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Transition Therapeutics Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Financial ResultsAnimal model studies have been performed demonstrating that members of this class of compounds can have a therapeutic effect on CNS diseases including Alzheimer's disease, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis and others. In this article: Alzheimer's disease, Amortization, Glp-1, Revenue, Metformin, Glucose, and Diabetes |
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The Australian | October 14, 2009
NZ Gout Research Reaching International Standards
...Institute is New Zealand's leading independent biomedical research facility and focuses on finding cures for arthritis, cancer, asthma, multiple sclerosis and infectious disease, and is located at Wellington's Victoria University...
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PR Newswire: Health / Biotech | November 20, 2009
California Minority Advocacy Groups Send Letter to Blue Shield of California Calling for an End to Discriminatory Practice that Denies Patients in Pain Access to Proper Medication
...to timely and effective treatment, those who need medicine for chronic pain - including Californians suffering from arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and fibromyalgia - are especially hurt," said Loretta Jones of Healthy African American...
In this article: California, Medicare, FDA, Chronic pain, Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, UCLA, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, and U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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thestar.com | September 22, 2009
Canadian-made code of ethics for stem cell research stresses public trust
Researchers around the world are working on using stem cells as the basis for treating debilitating and often fatal conditions such as multiple sclerosis, blindness, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, arthritis, diabetes and spinal...
In this article: Bartha Knoppers, Canada, Arthritis, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, McGill University, and United Nations
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WebMD | September 08, 2009
FDA Considers New HPV Vaccine Cervarix
...miscarriage. The FDA also wants post-marketing studies to track any cases of autoimmune diseases (such as multiple sclerosis) and musculoskeletal conditions (including arthritis and fibromyalgia) in patients who get Cervarix. Again, there is...
In this article: FDA, Human papillomavirus, Cervical cancer, Arthritis, and Fibromyalgia
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New Kerala | October 02, 2009
Oxidized form of vitamin A offers beneficial treatment for ulcerative colitis
...on this research may offer a promising alternative to our current approaches of managing immune diseases including, IBD, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and so on," Aiping Bai, a researcher involved in the work from Nanchang University in...
In this article: Inflammation, Ulcerative colitis, Il-17, Nanchang University, Arthritis, Foxp3, Nanchang City, and Washington
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Multiple sclerosis (abbreviated MS, also known as disseminated sclerosis or encephalomyelitis disseminata) is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system, leading to demyelination. Disease onset usually occurs in young adults, and it is more common in women. It has a prevalence that ranges between 2 and 150 per 100,000. MS was first described in 1868 by Jean-Martin Charcot.
MS affects the areas of the brain and spinal cord known as the white matter, destroying a fatty layer called the myelin sheath, which wraps around nerve fibers and electrically insulates them. When myelin is lost, the axons of neurons can no longer effectively conduct action potentials. The name multiple sclerosis refers to the scars (scleroses – better known as plaques or lesions) in the white matter. Although much is known about the mechanisms involved in the disease process, the cause remains unknown. Theories include genetics or infections. Different environmental risk factors have also been found.
Almost any neurological symptom can appear with the disease, and often progresses to physical and cognitive disability. MS takes several forms, with new symptoms occurring either in discrete attacks (relapsing forms) or slowly accumulating over time (progressive forms). Between attacks, symptoms may go away completely, but permanent neurological problems often occur, especially as the disease advances.
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