Category Archives: MS Treatment

ABC Joshua Turner with his mum Kate, who has fought to get financial support for his medical needs. A South Australian mother has lobbied the State Government for support so her eight-year-old son can travel interstate for medical treatment that could save his foot from being amputated. Kate Turner said her son Joshua had been denied access to the patient assistance transport scheme despite having a rare disease called arteriovenous malformation. "He has been on pain-killing medication for close to three years before he had surgery," Ms Turner told 891 ABC Adelaide. "He struggles with pain. He can't run around with his peers. He just loves football and the Crows and just wants to kick a football with his mates at school and just can't." Ms Turner said doctors had told the family the boy's foot might need to be amputated without specialist treatment, which was available interstate. She said financial support was the only way the family could afford the recommended medical option, but the State Government had ruled Joshua ineligible. "They're saying travelling to Melbourne for the only treatment that could save my son's foot is 'seeking a second opinion' [and] it means they won't allow us into … Continue reading →

Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Newswise DALLAS, Sept. 23, 2014 In 1945, a woman wrote a classified ad in The New York Times seeking one thing: hope. The ad penned by then-29-year-old Sylvia Lawry asked survivors of a certain disease to come forward and share their stories. It read: Multiple Sclerosis. Will anyone recovered from it please communicate with patient. At the time, Sylvias brother had been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) a crippling disease that affects the nerves and she wanted needed someone to tell her that her brother would live. She did not get that answer, but she received more than 50 responses from MS patients who asked the same question for themselves. As a result, Sylvia Lawry became an advocate for MS and founded the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, which has inspired research for the disease that affects more than 400,000 people in the United States. Baylor investigators are among those whose research has significantly helped individuals, like the Lawrys, find the hope they so desperately need. Testing an MS Vaccine Thanks to new insights related to dendritic cell vaccines, researchers are investigating a potential vaccine for MS treatment and prevention at the Baylor Institute … Continue reading →

TIME U.S. Military WikiLeaks Source Chelsea Manning Sues Govt Over Hormone Treatment Request Artist rendering of how Chelsea Manning sees herself. Alicia NealChelsea Manning Support Network Manning was diagnosed by military doctors with gender dysphoria after her arrest Chelsea Manning, who is serving a 35-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth military prison for leaking classified government documents to WikiLeaks, has sued U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel over the governments refusal to pay for gender reassignment treatment. The government continues to deny Ms. Mannings access to necessary medical treatment for gender dysphoria, without which she will continue to suffer severe psychological harms, Chase Strangio, an ACLU attorney and co-counsel with Mannings long-term civilian lawyer David Coombs, said in a statement. Such clear disregard of well-established medical protocols constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. Manning first expressed her intent to live as a woman before she was arrested in 2010 for perpetrating what at the time was the largest leak of classified information in American history. Since her arrest, she has been diagnosed by military doctors with gender dysphoria, the term used by the medical community to describe someone who does not identify with the physical gender he or she was assigned at birth. … Continue reading →

Tulsa, OK (PRWEB) September 24, 2014 Arch Miller, MS, MD, FACS, FAAP, a board-certified plastic surgeon is the first physician in the state to offer UltraShape, a revolutionary treatment recently FDA cleared for Fat Cell Destruction. The UltraShape System developed by medical device leader Syneron Candela is the first and only non-invasive fat reduction treatment that uses pulsed focused ultrasound to immediately and comfortably destroy fat cells, resulting in measurable outcomes in as little as two weeks. The UltraShape device works by emitting waves of focused pulsed ultrasonic energy, converging at a closely confined area where patients want to target stubborn fat. Ultrasound is comfortably delivered to the treatment area, while keeping surrounding tissue, nerves and muscles intact and undamaged. Fat cells are destroyed and eliminated by the bodys natural processes as soon as two weeks after treatment, causing a very visible and immediate reduction. "One significant benefit of UltraShape is that we can customize the treatment with extra-ordinary accuracy to target and destroy fat cells immediately meeting each patients goals, states Dr. Miller. Unlike traditional ultrasound technology, UltraShape distributes energy in pulses rather than in a single continuous delivery which can be painful. Nothing works faster than UltraShape to … Continue reading →

Sept. 17, 2014, 5:09 p.m. ALBION Park Rails Troy Eccleston and his partner Ainslie Sackey have reached their ambitious fundraising target of $70,000 that will allow Troy to travel to Russia for month-long treatment in Russia. Ainslie Sackey and Troy Eccleston with the patchwork quilt they were presented with by their supporters at Albion Park Community Centre. ALBION Park Rails Troy Eccleston and his partner Ainslie Sackey have reached their ambitious fundraising target of $70,000 that will allow Troy to travel to Russia for month-long treatment in Russia. The Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation treatment (HSCT) will hopefully transform Troys Multiple (MS) which has slowly eroded his quality of life over the past few years. Troy will receive his treatment from Dr Dennis Federenko at Pirigovs National Surgical Medical Centre in Moscow and will be one of eight Australians getting treatment at the centre. I just want to be able to get out of the wheelchair again and even if I can back to using a walking stick it will make a massive difference at the moment I either sit here on the lounge or rely on Ainslie to get me into the wheelchair, Eccleston said. We are just so appreciative … Continue reading →

Zephyr/SPL New drugs for multiple sclerosis are of no use in treating the disease's progressive form. When Carol Steinberg was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 1995, there was only one drug approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat the disease. Now there are eleven. Yet none of these agents can help Steinberg. She suffers from progressive MS, a form of the disease that is characterized by steadily worsening neurological function. All eleven approved drugs combat the unpredictable symptom outbreaks that are associated with the relapsingremitting form of MS. Around 85% of newly diagnosed patients have the relapsingremitting form; after 10 to 20 years, most of them develop the progressive type. The lack of good treatment options for progressive MS weighs heavily on Steinberg. She uses a wheelchair, but continues to work as a trial lawyer in Newton, Massachusetts. Im constantly afraid of my disease getting worse, she says. A global initiative called the Progressive MS Alliance now hopes to kick-start the development of therapies specifically for Steinberg and the million or so people worldwide living with progressive MS. On 11 September, at a joint meeting of the European and Americas Committees for Treatment and Research in … Continue reading →

Multiple sclerosis symptoms introduction Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease that attacks myelinated axons in the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system), damaging or destroying the myelin and/or the axons (nerve tissue). The disease is often slowly progressive over many years (about 25 years) and is most commonly diagnosed in females ages 20 to 40 but may occur at any age and both genders. Individuals often suffer intermittent attacks followed by periods of symptom remissions. Attacks can last for days or months at a time followed by remissions; some individuals however, may continue to get worse without periods of remission. The goal of this article is to present and introduction to the various symptoms and treatments that can arise in individuals with multiple sclerosis. Because the autoimmune inflammatory may attack some of the myelinated axons in the central nervous system almost anywhere, the location (and severity) of each attack can be different. Consequently, the symptoms of a MS attack may be quite variable from patient to patient and can appear almost anywhere in the body. The usual first sign and symptom is often a change in sensory perception (paresthesias) almost anywhere in the body. Other early common … Continue reading →

For the first time, a generic version of a popular drug for multiple sclerosis (MS) was found to be safe and effective which may set precedent for generic drug development for MS patients. In new trial results presented Friday morning by the Cleveland Clinic, researchers studied a group of 735 patients with relapsing-remitting MS for nine months. The double-blind trial compared the popular MS drug Copaxone with a generic version. In both treatment groups, a comparable number of patients were free from disease activity and the disability was stable. Currently, there are no generic drugs available for patients with MS. According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, relapsing-remitting MS is a form of the central nervous system disorder characterized by clearly defined attacks of worsening neurologic function. Patients experience attacks, often called relapses, followed by partial or complete recovery periods, or remissions. About 85 percent of MS patients are initially diagnosed with this form of the disease, compared to 10 to 15 percent who have progressive forms. Copaxone works by tricking the immune system into not attacking the nervous system, which is one of the characteristics of MS. The medication has been effective and well-tolerated, but while it controls the … Continue reading →

The death of Ms Dhu - a22-year-old Aboriginal woman who died in police custody in Western Australia - has sparked community outrage. However, those familiar with this country's dismal record of deaths in custody will not be surprised by the disturbing similarities between Ms Dhu's death and many deaths before hers. The key questions being asked about the circumstances ofMs Dhu's death concern why she was imprisoned for such an apparently minor offence as unpaid fines and why she was twice taken for medical attention but deemed fit for continued incarceration, despite reportedly begging to be hospitalised. Similar questions were asked by the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody more than 20 years ago. And they have been repeated at dozens of inquests into deaths in custody since. Advertisement Could Ms Dhu's death have been prevented if those who were charged with her custody and care had acted differently? The commissioners concluded as much in the case ofMuriel Gwenda Binkswho died of multiple organ failure in Queensland police custody in 1989. The 38-year-old was held at Innisfail watch house for failing to pay a $30 penalty issued nearly a decade earlier, after she didn't lodge her income tax return. … Continue reading →

Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease that wreaks havoc on the body. Watch the report A progressive form of the condition has no treatment. But this week in Boston, major funding was announced for research that may finally bring hope to those stricken by progressive MS. Gigi Ranno was diagnosed with MS in 1989. She said she's ecstatic about funding for new research funding to study progressive Multiple sclerosis. "When I heard about it I said, 'Woohoo!' I have reason to be hopeful," said Ranno. Ranno went from holding on to walls to a cane and walker to a wheelchair. "This disease has progressed beyond anything I could ever have imagined," she said. Once an active athlete, Ranno could only watch as her body betrayed her. "I need help to get in and out of bed, to dress myself, to get to the bathroom. I can't do anything on my own," said Ranno. Read this article: Researchers get funding to find treatment for untreatable MS … Continue reading →