Public release date: 29-Sep-2011 UCI study shows promise of metabolic therapy for autoimmune diseases A glucosamine-like dietary supplement suppresses the damaging autoimmune response seen in multiple sclerosis, according to a UC Irvine study. UCI’s Dr. Michael Demetriou, Ani Grigorian and… Read More ›
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Boosting vitamin D could slow progression, reduce severity of multiple sclerosis
– They found that early-stage MS patients who had adequate levels of vitamin D had a 57% lower rate of new brain lesions, a 57% lower relapse rate, and a 25% lower yearly increase in lesion volume than those with… Read More ›
MS reversed in mice / Single dose ( Calcitriol ) Vitamin D followed by Vitamin D supplements
Contact: Colleen Hayes cehayes@wisc.edu 608-263-6387 University of Wisconsin-Madison Mouse studies reveal promising vitamin D-based treatment for MS MADISON — A diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) is a hard lot. Patients typically get the diagnosis around age 30 after experiencing a… Read More ›
MS reversed in mice / Single dose ( Calcitriol ) Vitamin D followed by Vitamin D supplements
Contact: Colleen Hayes cehayes@wisc.edu 608-263-6387 University of Wisconsin-Madison Mouse studies reveal promising vitamin D-based treatment for MS MADISON — A diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) is a hard lot. Patients typically get the diagnosis around age 30 after experiencing a… Read More ›
Statins have unexpected effect on pool of powerful brain cells : Reduces Glial progenitor cells
Re-post 34th HRR 2008 Contact: Tom Rickey tom_rickey@urmc.rochester.edu 585-275-7954 University of Rochester Medical Center Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins have a profound effect on an elite group of cells important to brain health as we age, scientists at the University… Read More ›
Glucosamine-like supplement suppresses multiple sclerosis attacks
Contact: Tom Vasich tmvasich@uci.edu 949-824-6455 University of California – Irvine UCI study shows promise of metabolic therapy for autoimmune diseases Irvine, Calif., Sept. 30, 2011 — A glucosamine-like dietary supplement suppresses the damaging autoimmune response seen in multiple sclerosis, according… Read More ›
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