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Multiple Sclerosis
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Multiple Sclerosis (meaning many scars) is a disease that affects the brain and the spinal cord. The brain sends messages through the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body to tell the body what to do. When a person has MS, the covering (myelin) that protects the nerves in the brain and the spinal cord is scarred so that the message cannot always get through. Symptoms of MS vary greatly depending upon where the sclerosed patches are formed in the central nervous system. They might include eye trouble, speech problems, partial or complete paralysis of any part of the body, tingling sensation, poor coordination, unusual fatigue, and loss of bladder and bowel control.
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Multiple Sclerosis, The Blood Brain Barrier, and New Treatment by Timothy R. Stout says there are three related chemicals which have been found effective in strengthening the blood-brain barrier in animals. These are the anthocyanosides, proanthocyanidins, and procyanidolic oligomers (PCOs). All three of these are variants of a common class of chemicals called "flavonoids." Also see his MS Page. [now in archive.org]
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Destination Cure -- The Race Against MS(TM) was founded in 1998 by John Guandolo in the spirit of his mother, Evelyn, who suffered from Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and in the honor of others affected by the disease. Operating under the principles Evelyn lived by, Destination Cure encourages people 'to live and not simply exist,' and to make a difference in their lives by making a difference in the lives of others. Destination Cure, a 501 © (3) nonprofit, uniquely donates 100% of its contributions to support research for MS, a debilitating neurological disease that affects twice as many women as men, more than a million individuals in the U.S., and more than 2.5 million people worldwide. For more information please visit http://www.destinationcure.com.
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In the Oct. 5, 1974, Lancet, Dr. Norman A. Matheson's letter "Multiple Sclerosis and Diet" was published on p. 831, wherein he outlined his having been diagnosed with MS and subsequently reading Roger MacDougall's story. He then described his return to good health and ended with: "I thank Roger MacDougall, whose diet made it possible to carry out these observations."
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Cannabinoids may be not only helpful in treating symptoms of multiple sclerosis such as spasticity and pain but may ... have a positive effect on underlying disease processes. Three new basic studies and one human study add to the available data.
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Multiple sclerosis shares much in common with other autoimmune diseases. Research on any particular one usually applies to the other autoimmune diseases to some degree. They have similar underlying causes and conditions, and consequently similar ways of dealing with them.
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