Links - MS Related News

Tysabri and PML update with risk factors - 372 PML cases with Tysabri use worldwide with 85 patients dying, interesting reading and slide show: http://multiple-sclerosis-research.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/natalizumab-pml-update-june-2013.html
Interesting research on the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), it seems immune response to EBV go hand in hand with relapses: http://www.msdiscovery.org/news/new_findings/6069-ebb-and-flow-ebv
Great, just what all of us on Tysabri want to hear!  Bet the pharmaceutical compant is rubbing its hands together: http://www.overcomingmultiplesclerosis.org/News-And-Events/Whats-New-Out-There/Detail/Severe+rebound+disease+activity+after+stopping+Tysabri+despite+Gilenya+and+steroids/
A short article about reducing your risk of MS through by paying attention to four risk factors: http: http://www.overcomingmultiplesclerosis.org/News-And-Events/Whats-New-Out-There/Detail/MS+largely+preventable+with+attention+to+modifiable+risk+factors/
Abstract of the below study, which showed decreased lesion activity in those in stres management therapy: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22786596 
Stress management minimising brain lesion activity in MS, not great news for a stress head like me, but highly motivating indeed: http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/07/15/stress-management-prevents-brain-lesions-in-multiple-sclerosis/41683.html
"Month of birth, Vitamin D and risk of immune mediated disease: A case control study", it's just a short abstract, but an interesting angle: http://www.msif.org/en/research/ms_research_news/month_of_birth.html
Really interesting paper on state of play regarding MS cures and prognosis: http://www.mscenter.org/images/stories/InforMSFall2010lowres.pdf
The geography of MS.  I just got lucky I guess: http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseaction/show/pageid/2325

Purple fruits may help ward off MS by bounding iron: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101208083541.htm 

Chronic Cebebrospinal Venous Insuffiency (CCSVI) and it's involement in MS - sounds interesting, but as the cause, unlikely... I'll back consequence or contributing factor: http://www.npr.org/2011/01/31/133247319/doctor-challenges-cause-of-ms-and-treatment

Unfortunately having MS doesn't make you exempt from other diseases: http://www.msif.org/en/research/ms_research_news/cancer_and_multi.html

Low vitamin D levels = increased risk of relapses in childhood onset MS patients.  Will vitamin D supplements alter the course of MS in people who already have the disease?  Seems so simple, so I hope the answer is yes: http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2010/01/4346/low-vitamin-d-levels-are-associated-greater-risk-relapse-childho

Which vitamin D to use as your supplement?  Vitamin D3 or vitamin D2... not so confusing: http://www.blackmores.com.au/wellbeing-blog/vitamin-d2-or-d3 

This is a YouTube video from Montel Williams entitled, "MS Picked the Wrong Person"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2IX0LtLoeM&feature=share 

A good explanation 0f Non-Embryonic Stem Cells and MS: https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:31451.9411637987/rid:17c13a38f03fae92dd161b304963b4ef 

Common Virus Plus Low Sunlight Exposure May Increase Risk of Multiple Sclerosis: http://www.msfocus.org/news-details.aspx?newsID=95

Maybe I just hit the jackpot again via being born into this world by c.section...ceasarean section may increase the risk of MS: http://www.msif.org/en/research/ms_research_news/ceasarean_delive.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21982872

Here is a new MS theory for you... MS is a disease of fat metabolism: http://www.overcomingmultiplesclerosis.org/News-And-Events/Whats-New-Out-There/Detail/New+theory:+MS+is+a+disease+of+fat+metabolism+like+heart+disease/ 

Want to read the original Swank paper from the Lancet published in 1990 (press the download PDF File to access)? http://www.overcomingmultiplesclerosis.org/News-And-Events/Whats-New-Out-There/Detail/For+those+who+have+never+read+Swank%27s+paper+in+the+Lancet/

Advances in MS for 2011 (press the download PDF File to access): http://www.overcomingmultiplesclerosis.org/News-And-Events/Whats-New-Out-There/Detail/Lancet+Neurology+rounds+up+advances+in+MS+in+2011/