Fingolimod and Me
Last week I thought we were only waiting for the main trial HQ in Berlin to approve my MRI. Now I have to get chunks of skin cut off like some sick hazing ritual to prove I am worthy of continuing with Fingolimod.
Truth be told, I'd probably let them shave me bald and tattoo "STUPID" across my forehead if it meant a new bottle of pills. I've become such a Fingolimod junky. Sheesh.
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Suppressing Disease-Causing Genes Is Now Within Reach
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Expert Neurology Panel Weighs Impact of New Reports of PML in ...
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Medical microbiology
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Stanford scientists suggest stem-cell monkey-wrench
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Peplin's $24M Private Placement to Fund Phase III Keratosis Trial
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Too Much Punishment for Amylin
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Managing chronic health conditions explored
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Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Dr. Yeung
Director MS Clinical Trials Research Unit Foothills MS Clinic, Calgary
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Q :
I read a article written by a popular radio personality doctor, who wrote that because his blood levels of vitamin D are low in winter - he has chosen to use UVB tanning lamps as opposed to supplements, because of a study from Australia which suggests that vitamin D supplement use may retard the body's ability to make vitamin D on its own. What are your thoughts on this?
A :
I am unable to find the Australian study that he mentions in this article; through a search of the medical literature, there are no studies that mention this association. However, there are numerous studies that show exposure to UVB (the ultraviolet radiation (UVR) required to convert 7-dehydrocholesterol to vitamin D) and any type of UVR (artificial or solar) can have significant side effects. UVR is a known carcinogen and excessive exposure to solar UVR increases risk of cancer of the lip, basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, and cutaneous malignant melanoma. Solar UVR also increases risk of eye diseases including cataracts, some conjunctival tumours, and perhaps ocular melanoma. Cosmetically, it can increase the appearance of wrinkles and hasten aging. Similar effects likely occur with exposure to UVR from tanning beds. Taking an oral supplement of vitamin D would seem to be a safer alternative to UVR exposure and all its attendant potential side effects.
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Create a Healthy Brain Plan
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Doctors checking patients more for vitamin D levels
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Researchers produce blood in lab from embryonic stem cells
By Karen Kaplan
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Stem cells used to grow blood in lab
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Sleep Leads To Better Blood Pressure In Teens
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In adults, less than six hours sleep is associated with high blood pressure. Now, there's the first study to make a connection between blood pressure and ...
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Risk of high blood pressure higher among sleepier teens: study
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Stem Cell Research News
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Stem Cell Indicator For Bowel Cancer Should Lead To Better Survival Rates
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Plerixafor Treatment Improves Mobilization Of Cells In Donors During Bone Marrow Stem Cell Collection Procedures
In a study of 25 bone marrow donors, treatment with plerixafor, an antagonist able to disrupt a critical pathway associated with stem cell mobilization, was shown to mobilize cells faster than treatment with granular colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), the current standard method used to collect bone marrow stem cells from healthy donors.
NIH creates new stem cell research center
August 19, 2008
By John Carroll
Tags bone marrow National Institutes of Health Stem Cells Rocky Tuan
The National Institutes of Health told staffers last week that it is setting up a bone marrow-stem cell transplant center within the National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, according to an article in Wired. The NIH sees the use of adult stem cells to regenerate muscle and bone as a looming opportunity. And in part the field is being driven by the experience of veterinarians, who now regularly use stem cells to treat animals. The use of stem cells to spur muscle growth in horses, for example, has now become almost routine. A precursor procedure that uses platelet rich plasma for injuries is already in use. But it won't be easy to adapt the same methods for horses for human use.
"After a few weeks (of lab growth), it will turn into something that resembles a tendon, but it has to be the mechanical equivalent and we don't know that we're there," said NIH researcher, Rocky Tuan, about one of his stem cell projects. "Stem cells are very promising, but what they do for horses may not work so well for humans because humans are the hardest animal to rebuild."
--read the article from Wired
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Can the mere possession of a plant land you in jail?
It sure can.
In what must be one of the most bizarre episodes in
all human history, one of the most useful plants known
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1930s or the benefit of a chemical company, a newspaper
mogul and a banker.
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