[Natalie8]

New research. I've never heard of this before.

http://t.nbcnews.com/health/foodborn...est-2D12006668

[TXBatman]

That is VERY interesting and sounds very promising. Thanks for posting!

[SallyC]

Thanks Natalie, sounds great. I wonder if it's too late to be of any help
for me and for the Peeps, who have had MS for many years??

[Natalie8]

Apparently this has been in the news since Oct. 2013. Here is a much more detailed explanation of the phenomenon. Probiotics might be a solution. Or vaccines (which already exist for animals to protect them from this particular species of bacteria).

http://www.news-medical.net/news/201...sclerosis.aspx

[Sparky10]

Thanks for posting the article, Natalie. Personally, I think life could be a trigger for MS!

Good article, but that number of 400,000 people in the US with MS is so old. Or is it zero population growth? People with MS die as often as people are diagnosed?

[TXBatman]

I have often wondered if there are not actually multiple triggers for MS, and the path a person's MS takes is dependent on which trigger they are susceptible to a how often they are exposed. That would explain things like why CCSVI only applies to a subset of folks with MS, why certain drugs only work on a portion of the MS population, and why some people progress rapidly, while others stay relatively symptom free for long periods of time.