Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Multiple sclerosis (MS), also known as "disseminated sclerosis" or "encephalomyelitis disseminata", is an inflammatory disease in which the fatty myelin sheaths around the axons of the brain and spinal cord are damaged, leading to demyelination and scarring as well as a broad spectrum of signs and symptoms.
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Cannabis capsules failed to slow the progression of multiple sclerosis in a large British study, dealing a blow to hopes that the drug could provide long-term benefits for patients with the debilitating nerve disease.
Despite promising signs in earlier, shorter studies, researchers found patients who took capsules containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a key active ingredient in cannabis, fared no better than those given a placebo.The finding is a disappointment for researchers who thought cannabis might provide a viable therapy in the disease's secondary progressive stage, when patients have few treatment options.Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients were assessed in the trial known as CUPID (cannabinoid use in progressive inflammatory brain disease) on both a disability scale administered by neurologists and another based on their own reporting."Overall the study found no evidence to support an effect of THC on MS progression in either of the main outcomes," researchers led by John Zajicek...People who get shingles are more likely to also develop multiple sclerosis , according to a study in Taiwan .Researchers found that people who developed shingles had...
No one is sure what causes multiple sclerosis , but a preliminary study out Monday hints that a combination of low sun exposure and the "kissing disease" mononucleos...
Biogen Idec Inc.'s oral drug for multiple sclerosis showed success in the first of two large clinical trials , moving the company closer to gaining a foothold in an ...
For several months each year, Dr. Joe Tafur works in a family medical clinic in Arizona, practicing conventional medicine. The rest of the year, he's south of the bo...
A multiple sclerosis drug made by industry giant Novartis is under investigation after at least 11 patients taking the medicine died.The drug, Gilenya, was licensed ...
Despite a few well-publicized studies and many hopeful patients waiting for treatment, there is no good evidence that multiple sclerosis , or MS, is caused by a bloo...
Some studies have suggested that breastfeeding might offer women with multiple sclerosis a way to prevent symptom flare-ups after childbirth. But new findings refute...
For people suffering from debilitating autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis , there is growing evidence that help may be at hand from an unusual source: p...
A finalist from the television show "So You Think You Can Dance" has announced she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS).Courtney Galiano from Dix Hills, N...
According to the Parkinson's Disease Foundation, nearly one million Americans are living with Parkinson's disease.Legendary boxing champion Mohammad Ali is one of th...
Angeline Chilton says she can't drive unless she smokes pot.The suburban Denver woman uses medical marijuana to ease multiple sclerosis symptoms and says she'd never...
A Texas agency will vote Friday on whether to enact new rules that would make it easier for doctors to offer experimental treatments using adult stem cells without f...
Sanofi reported positive results from a late-stage trial of its Aubagio multiple sclerosis drug, bolstering its chances of approval by regulators as it seeks to catc...
People with multiple sclerosis have long said that smoking marijuana helps ease their painful muscle cramping. And a new clinical trial suggests they are not just bl...
Health regulators said on Monday they could not definitively link Novartis AG's multiple sclerosis pill Gilenya with the deaths of people who took the drug.The Food ...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease in which a body’s immune cells mistakenly attack myelin — a protective sheath around nerve cells in the brain...
Novartis said Friday a patient treated with its multiple sclerosis (MS) pill Gilenya was diagnosed with a rare and often fatal brain disease.The Swiss drugmaker said...
Europe's drug regulator said it is reviewing the "benefits and risks" of Novartis' multiple-sclerosis drug Gilenya and recommended that doctors closely monitor the h...
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