:01 EST news174746473 A Mayo Clinic study has found that two genes in mice were associated with good central nervous system repair in multiple sclerosis (MS). These findings give researchers new hope for developing more effective therapies for patients with MS and for predicting MS patients' outcomes. This study will be presented at the Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis in Dusseldorf, Germany, on Sept. 11, 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news171876719.html Medicine & Health Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:10:03 EST news171876719 The virus responsible for PML (progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy), a rare brain disease that typically affects AIDS patients and other individuals with compromised immune systems, has been found to be reactivated in multiple-sclerosis patients being treated with natalizumab (Tysabri). The findings, led by scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), appear in tomorrow's issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). http://www.physorg.com/news171738057.html Medicine & Health Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:20:03 EST news171738057 While smoking cigarettes appears to significantly increase a person's risk of developing multiple sclerosis, using Swedish snuff does not, according to a study published in the September 1, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news170954792.html Medicine & Health Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:40:06 EST news170954792 Australian researchers will aim to discover the proteins that cause multiple sclerosis (MS), thanks to a new nationwide research effort. http://www.physorg.com/news170494244.html Medicine & Health Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:31:24 EST news170494244 A major step forward, with important implications for understanding how to reduce the severity of multiple sclerosis, has been made by scientists at the University of Bristol. The results are published online today in PNAS. http://www.physorg.com/news170343854.html Medicine & Health Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:44:39 EST news170343854 People who smoke and have multiple sclerosis (MS) may be at increased risk of brain shrinkage and increased brain lesions related to the disease, according to a study published in the August 18, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Smoking has already been linked to an increased risk of developing MS. http://www.physorg.com/news169751811.html Medicine & Health Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:00:02 EST news169751811 Turning serendipity into science, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found a link, in mice and in human brain tissue, between high blood pressure and multiple sclerosis. Their findings suggest that a safe, inexpensive drug already in wide use for high blood pressure may have therapeutic value in multiple sclerosis, as well. http://www.physorg.com/news169744882.html Medicine & Health Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:30:02 EST news169744882 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) completely reverses the devastating autoimmune disorder in mice, and might work exactly the same way in humans, say researchers at the Jewish General Hospital Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and McGill University in Montreal. http://www.physorg.com/news169211700.html Medicine & Health Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:00:01 EST news169211700 A British multiple sclerosis sufferer won a landmark victory Thursday in her long-running legal battle to clarify the law on assisted suicide. http://www.physorg.com/news168192508.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:08:53 EST news168192508 Cognitive testing may help people with inactive or benign multiple sclerosis (MS) better predict their future with the disease, according to a study published in the July 29, 2009, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Gender and brain lesions may also determine the risk of progression of MS years after diagnosis. http://www.physorg.com/news168105994.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:07:11 EST news168105994 The joint research, funded by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the UK MS Society as well as the National Institutes of Health and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, was conducted by scientists at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and University of Cambridge and was published today in the journal Genes and Development. http://www.physorg.com/news165668931.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:00:05 EST news165668931 Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that damage to nerve cells in people with multiple sclerosis accumulates because the body's natural mechanism for repair of the nerve coating called "myelin" stalls out. http://www.physorg.com/news165669818.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:24:25 EST news165669818 It has been known for a long time that T cells can attack the body's own structures and, if they infiltrate the CNS, cause diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). The T cells damage the myelin sheath, the material that surrounds and protects the fibers of nerve cells. This damage slows down or blocks messages between the brain and the body, leading to various symptoms of MS such as impaired movements. http://www.physorg.com/news165489022.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:20:02 EST news165489022 Multiple sclerosis, diabetic neuropathy, and other conditions caused by a loss of myelin insulation around nerves can be debilitating and even deadly, but adequate treatments do not yet exist. That's in large part because of deficiencies in model research systems. In an upcoming issue of the journal Biomaterials, a UCF team addresses this problem with a report on the first lab-grown motor nerves that are insulated and organized the same way they are in the body. http://www.physorg.com/news164974835.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:21:00 EST news164974835 Over 100,000 people suffer from multiple sclerosis in Germany alone. Despite intensive research, the factors that trigger the disease and influence its progress remain unclear. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried and an international research team have succeeded in attaining three important new insights into the disease. http://www.physorg.com/news163858608.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:17:11 EST news163858608 (AP) -- The push to legalize medical marijuana in Illinois has taken a big step forward. http://www.physorg.com/news162707564.html Medicine & Health Thu, 28 May 2009 05:33:04 EST news162707564 A drug currently FDA-approved for use in diabetes shows some protective effects in the brains of patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine report in a study currently available online in the Journal of Neuroimmunology. http://www.physorg.com/news162578834.html Medicine & Health Tue, 26 May 2009 17:47:49 EST news162578834 Could a holiday in the sun reduce the risk of developing multiple sclerosis? In a recent review for F1000 Medicine Reports, Bridget Bagert and Dennis Bourdette highlight recent advances in potential treatments. http://www.physorg.com/news162553554.html Medicine & Health Tue, 26 May 2009 10:46:17 EST news162553554