multiple sclerosis

  1. Sly Saint

    How sexism is hindering medical research - Brisbane times Naomi Chainey

    The author has ME. " 6 February 2018 — 11:00pm As recently as 1921, MS (multiple sclerosis) was erroneously considered more common in men. By the late 1940s, a more even gender split was presumed. By 1960 it was posited that women might actually be slightly more prone to the condition. With the...
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  2. MSEsperanza

    A better example for patient advocacy re fatigue from a German patient organisation -- for Multiple Sclerosis

    Lacking the resources to write more -- just would like to let you know how the German Patient Organisation for MS "AMSEL" handles the issue of false (psycho-) perceptions of illness related fatigue. Apologies for the Google translation (always funny though) - hope the key message is not lost...
  3. Andy

    Cognitive behavioural therapy for MS-related fatigue explained: A longitudinal mediation analysis, 2018, van den Akker et al

    Paywalled at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022399917304361
  4. Andy

    Prevalence of and risk factors for severe cognitive and sleep symptoms in ME/CFS and MS, 2017, Nacul et al

    From Jun 2017 Full text at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5477754/
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    • 2017 cognition me/cfs multiple sclerosis nacul paper sleep
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    • Forum: ME/CFS research
  5. wastwater

    FOX genes

    foxp3 is relevant for MS could other fox genes be relevant for me/cfs I never see this mentioned and think it might be worth a look https://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com/2017/07/07/foxp3-gene-mutations-may-cause-aggressive-immune-system-responses-in-multiple-sclerosis-other-diseases/...
  6. Marco

    The Dopamine Imbalance Hypothesis of Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis

    For those interested in these things this is a useful review (and hypothesis) of possible mechanisms for 'central fatigue' in MS and other neurological disorders (full paper). Not directly relevant to ME/CFS although several ME/CFS studies are referenced. Possibly the most interesting (and...
  7. Webdog

    Common acne medication offers new treatment for multiple sclerosis

    This article was from a few months ago, but I just saw it. It's about multiple sclerosis, but perhaps something useful can be gleaned from it. Original article: http://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1608889 Is anyone aware of any minocycline studies for ME/CFS?
  8. Sasha

    Physiological measures in participants with CFS, multiple sclerosis and healthy controls following repeated exercise, 2017, Hodges et al

    Published back in August but I didn't notice it then. Small pilot study. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/cpf.12460/abstract
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    • 2017 cpet exercise exercise physiology hodges me/cfs multiple sclerosis new zealand nielsen paper
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    • Forum: ME/CFS research
  9. Cheesus

    Doctors trial immune therapy used in MS to treat schizophrenia

    https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/nov/03/radical-new-approach-to-schizophrenia-treatment-begins-trial
  10. Andy

    Computer Simulation Suggests Multiple Sclerosis is a Single Disease

    Just thought this was interesting. http://neurosciencenews.com/multiple-sclerosis-computer-simulation-7828/ Full open access at http://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005757
  11. Adrian

    Public Allergy Drug Improves Function in Patients with Chronic Injury from Multiple Sclerosis

    e I don't think this has much interest for ME because they are talking about repairing Myelin. But I think it is a good example of drug re purposing. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2017/10/408646/allergy-drug-improves-function-patients-chronic-injury-multiple-sclerosis
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