Multiple sclerosis symptoms vary with the season, study finds (Topix)
 

Multiple sclerosis, a disease in which a person's own immune system attacks the brain and spinal cord, is a lifelong problem -- but its effects can be highly seasonal, researchers say.



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(From Topix Neurology)

No kidding.

you dont say?! :rolleyes:

Duh! ah yup!!:D

I wonder how many research dollars it took to figure that one out.

Yes, I read it and said DOH!! :D

Sheesh!! They could have saved all that money and just asked any of us!! Duh.....ya think??

I had the same reaction........WHY are they spending research money on something like this? It's like reporting that wearing a coat in winter tends to make you feel warmer. :rolleyes:

Cool! Proof!

I told my neuro that my MS is seasonal (that I have certain symptoms at certain times of the year) and he told me that was bullpoo...now I have something to show him that says it's true!

The study is from nearly 20 years ago and only had 44 people participating. I'm unimpressed.

Uh, DUH? I get frustrated at how they "approach" MS. It's like running in place.

I'm gonna run my own informal study.

Vote:
__MS sucks
__MS doesn't suck.

I wager the outcome will be MS sucks. This study cost $ 000000.00

One of the best studies ever was when Penn DOT paid something like $150,000 to someone to do a study of traffic problems on the Parkway West. The study concluded that there need to be more lanes. Heck, I could have told them that and only charged $50,000!

LOL< maybe I should tell my old neuro this... as when I had tracked how I felt due to humidity and seasons... he said... well this can not be MS then... symptoms of MS do not come and go due to humidity!! (still undx but I have to laugh at some neuros that think they know all)

kicker, I will be your first volunteer... I vote MS SUCKS!

Now Sabimax, you know you can't change your vote ever 8-}

do not worry I will not want to change the vote!!! hehehe

My vote is that it <really BAD swear word> SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


My mom was recently showing me this t-shirt she wants to get. It said "I (heart) MS!". (it was in her Mississippi magazine)

I looked at the advertisement and was immediately insulted and irritated. (I hate MS, and I also dont really care for the state of Mississippi...no offense to anyone from there) When I first saw the t-shirt, I knew she was reading her Mississippi magazine, but the first thing I thought when I saw the abbreviation on the t-shirt was "multiple sclerosis". Second thing I thought of was "Microsoft" (something else I dont really care for either)

My dad wants me to write a letter to the magazine and tell them how offended I am. I dont know if I should. I just know I really hate MS.

Erin, although undx.... I find when I see MS initials that is all I think of too is multiple sclerosis

my massage therapist place is called massage studio so her card and the sign in window... is MS really big...

I have a friend who's initials are MS, and he likes to go by his initials as a nickname. I'll just be calling him "Mike" or "Michael". If he complains...tough!

But then again ... they have discovered that the highest incidence is during the month of June, regardless of whether a person is in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere ... which would be our summer and their WINTER:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...ad.php?t=80208

Cherie

my acupuncturist and I have known this for 15 years. It makes perfect sense in the Chinese Medicine paradigm too. But Western medicine has us by our proverbial b-lls

Maybe it's sunspots causing it?

Or maybe Venus is rising and Mercury is in retrograde?

Perhaps it happens when the Moon is in the seventh house and Jupiter aligns with Mars.....

This will probably only make sense to the children of the sixties.

Lyn

IT is the coming of the age of Aquarius..:D (which is my sign);)

:circlelove::yahoo::cool2:

This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius! Age of Aquarius! Aquarius!!! Aquarius!!!!!!!!!! :D
:partytime2:

:Trapeze 2:

AH yes the Fifth Demension....You're way to young to remember that one. LOL

lol hey I am cool enough to get down with the older generation and their awesome sense of music! :winky: gotta LOVE that song! I just wanna dance like a flower child every time I hear it! hehe :hug:

Hey Bot, hmmmm, let me think....duh.

And thanks girls, now that song is in my head.