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		<title>Understanding Multiple Sclerosis &#8211; A Disease That Destroys The Myelin Sheath</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Multiple Sclerosis is a disease that attacks the nervous system from the brain to the spinal cord. The brain, as we know, has been referred to having gray and white matter. The neurons, which are made of a cell body, are grouped together in an organized position. When looking at the brain with the naked eye, it appears gray. This is the cerebral cortex. The much deeper gray cells are called nuclei. These two areas allow us to think, speak, and tell our body what to do. Myelin is a coating that covers our axons, which when looked at, appear to be white. Axons are the threads that connect cells. The coating,(myelin) acting similar to insulation on electrical wires, keeps the treads from short circuiting allowing signals to flow quickly from the brain to other parts of the body. MS, as it is also called, disseminated sclerosis, affects the white matter in the brain that has to do with the nervous system. The covering, like what you might find on an electric wire, covers the nuclei which can be attacked by your own immune system. Multiple sclerosis is one of the most nonvascular causes of neurologic disabilities. The disease has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis is an auto-immune disease that affects the central nervous system of its victims, sometimes leaving them with impairment in their mobility, cognitive function, memory, writing ability or speech. In some rare types of the disease, such as the Marburg Variant, it can prove fatal.  An autoimmune disease is one in which the immune system mistakenly begins to attack the very body it’s designed to protect. At this point in time there is no cure for MS. The best that the medical community can do is attempt to ameliorate the symptoms and residual effects of the disease after attacks, or relapses suffered by its patients. Because the path of MS is different for each person, its treatment is variable and dictated by the specific symptoms and type of MS. Not two patients are alike, and therefore there is no ‘standard’ of treatment to be followed by one and all. There are medications that are used to relieve symptoms of the disease or modify its course over time. The medications of choice at this time are •    Avonex •    Betaseron •    Copaxone •    Rebif •    Novantrone •    Tysabri These drugs can reduce the severity of relapses, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Multiple Sclerosis?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is Multiple Sclerosis? Picture an army that is marching along, getting along, doing everything that an army should do and all is running smoothly in army land. The army wears cute little coats that protect them from the elements, as well as help them move better. Without warning, part of the army splits off from the other part of the army and begins to attack. Now, brother is fighting against brother and those cute little protective coats are getting damaged and even destroyed. The army represents the nerves in your central nervous system, your brain and spine. They wear a protective sheath covering called myelin. For some reason as yet totally unexplained by medical science, your body begins to attack your little myelin covered nerves. Because the myelin improves the conduction of impulses along the nerves and keep the nerves protected, removing them endangers the health of the nerves, and causes their impulses to be slowed and sometimes stopped completely. The myelin coats that your little soldiers (nerves) wear are very important, and if they become damaged or destroyed by Multiple Sclerosis, it can affect your eyesight, mobility and cognitive functioning, writing, speaking, memory and even your ability to [...]]]></description>
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