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NARCOMS Patient Registry helps research, patients
On the February MS/Cancer support group conference call, participants learned about the North American Research Committee On Multiple Sclerosis (NARCOMS) Project, what services it provides and the need for MS patients to participate. This self-help support group is sponsored by the National MS Society and the American Cancer Society.
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MS/Cancer conference call spotlights social services
Vanny Soeung spoke on the January MS/Cancer monthly telephone conference about her role as a social worker at the Maxine Mesinger Multiple Sclerosis Clinic at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She described her work and the clinic services for MS patients.
Soeung's role is to help patients with schedules, their diagnosis, during doctors' visits, addressing their needs and getting consultations from the doctors.[More]
| Exercise, movement topics for June conference call
Melissa Pei, DPT, MSCS, was the guest speaker at the June conference call for the MS/Cancer teleconference support group. Pei works at the Evergreen Healthcare Rehabilitation Department in Seattle with MS patients and patients who have other neurological diseases like Parkinson's disease, stroke and head injury.[More]
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MSHelp.org Donor Closet
A Wonderful Resource!
The purpose of the "DONOR CLOSET" is to recycle used DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT (DME) & MOBILITY EQUIPMENT from people who no longer need or use the item. Many have up-graded, moved on to a more useable item, or otherwise no longer require the item. They donate the item to a person who needs it and has no financial means of purchasing it, or has been denied by an insurance company or government agency.[More]
| MS Learn Online
Providing quality information and convenient access
Since its first broadcast in 1999, MS Learn Online, the National MS Society's Internet program, has been a successful way to educate about multiple sclerosis. View pre-recorded webcasts to learn more about MS from the convenience of your own home. Programs cover a wide variety of topics such as information for people newly diagnosed, MS basic facts, symptom management, employment, intimacy, care-partners, and progressive MS.
Each program may include:
- Audio broadcast
- Slide presentation
- Program transcript (PDF format)
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- Technical support instructions
- Survey
- Additional resources
| New MS Learn Online webcasts are also available as podcasts.[More]
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Tumor markers discussed in September call
Michael J. Fisch, MD, MPH, spoke on the MS/Cancer September conference call about tumor markers. Dr. Fisch is Chair of the Department of General Oncology in the Division of Cancer Medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
The monthly conference call is sponsored by the Lone Star Chapter of the National MS Society with support of the Houston office, American Cancer Society.[More]
| Massage and MS
Laurel Beck, a physical therapist at Virginia Mason Medical Center Neurosciences Institute in Seattle, spoke at the MS/Cancer monthly telephone conference about massage therapy and how it can benefit people with MS.
Beck said, "For a person with MS, massages can help with joint stiffness; increase blood circulation; and ease headaches, aches and pains. Increased circulation can bring nutrients to areas of the body that are not well fortified. Massages also can help with spasticity."
As this support group is for persons with Multiple Sclerosis who also have been diagnosed with cancer, Beck addressed persons undergoing cancer treatment.
"Massages can be helpful in the healing process."[More]
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Small Trial Shows Estriol, A Pregnancy Hormone,
Reduces MS Lesion Activity In Women With MS
Summary: In a small-scale, early-phase trial of the hormone estriol, a form of estrogen, women with relapsing-remitting MS showed decreases in MRI-detected brain lesion activity and immune responses during treatment, suggesting that additional study of estriol is called for to determine longer-term efficacy and safety.
- Women who have MS and are pregnant often experience fewer MS symptoms and relapses, especially during the second and third trimester. Because the hormone estriol is elevated during later stages of pregnancy, and mice given pregnancy levels of estriol were shown to have fewer symptoms of an MS-like disease, the hormone was considered as a candidate for testing against MS.
- Estriol was well tolerated. Six women with relapsing-remitting MS experienced significant decreases in brain lesion numbers and volume, as well as reductions in levels of immune proteins indicative of inflammation.[More]
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| CDC provides info about MS and Cancer risk
Dr. Matthew M. Zack of the Division of Chronic Disease and Health Promotion for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has provided extensive references from MEDLINE that show studies of the risk of cancer associated with multiple sclerosis since 1966.[More]
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