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Thank Goodness I Was Smart Enough to Know My Body – Something Was Not RIGHT!!

The following article was originally published on MultipleSclerosis.net: I was always a very active business owner, running a retail store, working 60-70 hours a week. As a young woman, I used to r...

‘Miracle’ Stem Cell Therapy Reverses Multiple Sclerosis

A pioneering new stem cell treatment is allowing multiple sclerosis sufferers to walk, run and even dance again, in results branded ‘miraculous’ by doctors. Patients who have been wheelchair-bound ...

Women with Multiple Sclerosis May Have Lower Levels of Anti-Inflammatory Antioxidants And Nutrients

Compared to healthy people, women with multiple sclerosis (MS) may have inferior levels of certain antioxidants and nutrients with anti-inflammatory properties, including vitamin E and folate, acco...

Personal Stories: Kellen Prouse

Diagnosed with MS in 2010, things went downhill quickly. A short six months after diagnosis I couldn’t walk, see or feel much of anything. I was commuting daily to Seattle on the Ferry and was stru...

Comrades in Chronic Illness: Searching to Live a Quality Life

I became the poster child of the non-compliant patient and found myself in intensive care for the 2 nd time in less than 12 months. My doctor had prescribed suppository medication to treat my Crohn...

Personal Stories: Leticia

I am a 39 yr old woman with a 21 year old daughter whom I love to pieces - She makes me very proud. I have a partner that I have been with for 3 years. I was diagnosed June of 2014, even though I ...

New Drug Helping Patients Diagnosed With Multiple Sclerosis

There are 400,000 to 500,000 Americans are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. For some, the traditional arsenal of drugs isn't working. That's why a drug, approved in December 2014 is being welcome...

Approved Drug Boosts Myelination; May Help Treat Multiple Sclerosis

Preclinical Study Shows Promising Outcome The preclinical study shows that the anti-muscarinic drug, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat overactive bladder, can boost myelina...

MS Mom Defies Odds Via Workouts, Bodybuilding

There are about 10,000 people living in Maryland with multiple sclerosis, a disease in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system. The cause is unknown and the disease is unpredict...

Let There be Light: The Importance of Sunshine

One of the most talked-about nutrients, vitamin D, doesn’t act like a vitamin at all — it works like a hormone. The term “vitamin” implies something essential that must come from our food, but we c...