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MONDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking pot can help relieve muscle tightness, called spasticity, and pain in people with multiple sclerosis, a new, small study suggests.

MONDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- The multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya (fingolimod) should not be given to patients with certain pre-existing or recent heart conditions or stroke, or those taking certain medications to correct heart rhythm problems, says a U.S. Food and Drug Administration safety announcement issued Monday.

By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with multiple sclerosis have long said that smoking marijuana helps ease their painful muscle cramping. And a new clinical trial suggests they are not just blowing smoke. The study, published Monday, found that for 30 MS patients with muscle "spasticity," a few days of marijuana smoking brought some relief. But the big caveat, researchers say, is ...

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Smoking marijuana to relieve the symptoms of multiple sclerosis is a practice with a fair number of adherents, though it has not been subject to rigorous testing. A new study finds that puffing weed does have a rapid and measurable effect on MS patients' muscle spasticity and on their perception of pain. But subjects who smoked pot were not able to walk any faster and -- surprise! -- they felt ...

The Myelin Repair Foundation today announced the results of a new peer-reviewed research study published in Nature Neuroscience that demonstrates functional improvement in immune response modulation and myelin repair with factors derived from mesenchymal stem cell treatment in animal models of multiple sclerosis .

Biogen Idec announced that two new dosing innovations designed to help patients receiving once-a-week AVONEX for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis are now available in U.S.

The experimental 'liberation therapy,' which involves widening veins in the head and neck to alleviate MS symptoms, has caused death and has no proven benefit, the agency says. WASHINGTON — An experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis has caused death, strokes, nerve damage and abdominal bleeding and has no proven benefits for sufferers of the disease, the Food and Drug Administration warned ...

Summertime is a time to enjoy a good game of basketball. I have been playing basketball since I was in junior high, and I still enjoy playing basketball today. Since my diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in 2006, my ability to move has diminished, but there are other games other than the normal full court game that I can still play. Basketball will always be a part of my life no matter how bad my ...