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Multiple sclerosis

In orthodox medicine, the current fashion in combating multiple sclerosis (MS) is to administer immune modifiers: interferons 1b and 1a, copolymer 1 a...

Multiple sclerosis - Poisoning in slow motion

Multiple sclerosis (MS) often follows a highly individual and unpredictable course, sometimes leading to chronic and occasionally devastating disabili...

A pandora’s box of adverse effects

For years, non-specific anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin and paracetamol (acetaminophen) were the medications of choice for joint pain. But NSA...

Treat depression to slow down multiple sclerosis

New evidence suggests that effective treatment of depression may also slow the progress of multiple sclerosis (MS) in these patients. ...

Kidney failure and hypertension

Q My 75-year-old friend has been diagnosed with kidney failure. Dialysis shows that her kidneys are working 15 per cent below normal efficiency. We ar...

Multiple sclerosis: Food ingredient may be cause of autoimmune disease

There’s an ingredient in our food that scientists are beginning to suspect could be a cause of auto-immune disorders such as multiple sclerosis and Gr...