Research Day, Energising Nerves-Football, Fashion and Burgers

Today we have Marija Sajic from UCLP talking about energy and the nerves. This forms the basis for some of the later clinical trials We are ...

Research: oligoclonal bands in CIS increase your risk of conversion to MS

Epub : Dobson R, Ramagopalan S, Davis A, Giovannoni G. Cerebrospinal fluid oligoclonal bands in multiple sclerosis and clinically isolated s...

Research Promoting Remyelination

Salehi Z, Hadiyan SP, Navidi R. Neurotrophic Factor Role in Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Expression in Cuprizone-Induced Multiple Sc...

No Association with Vitamin D Gene

Ban M, Caillier S, Mero IL, Myhr KM, Celius EG, Aarseth J, Torkildsen O, Harbo HF, Oksenberg J, Hauser SL, Sawcer S, Compston A. No evidence...

Unrelated Blogger Comments-March 2013

Sometimes you want to say something that is unrelated to the threads. This is a spot for You. Previous comments can be got at on the posts o...

Research: new assay for JC Virus

# MSBlog : Has your JC virus serological test flipped from being negative to positive? It may be due to the increased sensitivity of the new...

Team G News

We had a visitor come to the Blizard Today. She was dressed in strange a coloured Lab Outfit Can you Guess Who? Sam from Team G was caught o...

Research. Walking Test. Confounding the Neuro

Epub : Larson et al.  Repeatability of the timed 25-foot walk test for individuals with multiple sclerosis.  Clin Rehabil. 2013 Feb. Objecti...

Cognitive slowing and falls

Epub :  Sosnoff et al.  Cognitive Processing Speed is Related to Fall Frequency in Older Adults with Multiple Sclerosis.   Arch Phys Med Reh...

Research Day Talk -Spasticity

Today it is Dr Rachell Farrell t alking about spasticity.

Neurologists and Msers do not see eye to eye; why?

#MSBlog : Does your neurologist belong the www.non-patronising_doctors.org?  Kremenchutzky and Walt. Perceptions of Health Status in Multipl...

Research Day Introduction. Prof G Outs MD & MD2

Today we have Prof G Doing the Introduction for the Research Day

Taking time to plan

Epub : Owens et al.  Difficulties in Planning Among Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A Relative Consequence of Deficits in Information Proc...

Question Time

Well that is it for this round of Question Time this time round. Maybe we will do another one.  We have to thank the panel for being brave e...

The Cost of MS in the USA

Adelman G, Rane SG, Villa KF. The cost burden of multiple sclerosis in the United States: a systematic review of the literature. J Med Econ....

Natalizumab PML & safety update January 2013

#MSBlog : As of the 2 January 2013 there have been 323 confirmed cases of natalizumab-associated PML. "If you are on Natalizumab we wou...

Research predicting your MS course

#MSBlog : A patient-related disability outcome measure (PROM) that has been normalised to a population of MSers. This will allow you to asse...

Hedgehog

We have got a new voodoo doll called "Hedgehog", so when the  trolls and insults arrive rather than bite, we have been asked by ...

Research Firategrast-Tysabri in a Pill

Leukocyte counts in cerebrospinal fluid and blood following firategrast treatment in subjects with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis. ...

Research day Question Time-Question#7

The seventh and last Question of Question Time filmed for the MS Blog at the Research Day February 2013.  Question 7. " Will there be a...

Google Glass: any ideas how we can use this technology for MSers?

"Google Glass is the next gizmo that will be arriving from Google. I can think of a dozen ways that it could help improve MSers lives. ...

Reflexology. no proven value

Epub : Miller et al. Evaluation of the effects of reflexology on quality of life and symptomatic relief in multiple sclerosis patients with ...

Combining glatiramer acetate with interferon-beta offers no merit

Epub : Lublin et al; for the CombiRx Investigators. Randomized study combining interferon & glatiramer acetate in multiple sclerosis. A...

Some Fun for Sunday

A new way to learn about nerves. I suppose Rap isn't always bad

Research Day Question Time: Question #6

The sixth Question of Question Time filmed for the MS Blog at the Research Day February 2013.  Question 6 : "Is the use of a low fat di...

Case report: nipping PML in the bud

#MSBlog : If you are natalizumab, or Tysabri, and are worried about PML this post if for you! Epub : Lindå H, von Heijne A. Presymptomatic d...

CCSVI monthly update: February 2013

Epub: Imperiale et al. Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis: A sonographer-blinded case-control study. Clin Neu...