PV13 Vaccine & Multiple Sclerosis
Pneumococcal illnesses are dangerous for people with compromised immune systems – 20 times higher according to www.medscape.com. As we get older additional vaccines are recommended…
Articles by Melissa Cook
Potential New Oral MS Drug on the Distant Horizon
The Medical University of Vienna has discovered “a specially synthesized plant peptide (cyclotide),” where, “there is no further progression of the usual clinical signs of…
Environment’s Role in MS Risk
We moved to an extremely isolated location in SE Montana in 1990 for my husband to teach in a one-room schoolhouse. Despite only a handful…
Dipstick Test for MS Employment
Today is my first day of work in nearly five years. I won’t be walking into a classroom nor will I command the salary or…
MS Life is a Box of Chocolates
Forrest Gump – “Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get.” Multiple sclerosis is…
Protein, Enzyme & DNA Could Lead to New MS Medication
“One particular protein plays a crucial role in inflammation. So in our research we are developing an innovative DNA enzyme that prevents high levels of…
ScienceDaily.com for MS News
I’m giving away one of my secret resources of MS news, https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/mind_brain/multiple_sclerosis/. A world of information even beyond multiple sclerosis, ScienceDaily.com has the latest information…
Returning to Work with Multiple Sclerosis
I’m sure other disabled MSers struggle with the desire to return to work when experiencing symptom-free periods. I am no different. Visions of my old…
Tecfidera Dosage
Received my annual MRI results and was pleasantly surprised to learn I had no new MS progression in the past year. This is good news…
I Saw My Cane Today
Returning the vacuum cleaner to the closet, the front wheels caught on something that had fallen out of place. As I rearranged a number of…