Quebec man with multiple sclerosis misdiagnosed as insane 14 years ago
CP via Yahoo! Canada News Mon, 02 Jul 2007 8:06 PM PDT
LONGUEUIL, Que. (CP) - A Quebec man, once diagnosed as insane by a neurologist, has actually been suffering from the effects of multiple sclerosis.

Potential For Earlier Detection Of Multiple Sclerosis Using New Imaging Medical News Today Mon, 02 Jul 2007 6:04 PM PDT Researchers from Purdue University have studied and recorded how myelin degrades real-time in live mice using a new imaging technique. Myelin is the fatty sheath coating the axons, or nerve cells, that insulate and aid in efficient nerve fiber conduction. In diseases such as multiple sclerosis, the myelin sheath has been found to degrade. [click link for full article]

Crucial Role In Multiple Sclerosis Discovered Medical News Today Mon, 02 Jul 2007 4:04 PM PDT Researchers have discovered that calcium ions could play a crucial role in multiple sclerosis by activating enzymes that degrade the fatty sheath that insulates nerve fibers. [click link for full article]

Clue seen to why MS disability worse for blacks Reuters via Yahoo! News Mon, 02 Jul 2007 1:49 PM PDT The abnormal immune response that leads to multiple sclerosis, or MS, is stronger in African Americans than in whites with the disease, new research indicates. This may partly explain why blacks often experience greater disability.

Antibody linked to MS significantly higher in spinal fluid of blacks EurekAlert! Mon, 02 Jul 2007 1:07 PM PDT St. Louis ? An antibody frequently used as a diagnostic marker for multiple sclerosis (MS) is present at greater levels in the cerebrospinal fluid of blacks with MS than Caucasians with the disease.

New clue why MS affects African Americans differently than Caucasians EurekAlert! Mon, 02 Jul 2007 1:09 PM PDT ST. PAUL, MN -- Differences in immune systems have been found in African Americans with multiple sclerosis (MS) compared to Caucasians, possibly offering a clue why African Americans experience more disability with MS than Caucasians, according to a study published in the July 3, 2007, issue of Neurology?, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Clue seen to why MS disability worse for blacks Reuters via Yahoo!7 Health Mon, 02 Jul 2007 1:49 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The abnormal immune response that leads to multiple sclerosis, or MS, is stronger in African Americans than in whites with the disease, new research indicates.

Man with MS given insanity diagnosis seeks compensation
CBC Tue, 03 Jul 2007 9:47 AM PDT
The family of a Quebec man who was misdiagnosed as insane is seeking redress from the province's health-care system.