Stem cell transplants may halt the progression of aggressive multiple sclerosis in nearly half of those with the debilitating disease, but picking the right patients for the treatment is key, a new study suggests. Specifically, younger patients with a relapsing form of MS who were not severely disabled and who hadn’t found relief with other treatments fared better than others over five years, the international team of researchers found.
Category: Neurology
Doug Clark: They’re not potholes, they’re Spokane pits of opportunity – Sun, 19 Feb 2017 PST
A broken hubcap sits alongside broken pavement at the corner of Freya Street and Congress Avenue, Feb. 17, 2017, in Spokane, Wash. After a long winter, we Spokansans are used to seeing the streets looking like a prom queen’s acne breakout on the day of the big Homecoming Dance.
Are you ready for January 22?
She’ll back in the Sault on July 1 to preside over our 150th anniversary of Canada celebrations. In Roberta Bondar Park, of course! January 22 will be the 25th anniversary of Dr. Roberta Bondar’s launch from Earth aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, becoming the second Canadian astronaut in space, the world’s first neurologist in space and Canada’s first women in space.