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		<title>BG-12 &#8211; update</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had written about new MS drug discoveries last year in September ( http://sofija.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/ms-drug-discoveries/ ) where I briefly mentioned Biogen Idec&#8217;s BG-12 oral drug (among many others: ) for MS.
It now seems that the drug showed promising MRI results in MS patients with regards to being able to reduce inflammation and its potential neuroprotective abilities. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=296&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cannabis &amp; MS &#8211; more confirmation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article I saw last week (Medical News Today Dec. 4th) confirms the claims there have been around about the effect of Cannabis on MS patients..
It is highlighted that Cannabis reduces spasticity in MS patients: &#8220;the therapeutic potential of cannabinoids in MS is comprehensive and should be given considerable attention&#8220;.
you can follow the &#8216;Medical News [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=294&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cladribine news &#8211; timeline</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/cladribine-news-timeline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I read that Cladribine has not been granted a go ahead by the FDA in the US&#8230;so I thought I&#8217;d give a look at the process of my report on the drug from when it was first announced together with other potential future treatments last year. And this is how it started&#8230;
First in Sept [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=291&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MS &#8211; Anxious? Stressed out? Angry??</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/ms-anxious-stressed-out-angry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This one is interesting&#8230; I notice that maybe I am highly affected by stress, and maybe a bit more frustrated&#8230; but angry&#8230;? hmm&#8230;maybe I am withholding it?? : p
According to a study &#8211; to be published in the December issue of the European Journal of Neurology &#8211; people with MS feel more than twice as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=288&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CCSVI &#8211; more info</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/ccsvi-more-info/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when I thought that there was a question of yet another study done regarding husbands to women with MS &#8230;this wasn&#8217;t the case. The title in the Medical News Today article dated Nov 25th starts: &#8220;Husbands Studies&#8230;&#8221;&#8230; a tiny bit misleading maybe : ) but not really, as it relates to A particular husband [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=282&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MS &#8211; may be triggered by a common human bacteria..?</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/ms-may-be-triggered-by-a-common-human-bacteria/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medical News Today article (25 Nov 2009)
It seems research has found that an oral bacterium exacerbating autoimmune diseases. This research is yet to be published in the December 2009 issue of The American Journal of Pathology.
The bacterium in question is porphyromas gingivalis, a common oral bacterium in humans, which produces a unique type of lipid, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=280&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does Childbirth Slow MS&#8230;?</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/does-childbirth-slow-ms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pregnancy &#38; MS&#8230; a rather interesting notion.. there have been many reports on the fact that pregnant women with MS have no ‘attacks’ during&#8230; that is to say, they go into a state of remission while pregnant.. It is amazing how the body ‘naturally’ reacts to protecting both the child and mother during pregnancy.
On this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=277&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Experimental drug &#8211; a possible future treatment for MS&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/experimental-drug-a-possible-future-treatment-for-ms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is something I read last week (at Medical News Today 21 Nov 2009) but left it for a later update&#8230;
It is interesting as it is about a drug being studied as possible treatment for spinal injuries, in general, and for the treatment of MS in particular as well &#8212; states article.
This drug is said [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=272&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tysabri &#8212; a drug haunted by a deadly side effect or is it?</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/tysabri-a-drug-haunted-by-a-deadly-side-effect-or-is-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have come across a rather interesting and good article a few days ago, which covers all perspectives regarding the positives &#38; negatives about Tysabri / PML&#8230;.
It is rather interesting..and a bit long maybe but it sums up quite a few interesting insights. It starts by saying how PML went from being a rather unknown [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=257&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CCSVI discovery &#8212; a brief story of its background</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/ccsvi-discovery-a-brief-story-of-its-background/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One cannot ignore the fact that the research surrounding CCSVI and its benefits for patients with MS has received a lot of attention lately (prof. Zamboni&#8217;s research). So it came to my mind that I forgot to mention the reaction of my doctor at the news when I told her about this new discovery&#8230;”oh..but thats [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=249&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More good news on pregnancy &amp; MS</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/more-good-news-on-pregnancy-ms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medical News Today 19.11.2009:
Reassuring results for pregnant women with MS or those considering to get pregnant&#8230;
A new study shows that pregnant women with multiple sclerosis are only slightly more likely to have cesarean deliveries and babies with a poor prenatal growth rate than women who do not have MS. 
Plus, the women with MS were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=247&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More good news for MS in relation to vitamin D intake!</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/more-good-news-for-ms-in-relation-to-vitamin-d-intake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medical News Today reported on Nov 19th that vitamin D may play a role in preventing relapses for us MSers=)
I have already reported on other MS &#38; vitamin D research done where vitamin D has been shown to play a role in preventing MS. But this new research seems to show how it might also [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=244&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smoking influences the development of ALS&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/smoking-influences-the-development-of-als/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I&#8217;d bring this up as it relates to a type of sclerosis and smoking&#8230;and since smoking has been studied in relation to MS as well&#8230;
The article on Medical News Today (as always &#8211; in the MS section) dated Nov 18th also links ALS disease development to smoking. Smoking is indeed now seen as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=242&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NMO patients misdiagnosed with MS</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/nmo-patients-misdiagnosed-with-ms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article in Medical News Today dated November 13th reports that patients with NMO &#8211; Neuromyelitis Optica &#8211; may be misdiagnosed with MS due to lack of awareness about NMO within the medical community.
NMO is a rare and debilitating disease that attacks the optic nerves and spinal cord, often causing vision loss, paralysis of legs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=239&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Multiple Sclerosis World Map &#8211; update</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/ms-world-map-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have stumbled upon this new world map that shows the incidence of MS worldwide.
It is a more recent one (2001) compared to the one I referred to 2 years ago and which you can find on the link below.
http://sofija.wordpress.com/2007/01/12/multiple-sclerosis-world-map/

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		<title>Tysabri PML CASES JUMP!!</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/pml-cases-jump/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was shocked to discover that this was reported a week ago. As a Tysabri patient I&#8217;d say this new information is rather alarming&#8230;:S
And I quote:
Shares of Biogen Idec and its Irish partner Elan dropped this morning after European regulators said they are taking a new look at the risk and benefit of natalizumab (Tysabri) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=227&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to boost your brain&#8217;s functions ;o)</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/how-to-boost-your-brains-functions-o/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thought the brain&#8217;s functions start slowing down and maybe even declining once adulthood is reached..? Think again  )
Here is a statement from the article I read in Medical News Today (12.10.09). It refers to the research done:
&#8220;This provides, to the best of our knowledge, the first evidence for training-related changes in white-matter structure in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=222&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CCSVI in MS &#8211; new findings in the field!!</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/ccsvi-in-ms-new-findings-in-the-field/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
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I recently found something that amazed me&#8230; It was brought up during a meeting of experts in Bologna (Italy) on Sept. 8th this year. I&#8217;m herein quoting the first part of the press release:
Four main points concerning the relationship between CCSVI and MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS were covered by several experts at a Meeting in Bologna. All the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=219&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fingolimod Trials Update</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/fingolimod-trials-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news from a follow-up on the previously-mentioned fingolimod drug (from Medical News Today 1/10/09
Drug manufacturer Novartis has announced further results from its phase III study of the oral pill fingolimod (FTY-720) in people with relapsing remitting MS.
 
The results are from a two-year phase III study called FREEDOMS trial and show that the tablet [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=213&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lapacho/Taheebo Tea &amp; MS</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/lapachotaheebo-tea-ms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend has informed me about this tea yesterday. She said she read about it and found it rather interesting, due to its curing potential. I have done a bit of research on it but didn’t find any detailed information on its effect on MS but only that it has been used for MS too, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=211&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Killer research &amp; CNS repair in MS</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/natural-killer-research-cns-repair-in-ms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking at the studies covered in Medical News Today over the past ten days we could read about some promising general findings&#8230; 
 
The first one I’d like to bring up is the one published in the journal Nature Immunology, and it looks at a specific subset of immune cells called Natural Killer (NK) cells. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=207&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Neuropeptide Galanin &#8211; might limit MS disease severity</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/neuropeptide-galanin-might-limit-ms-disease-severity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know reading it through might be a bit confusing but I believe it is still another interesting and important discovery.
The neuropeptide galanin is widely distributed in the nervous system and levels are known to increase dramatically in response to injury. Galanin and galanin receptors have recently been shown to be overexpressed in some brain [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=205&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>JC Virus &#8211; PML &amp; MS patients taking Tysabri</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/jc-virus-pml-ms-patients-taking-tysabri/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  
 
From Medical News Today dated: Sep.11th.09
A very interesting discovery&#8230; that might help better understand and hopefully prevent the development of PML in MS patients using Tysabri.


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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=202&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Predict (the course of) MS &#8211; with a blood test!</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/09/05/predictms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medical News Today Sept. 1st 2009
This article talks about an interesting discovery that might not only be able to predict the development of MS but also its future course!!
Scientists have discovered a blood test that could predict the course of MS, or even indicate who is likely to develop the condition after a first MS-like attack.
The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=200&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smoking May Worsen MS &#8211; study shows&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/09/05/smoking-may-worsen-ms-study-shows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has long been known that smoking is no good for the health but various research has now managed to prove that it also badly affects MS patients!
Indeed, it may increase the number of lesions and reduce brain volume in people with MS and it may also increase their disability and the progression of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=198&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Study shows Lisinopril good for MS</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/09/05/study-shows-lisinopril-good-for-ms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is an article from the Medical News Today site (Published first Aug.18 and then Aug. 20th/09)
It is interesting&#8230;as it is yet another drug that is being used for treating something else, seems to actually help MS too&#8230;
&#8220;Drug Used For High Blood Pressure Shows Benefits In Treating MS-like Disease In Mice&#8221;
Researchers funded in part by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=195&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More encouraging news for the future of MS!!!</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/more-encouraging-news-for-the-future-of-ms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This news is also taken from Medical News Today (dated Aug. 15th 2009), which states the source as coming from &#8220;Hard to Treat Diseases Inc.&#8221;&#8230; and it relates to the news I wrote in my previous post (the GIFT15 discovery).
Hard to Treat Diseases, Inc. (HTDS:PK), announced that there is great progress being made with the experimental [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=190&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GIFT15 &#8211; a Jekyll &amp; Hyde approach to MS &#8211; new treatment hope!!! :)</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/gift15-a-jekyll-and-hyde-approach-to-ms-new-treatment-hope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Researchers at the Jewish General Hospital Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and McGill University in Montreal claim to have discovered a new experimental treatment for MS which is able to completely reverses the devastating autoimmune disorder in mice, and might work exactly the same way in humans!!!!!!



Article from Medical News Today dated August 12th [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=187&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MS oral disease modifying drug soon available in Europe!!!</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/ms-oral-disease-modifying-drug-soon-available-in-europe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medical News Today (27.07.2009):
Merck Serono announced that it is seeking a European license for cladribine, its oral therapy that is in late-stage clinical trials for relapsing remitting MS.
The announcement comes after results of a phase III clinical trial were reported in April at the annual American Academy of Neurology meeting in Seattle Washington.
If the application [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=180&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pioglitazone, a diabetes drug, may be beneficial for MS patients</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/pioglitazone-a-diabetis-drug-may-be-beneficial-for-ms-patients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yet more links between diabetes drugs and MS, as I mentioned in some of my previous posts. The amount of people tested was little but still&#8230; this drug might have some potential.
A small trial testing the benefits in multiple sclerosis (MS) of a drug used to treat type II diabetes, in combination with beta-interferon-1a, has been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=175&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tysabri &#8211; 11th case of PML!</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/tysabri-11th-case-of-pml/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yet again, from Medical News Today, today&#8217;s news:
An 11th patient taking Biogen Idec&#8217;s multiple sclerosis (MS) drug Tysabri has developed a potentially deadly brain infection.
In the latest confirmed case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, or PML, the patient took Tysabri for 29 doses, continuing the trend of the last six reported cases of the infection, where [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=173&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tysabri update &#8211; additional good news!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another encouraging news regarding Tysabri   taken from the Medical News Today (July 4th 2009) link:
Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) announced results of a study demonstrating that TYSABRI® (natalizumab) promoted regeneration and stabilization of damage done to the myelin sheath, as measured by advanced MRI technology. Damage to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=171&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>History of MS &amp; understanding of the disease</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/history-of-ms-medicines-understanding-of-the-disease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
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After having done some research on the disease&#8217;s history&#8230;this is what I found, interesting:
 
Mulitple Sclerosis Historical Facts
 
1400 &#8212; the earliest written record of someone with MS-like symptoms was Lydwina of Schieden, Dutch patron Saint of Ice Skaters.
 
1838 &#8212; medical drawings clearly show what we today recognize as MS, but 19th Century doctors did not understand [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=165&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fingolimod and Cladribine: Show promising clinical trial results for MS therapy</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/fingolimod-and-cladribine-show-promising-clinical-trial-results-for-ms-therapy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I previously mentioned under the post &#8216;new MS drug discoveries&#8217; (Sept. 11, 2008) how oral treatments for MS are to be released within the next six months&#8230; 
Well here is what I just found is being done&#8230; (as reported in &#8216;Medical News Today&#8217;  
The results of current clinical trials on new substances for MS therapy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=162&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stem cells &amp; MS &#8211; research update</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/stem-cells-ms-research-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey there!
here is an &#8216;update&#8217; (as always from Medical News Today) on the stem cells post I posted on February 9th this year.
 
Bone marrow stem cell transplants used to reset the immune system and reverse the symptoms of MS!! The researchers claim that this additional piece of research provides another piece of evidence on what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=160&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Post-partum breast feeding &amp; MS</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/post-partum-breast-feeding-ms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From: Medical News Today 09.06.09 &#38; 12.06.09.
 
Women with multiple sclerosis who breastfeed exclusively for at least two months appear less likely to experience a relapse within a year after their baby&#8217;s birth, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the August print issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=158&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hydrangea root treatment for MS &amp; other autoimmune diseases</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/hydrangea-root-treatment-for-ms-other-autoimmune-diseases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is another promising study for the treatment of MS published in Medical News Today (June 5&#38;6 2009):
US researchers found that a drug made from the root of the hydrangea plant, which has for centuries been used in Chinese medicine, showed promising results in treating autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=156&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A diabetes drug helps MS</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/a-diabetes-drug-helps-ms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 20:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[and yet again&#8230; a drug that wasn&#8217;t meant for treatment of MS seems to have a positive effect on MS! 
from the Medical News Today link (news dates 27.5.2009): 
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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=154&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>May 27th WORLD MS DAY!</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/may-27th-world-ms-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 22:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[hi all!
hope you get/got to celebrate this day! think about all the progresses we&#8217;ve had so far and never give up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJzyfR6dbT8 
http://www.worldmsday.org
best!
S
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		<title>Cholesterol may protect from MS disability&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/cholesterol-may-protect-from-ms-disability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sounds like an interesting connection&#8230; will make sure I ask my doctor about my cholesterol level next time I see him..I am taking fish oil (omega-3) supplements anyways..but still..curious about this connection between cholesterol &#38; MS
Reuters, 28.04.2009 - By Megan Rauscher
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) &#8211; High levels of HDL (&#8220;good&#8221;) cholesterol may help protect against disabilities related [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=148&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CANCER PILL &amp; MS!!</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/cancer-pill-ms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[this is taken from bbc.co.uk dating April 29th &#8216;09&#8230; it is rather interesting&#8230; yet again there seems to be a connection between cancer &#38; MS&#8230;promising   (similar to my post on leukemia &#38; MS on Oct. 24th 2008&#8230;)
Cancer pill &#8216;offers MS benefits&#8217; 
 The drug would be in tablet form Courses of a common [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=145&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vitamin D link to MS&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/vitamin-d-link-to-ms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  
The first two paragraphs are from Medical News Today (found under &#8216;links&#8217;) and the last one is from the UK&#8217;s Telegraph (link provided here).
Interesting connection&#8230;my diagnose came after I moved from &#8217;sunny&#8217; &#8211; tropical climate to Scandinavia&#8230;hm&#8230; wonder if my mother was not consuming &#8216;enough&#8217; D vitamins during pregnancy..? :p
Vitamin D And Gene [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=141&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New drug &#8211; better walking ability for MS patients!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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Improvement Of Walking Ability In People With Multiple Sclerosis &#8211; Acorda Therapeutics Submits New Drug Application For Fampridine-SR (February 03.2009 &#8211; Medical News Today)

A new drug has been developed to improve the walking abilities in people with MS!! We all know that walking impairment is one of the most pervasive and alarming aspects of MS [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=138&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stem cells &#8216;reverse&#8217; MS !?!?</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/stem-cells-reverse-ms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yet again..an encouraging news!! (I know..it came out January 30th but I just found the time to put it on now..so forgive me for the delay:)
“Stem cell transplants could provide a cure for multiple sclerosis”, The Sun reported. It said that in a recent trial of 21 patients with MS, 17 had shown improvement three [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=132&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No more injections for MS patients..? nice :o)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Interferon formulations promise to eliminate injections in MS treatment.
This is great news for all of us &#8220;needle-lovers&#8221;  )
 
Nerveda Inc. and Aegis Therapeutics LLC announced on January 12th 2009 the preclinical results from their joint collaboration aimed at developing non-injectable formulations of the beta-interferons.
 The beta interferons, beta-1a (tradename Rebif(R)), and beta 1b [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=123&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My MS update&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ About a month ago I received great news about my progress with MS. I have done an MRI scan as part of the “evaluation” for the Tysabri treatment… and the results were great     Three years ago I had 13 lesions, 3 of which were active… this time.. I had less [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=116&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leukemia drug &amp; MS!</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2008/10/24/leukemia-drug-ms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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The work is still at an early stage but Alemtuzumab appears to stop progression of MS in patients with early stage active relapsing-remitting MS.
However, it can produce potentially serious side-effects, they warn! In particular low platelets, which can cause bleeding and unfortunately one patient in study II died.
Alemtuzumab &#8211; a type of drug known [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=111&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NEW MS drug discoveries!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Summary from CNS Drug Discoveries &#8211; focus on the multiple sclerosis market.
 
With the launch of up to 12 new disease-modifying agents, three vaccines and one novel drug designed to treat the symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) and improve quality of life, the MS market is in an exciting phase of evolution.
The MS market [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=105&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New &#8216;wheelchair&#8217;&#8230;that is..an alternative..</title>
		<link>http://sofija.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/new-wheelchairthat-isan-alternative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this yesterday on TV..and I was really pleased to hear about this invention.. here is the news from BBC.. the video can be found here:robo-skeleton

Robo-skeleton lets paralysed walk

 





Radi Kaiof has been paralysed for the last 20 years





 
A robotic suit is helping people paralysed from the waist down do what was previously [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=103&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New PML cases &#8211; a total of only 5 so far..</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medical News Today
Dated: Aug 04th 2008.
A report from Biogen Idec has confirmed two further cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the EU.
The first person had an aggressive form of MS and had been taking Tysabri for approximately 17 months. They are now in a stable condition at home. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sofija.wordpress.com&blog=657205&post=101&subd=sofija&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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