Multiple sclerosis (MS) has many unexpected effects on your life, from sleep difficulty to cognitive impairment to sensitivity to temperature extremes. But one which wouldn’t come to mind is that MS may increase sex drive and even sexual function. Now, many of you may be saying “hold on just a minute” because more often MS […]
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Getting a good night sleep is challenging for everyone, but many patients with neurologic disorders will find it even more of a struggle. Sleep disturbances affect about 60 percent of people with multiple sclerosis (MS), about 70 percent of people with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), up to 90 percent of people with Parkinson’s disease (PD), and
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You may be wondering what the heck is a “crap gap” and is it really a medical term used in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) treatments. Yes -it really is. The “Crap gap” is the period of time between doses of your scheduled disease-modifying therapy (DMT)when you are soon to be due for your next treatment and
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Most people know lithium as a drug used to treat various psychiatric disorders, such as bipolar disease. What most people don’t know is that lithium is present in all human brains. In fact, a recent study from Harvard Medical School showed that reduced levels of naturally occurring lithium can lead to Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The
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Now more than ever the public has been focused on optimizing their health through better diet, more exercise, utilizing AI to answer questions and gain guidance, taking vitamins and supplements, and yes, even following some well-intentioned but misguided advice on vaccines. But all of these attempts need to be performed in an educated manner, keeping
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Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a disease characterized by resting tremor, moving slower (bradykinesia), decreased facial expressions because of decreased facial movements (hypomimia), and often some cognitive impairment. At this time there is no cure for PD, though there is growing excitement about new possibilities being researched. Most patients with PD have spent years managing their
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is characterized by repeated “insults”or attacks on the brain in which the coating of the nerve cells (myelin) is stripped off during an immune system attack on the brain. In the most common form, Relapsing Remitting MS (RRMS), the lesions partly or completely heal after each relapse. Clinical symptoms improve or disappear
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Yes, climate change will affect weather patterns, food accessibility, air quality and much more. But, a new consideration is that it may also affect neurologic health profoundly. Rising air temperatures and worsening air pollution have been linked to worsening neurologic disease. Studies have shown not only increased incidence of stroke but also worsened outcomes. There
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune disorder in which the coating of nerve cells of the Central Nervous System (the brain and spinal cord) are repeatedly attacked. The result is recurrent bouts of neurologic dysfunction resulting from slowed nerve transmission of messages. Because the central nervous system controls so much of the body’s functions (vision,
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Historically, neurologists and the public have thought that memory loss is a normal part of aging. Then emerged the school of thought that while cognitive impairment was more common in the elderly, it was still not a normal part of aging. Dementia was due to Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) due to an accumulation of Aβ (amyloid
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