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Healthy Living May Ease Some MS Symptoms
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The old adage that "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" appears to be at least partly true for people living with multiple sclerosis (MS).
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How to Lift the Brain Fog That May Come With Multiple Sclerosis
Excerpted from article:...“Imagine a computer whose processing speed gets slowed down, and you’ll get an idea of what an MS patient with brain fog is experiencing,” explains Victoria Leavitt,...
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The Subjectivity of Suffering: An Exercise in Compassion
It's time to dispel some common misconceptions about people with chronic pain.
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Smell Test Challenge Suggests Clinical Benefit for Some Before Development of Alzheimer's
In a new study, researchers have determined that a declining sense of smell may be able to identify patients with mild cognitive impairment that could respond to certain drugs used to treat...
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Is Strep Linked to Scary Kids' Behavior Disorder?
In 2016, Dritan Agalliu, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City, published a study showing that immune cells produced in...
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In Memoriam: Richard W. Levine
Columbia University Medical Center celebrates the life and mourn the passing of Richard W. Levine, whose support has been vital to our continuing work on the treatment and prevention of stroke....
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Safety Tips for Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
When you have MS, maneuvering in the world can be challenging.
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The Nicholas Nunno Foundation
Each year, the family of Nicholas Nunno (pictured right) and their foundation host an annual fundraiser to help raise awareness and fund research toward advanced treatments and an eventual cure...
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Drugs Can't Stop Alzheimer's. A New Model of the Disease Explains Why.
A new model of Alzheimer’s disease – proposed by scientists at Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine – may explain why clinical trials of potential Alzheimer’s drugs have a...
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MS Shares Key Trait With Other Autoimmune Diseases: Inflammation
Studies found that people with higher levels of the human herpes virus antibody had a higher risk of getting MS.
