http://www.msobserver.com Multiple Sclerosis News and Information Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:45:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en MONDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Multiple sclerosis may be more active in the spring and summer months, new research shows. In a study using MRI scans to detect brain lesions tied to MS, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston found that new lesions occurred two to three times ... http://www.msobserver.com/2010/08/multiple-sclerosis-changes-with-the-seasons/ In true country-music fashion, Clay Walker can boil his life down to a simple refrain: "I don't have to think about tomorrow, I don't need anything money can buy, I don't have to beg, steal, or borrow, I just want to live until I die." The sentiment from his 1994 hit ... http://www.msobserver.com/2010/08/ms-patient-singer-gives-to-others-wsj-com/ A novel theory about the cause of multiple sclerosis — one that quickly led to millions of dollars in research pledges and an increasingly popular, though unproved, treatment — took a hit Monday from two studies calling the premise into question. The theory, proposed last year, had gained traction in a ... http://www.msobserver.com/2010/08/multiple-sclerosis-theory-dealt-a-blow-by-studies-los-angeles-times/ Clinics charging multiple sclerosis patients thousands of dollars for an unproven treatment are basically stealing, an internationally recognized stroke researcher and Robarts Research Institute scientist said Monday. “That is robbery. . . . It is quackery because nobody knows yet if it works,” said Dr. David Spence, director of the Stroke ... http://www.msobserver.com/2010/07/doc-calls-costly-therapy-%e2%80%98robbery%e2%80%99/