http://ms.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2013-04-30T13:43:56Z Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:43:56 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/does-copaxone-cause-diarrhea.htm <p>It's time for another informal survey. I was interested to run across a forum where people were discussing diarrhea as a side effect of Copaxone.</p> <p>I have been on Copaxone for over seven years and can say that diarrhea was never one of my side effects. In one report of adverse events from the FDA, in&#160;9,277 patients taking Copaxone, 115 report diarrhea. This equals 1.24%</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/does-copaxone-cause-diarrhea.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/does-copaxone-cause-diarrhea.htm Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:55:00 +0000 2013-04-30T13:55:00Z http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/people-with-ms-use-alternative-and-complementary-medicine.htm <p>We already knew this was true. However, a&#160;questionnaire-based study among 3,800 people with MS in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland has further confirmed these results and given us a little more insight.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/people-with-ms-use-alternative-and-complementary-medicine.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/people-with-ms-use-alternative-and-complementary-medicine.htm Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:43:56 +0000 2013-04-30T13:43:56Z http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/a-quick-pronunciation-guide-to-some-ms-medications.htm <p>Back when there was Copaxone, Rebif, Avonex and Betaseron, things were pretty easy to pronounce (although my nurse kept referring to my "Copazone" injection when she was teaching me how to give myself a shot).</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/a-quick-pronunciation-guide-to-some-ms-medications.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/a-quick-pronunciation-guide-to-some-ms-medications.htm Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:29:52 +0000 2013-04-30T13:29:52Z http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/stem-cells-multiple-sclerosis-and-the-vatican.htm <p>With a title like that, I am pretty sure that most of you are expecting some bad news about somebody opposing the use of stem cells to treat MS. However, I bring you information that is quite the opposite.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/stem-cells-multiple-sclerosis-and-the-vatican.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/stem-cells-multiple-sclerosis-and-the-vatican.htm Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:04:12 +0000 2013-04-30T13:04:12Z http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/surviving-long-haul-flights-with-multiple-sclerosis.htm <p>Airline travel is not the most fun thing about a trip, especially when you are on the plane for many hours. I have been traveling internationally quite a bit recently and have figured out a couple of ways to make the situation not only bearable, but even relaxing and pleasant at times.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/surviving-long-haul-flights-with-multiple-sclerosis.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/surviving-long-haul-flights-with-multiple-sclerosis.htm Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:00:46 +0000 2013-04-30T13:00:46Z http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/do-your-allergies-make-your-ms-symptoms-feel-worse.htm <p>Allergies are strange things. When I was much younger, I was allergic to seemingly everything: cigarette smoke, pollen, dust. Then I went through two series of "allergy shots," injections to desensitize me to my main allergies, and things calmed down for the most part.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/do-your-allergies-make-your-ms-symptoms-feel-worse.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/do-your-allergies-make-your-ms-symptoms-feel-worse.htm Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:56:42 +0000 2013-04-30T12:56:42Z http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/michael-graves-and-his-work-for-disabled-people.htm <p>Many of us know Michael Graves' name as an architect. Perhaps even more know him as the one that gives the lovely and whimsical look to many of the products in Target.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/michael-graves-and-his-work-for-disabled-people.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://ms.about.com/b/2013/04/30/michael-graves-and-his-work-for-disabled-people.htm Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:55:16 +0000 2013-04-30T12:55:16Z http://ms.about.com/b/2013/03/31/salt-may-increase-risk-for-multiple-sclerosis.htm <p>Studies published in <em>Nature</em> describe data that seem to point to a link between sodium and the risk for developing autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis.</p> <p>The researchers found that people who ate fast food more than once a week had a higher number of TH17 cells than people who did not eat fast food. These TH17 cells usually help the body repair itself or fight disease, but it seems like salt may cause them to multiply too fast, at which point they attack the body's own tissues and cause autoimmune disease.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ms.about.com/b/2013/03/31/salt-may-increase-risk-for-multiple-sclerosis.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://ms.about.com/b/2013/03/31/salt-may-increase-risk-for-multiple-sclerosis.htm Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:36:36 +0000 2013-03-31T19:36:36Z http://ms.about.com/b/2013/03/31/bg-12-aka-tecfidera-approved-by-the-fda-as-an-oral-ms-treatment.htm <p>Tecfidera joins Aubagio (teriflunomide) and Gilenya (fingolimod) to become the third oral disease-modifying therapy for MS available in the US.</p> <p>Most common side effects from Tecfidera are &#160;flushing and gastrointestinal events, such as diarrhea, nausea and abdominal pain. These occurred in up to 60% of patients, however were usually pretty mild and only lasted a couple of weeks.&#160;Tecfidera has already been used for several years in Europe and other places to treat psoriasis.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ms.about.com/b/2013/03/31/bg-12-aka-tecfidera-approved-by-the-fda-as-an-oral-ms-treatment.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://ms.about.com/b/2013/03/31/bg-12-aka-tecfidera-approved-by-the-fda-as-an-oral-ms-treatment.htm Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:21:15 +0000 2013-03-31T19:21:15Z http://ms.about.com/b/2013/03/31/what-part-of-ms-causes-you-the-most-stress.htm <p>I think our stress around MS changes as time goes by. When I was first diagnosed, like many people, my first thoughts were about how bad this was going to get and how soon it was going to get bad. My main stress was about the impact that this would have on my future and how it would impact my dreams for myself.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ms.about.com/b/2013/03/31/what-part-of-ms-causes-you-the-most-stress.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://ms.about.com/b/2013/03/31/what-part-of-ms-causes-you-the-most-stress.htm Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:42:22 +0000 2013-03-31T18:42:22Z