Multiple Sclerosis
Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) Provides Surprising Pa…
Patients living with severe chronic pain have limited options. Opioids have been shunned. You can read about how the "War on Opioids Punishes Desperate Pain Patients" at this link. Doctors have substi…
Show 1341: Lessons Learned from Long Illness
You may not have thought much about long illness, but chances are you know someone who is suffering with one. The CDC estimates that some chronic condition afflicts as many as one in six American adul…
Will CBD for Pain Make You Fail the Marijuana Te…
One lesson learned from the terrible opioid crisis of the past few years: a lot of Americans are in a lot of pain. With doctors increasingly reluctant to prescribe narcotics for pain relief, people ar…
Show 1270: How Your Microbiome Shapes Your Immun…
In the middle of a pandemic, you probably want to know how well your immune system is functioning. Even more important, what if anything can you do to support it? Scientists have found that the microb…
New Link Found Between Virus and Multiple Sclero…
Why do people get multiple sclerosis? Scientists have been struggling to learn what triggers this devastating autoimmune disease. When MS strikes, the immune system begins to attack the myelin sheaths…
Low Dose Naltrexone Worked for Pain
Have you ever heard of low dose naltrexone (LDN)? Most people have never heard about this interesting drug. It was created in 1963 and approved by the FDA in 1984. Many physicians are also unaware of …
Medical Marijuana Eases Muscle Spasms of Multipl…
Multiple sclerosis sufferers often turn to complementary or alternative therapies (CAM) for relief of symptoms such as fatigue, muscle spasms or balance difficulties. One such herbal approach involves…
Low Vitamin D Raises Risk of Multiple Sclerosis
Higher blood levels of vitamin D appear to offer some protection from multiple sclerosis. Swedish investigators analyzed blood samples from 1975 that had been collected from healthy people in northern…
Marijuana Eases MS Muscle Spasms
Medical marijuana is a controversial topic, but a new study offers support for its use in one serious condition. People with multiple sclerosis have long claimed that marijuana can relieve or prevent …
How Does Vitamin D Act Against MS?
Researchers have long known that sun exposure is related to multiple sclerosis. The less sunlight a person is exposed to the greater the risk for this autoimmune disease. Researchers have assumed that…
Will Cinnamon Slow Multiple Sclerosis?
Cinnamon is a popular spice that may have healing properties. Researchers at Rush University Medical Center are launching a study in mice that may indicate whether cinnamon might help treat multiple s…
Too Little Sunshine Raises Risk of MS
Multiple sclerosis remains mysterious. The cause is uncertain and the course of the disease is unpredictable. In this disorder the immune system runs amok and attacks the myelin sheath that insulates …
Vitamin D and Sunshine May Lower Risk of MS
People with higher levels of vitamin D in their bodies appear to be at lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis. This isn't the first time that scientists have made a link between vitamin D and thi…