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Jan. 24, 2015, 4 a.m. Heather Crosby Sue Jones. Photo: Belinda Soole THERE will be a 20 per cent increase in cancer in the western region by 2016. That's the word from Western NSW Local Health District director of cancer services Ruth Jones following analysis of the latest available data. Ms Jones said treatment services were busier than ever. "But the good news is more people are living well with cancer and mortality rates are decreasing," she said. Prostate, bowel, breast, melanoma and lung cancer were at the top of the list for western NSW and across the state. "Lung cancer is what takes the most lives," Ms Jones said. "That's why there is a push around tobacco. Read the original here: Rate of cancer expected to climb 20 per cent by 2016 in state's west … Continue reading →

File photograph of Elaine OHara. The remains of the childcare worker, from Stepaside, in Dublin, were found in the Dublin mountains on September 13th, 2013. Photograph: PA Graham Dwyer (42), ofKerrymount Close, Foxrock, Dublin 18, who has pleaded not guilty to the murder ofchildcare worker Elaine OHara whose remains werefound in the Dublin mountains in August, 2012. Photograph: Collins Courts Fiona Gartland, Colin Gleeson Elaine OHara gave no intimation that she was going to harm herself on the day she disappeared, her father told a jury in the trial of murder accused Graham Dwyer. Giving evidence at the Central Criminal Court on Friday, Frank OHara, from Killiney in Dublin, also said during an argument in early 2008 his daughter told him she was seeing a married architect from Foxrock. I asked who, Mr OHara told the court. She said a professional. She was very reticent. He said he asked if he was married, she said he was. She said he ties me up and masturbates over me but we havent had sex, Mr OHara said. He said he was shocked. His daughter told him it was over at one stage and they never discussed it again. Childcare worker Ms OHara … Continue reading →

Starkville, MS (PRWEB) January 23, 2015 John W. Starr, Jr., DMD has recently become certified to offer Starkville, MS residents the Pinhole Surgical Technique (PST) to restore receding gums. As a leading periodontist, Dr. Starr provides his patients with the most advanced periodontal procedures. His PST training allows him to use specialized tools to correct exposed tooth roots without the incisions and sutures gum grafting methods require. Gum disease is often both a cause and an effect of gum recession. Infection creates pus pockets below the surface that pull the gums away from the teeth. When gums recede due to aggressive brushing techniques, hormones or another of the common risk factors, bacteria is more likely to become trapped in the gaps that have formed, leading to infection. Researchers recently discovered that bacteria enter the blood stream through the infected gums and are often present in other health problems, such as diabetes and colon cancer. Most periodontists in Starkville, MS recommend gum grafting when patients require treatment for receding gums. When tissue is taken from an incision in the roof of the mouth and stitched over the exposed root, it is known as a connective tissue graft. A pedicle graft is … Continue reading →

Scientists are hesitant to call it a cure, but they have succeeded in significantly reducing -- and in some cases, reversing -- disability caused by the crippling disorder multiple sclerosis. The therapy involves using the patients own stem cells in a single treatment. The stem cells are collected from the patients blood and they are used to reset the immune system, so the body's fighter cells no longer mistake the patients own nervous system tissue for an invader. Those attacks cause disability and autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis. MS is a degenerative disease. Ten years after being diagnosed, half of all MS patients are unable to work, and after 25 years with the disease, half lose the ability to walk. Richard Burt, chief of the Division of Immunotherapy at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, led a study of 150 MS patients, most with the mildest form of the disease called relapsing-remitting MS, in which they received the stem-cell therapy. He said their disability seemed to reverse itself or disappear. This is a one-time treatment and then you are done. And so we hope patients never need to be treated again, said Burt. About half of the patients tested two years … Continue reading →

KANNAPOLIS, NC (WBTV) - A Raleigh medical practice has enrolled its 100thpatient into a Duke University health research project working to end multiple sclerosis, according to a press release provided to WBTV. Raleigh Neurology Associates recently reached the 100-patient milestone for the MURDOCK Multiple Sclerosis Study, a long-term health research project based at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, N.C. Raleigh Neurology partnered with Duke in July 2014 to help recruit 1,000 people with multiple sclerosis and 100 people with Primary Progressive MS. Simon Gregory, PhD, is principal investigator for the MURDOCK Multiple Sclerosis Study and associate professor at the Duke Molecular Physiology Institute at Duke University School of Medicine. He and his team are working to identify the genetic underpinnings of complex diseases like MS and understand disease development and progression at the molecular level. While Duke recruits MS patients at several locations in North Carolina, Raleigh Neurology is theonly independent enrollment site for the MURDOCK Study and enrolls between six and eight patients per week. It has been a wonderful partnership to work with Raleigh Neurology. They have not only helped us spread the word about the important MS research we are doing with Duke, but they … Continue reading →

Kessler Foundation researchers have authored a new article that provides insight into the factors that contribute to cognitive fatigue in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). The article, "Subjective cognitive fatigue in MS depends on task length," was epublished ahead of print on October 27 in Frontiers in Neurology. The authors are Joshua Sandry, PhD, Helen Genova, PhD, Ekaterina Dobryakova, PhD, John DeLuca, PhD, and Glenn Wylie, DPhil, of Kessler Foundation. This study was supported by the National MS Society and the New Jersey Commission for Brain Injury Research. Cognitive fatigue, which is common in MS, has subjective and objective manifestations. Treatment for fatigue is hindered by the lack of understanding of contributing factors. This study examined how the variables of processing speed, working memory, time on task and cognitive load influence cognitive fatigue in 32 individuals with MS and 24 controls. The investigators found that subjective and objective fatigue were independent of one another, and that subjective cognitive fatigue increased as time on task increased. This increase in cognitive fatigue was greater in the MS group. No relationship was found between cognitive fatigue and the other cognitive variables. "In our study, task length was the factor associated with subjective cognitive … Continue reading →

IMAGE:Dr. Sandry is a postdoctoral fellow in Neuropsychology & Neuroscience Research at Kessler Foundation. His fellowship is funded by a grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. view more Credit: Kessler Foundation West Orange, NJ. January 21, 2015. Kessler Foundation researchers have authored a new article that provides insight into the factors that contribute to cognitive fatigue in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). The article, "Subjective cognitive fatigue in MS depends on task length," was epublished ahead of print on October 27 in Frontiers in Neurology (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389%2Ffneur.2014.00214). The authors are Joshua Sandry, PhD, Helen Genova, PhD, Ekaterina Dobryakova, PhD, John DeLuca, PhD, and Glenn Wylie, DPhil, of Kessler Foundation. This study was supported by the National MS Society and the New Jersey Commission for Brain Injury Research. Cognitive fatigue, which is common in MS, has subjective and objective manifestations. Treatment for fatigue is hindered by the lack of understanding of contributing factors. This study examined how the variables of processing speed, working memory, time on task and cognitive load influence cognitive fatigue in 32 individuals with MS and 24 controls. The investigators found that subjective and objective fatigue were independent of one another, and that subjective cognitive fatigue increased … Continue reading →

Report from ACTRIMS/ECTRIMS Part I The Report from ACTRIMS/ECTRIMS, Part I webcast reviews the abstracts presented at ACTRIMS/ECTRIMS that have the most critical clinical implications in the a... By: ClevelandClinicCME … Continue reading →

From left, Mike Newcombe, Terri McDonald, Brian Herbert, MS Centre member Nick Weeks, Norman Weeks and Bill Bishop. FREEMASONS have donated 1,000 to the West of England MS Therapy Centre in Bradley Stoke. Members of the Gloucester Masonic charity Action presented the money to Terri McDonald, head of fundraising at the centre in Wheatfield Drive. Charity steward Mike Newcombe, director of ceremonies Bill Bishop, secretary Brian Herbert, master Norman Weeks and Peter Acton from the local Lodge of St Christopher 9095 visited the centre to find out how it provides treatment and therapy for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Ms McDonald said: "We certainly are in need of support, especially in our physiotherapy department. A person with MS can delay the symptoms and other neurological conditions by having regular physiotherapy exercise classes. "If a muscle is not used for long periods, it will lose strength and may become painful. "These difficulties cannot always be avoided completely. However, by finding the right exercises, with the assistance of our qualified physiotherapists in neurology, the person with MS can remain active and lead an independent life for longer." The centre receives no Government or NHS funding and relies solely on donations from trusts, … Continue reading →

As Victoria Grayson on ABCs Revenge, Madeleine Stowe plays a ruthless matriarch. Off the screen, TV villainy can translate into good works. Stowe is using her celebrity to raise awareness about multiple sclerosis and drawing on memories of her late fathers battle against the disease. Its really important that people communicate with each other, that caregivers communicate, said Stowe, 56. Ask questions: What does it feel like? Do not isolate. Thats crucial. She will take part in Lights, Camera, Take Action on MS at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Hilton Orlando, 6001 Destination Parkway (the event is free; register at takeactionms.com). Stowe has partnered with Genzyme, part of the Sanofi health-care company. She is a paid spokesman for Genzyme and she said she donates the money to a group that deals with health and human dignity issues. She doesnt discuss treatment options for MS, a disease of the central nervous system that can be disabling. I talk about my own personal experience, what its like to be a family member, to reach out to neighbors, to create a support system, she said. Her father, a civil engineer for the state of California, lived with MS for about 20 years before … Continue reading →