Sunday, March 31, 2013

Hype or Hope? Much Touted Oral MS Drug Tecfidera (BG 12) Approved byFDA.

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If you are currently taking Tecfidera, please take part in my Tecfidera patient poll ( click here ). Last week, the FDA approved Biogen’...
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Monday, March 18, 2013

Bits and Pieces: Getting on with Life Edition

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(Photo credit: davidyuweb ) (Please note: for those who receive these essays via email, this post contains videos which can only be viewe...
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Thursday, March 7, 2013

The Greek, In Memoriam

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About two and half years ago I was hospitalized with very high fevers. It turned out I had a bizarre case of meningitis, which of course w...
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Friday, February 22, 2013

Entering the Twilight Zone

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A memory arrived in the mail the other day. It wasn’t unexpected, as I had ordered the item on eBay about a week earlier. My wife helped me...
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Sunday, February 3, 2013

Big Pharma, Bad Medicine

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(Photo credit: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com ) Given the importance of rigorous, verifiable research in the practice of modern medicine,...
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Monday, January 21, 2013

Changes, Inside And Out

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Change (Photo credit: mbgrigby ) For many individuals, change is an unpleasant proposition. Most folks generally strive to maintain stabil...
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Monday, January 7, 2013

A Potentially Effective Treatment for Progressive MS: Hiding in Plain Sight?

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Methotrexate (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) While all of the varieties of Multiple Sclerosis are vile, especially troublesome are the pro...
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Friday, December 21, 2012

Bits and Pieces: Doomsday/Happy Holidays Edition

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English: An engraved illustration of Santa Claus and what may be Mrs. Santa Claus from the 1878 book "Lill's Travels in Santa Cla...
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