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Dr. Kantor on Multiple Sclerosis
Sunday, November 20 2011
While PML (progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy) sounds scary, advances are being made in its diagnosis and treatment.
The first question is: who is at risk to get PML? The JC virus that causes PML is a common virus that many of us have had since childhood without even knowing it. Most people (with healthy immune systems) don't develop PML... Read more
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Dr. Kantor on Multiple Sclerosis
Thursday, November 10 2011
No, this is not the beginning of a Scrabble® game. PML stands for Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy. Is that even more confusing? Let's pull apart the alphabet soup and learn more about this disease that you may have heard something about. There is a childhood virus that some of us get, but don't even realize, called the JC virus.... Read more
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Dr. Kantor on Multiple Sclerosis
Friday, July 08 2011
While PML (progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy) sounds scary, advances are being made in its diagnosis and treatment.
The first question is: who is at risk to get PML? The JC virus that causes PML is a common virus that many of us have had since childhood without even knowing it. Most people (with healthy immune systems) don't... Read more
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Dr. Kantor on Multiple Sclerosis
Thursday, March 05 2009
As most of you know (since MS patients are the most educated in the world), there are a few big MS research meetings throughout the year (e.g. ECTRIMS, AAN and ENS).There has, however, been some recent data which has been released and which is very exciting to the MS community.The results of the international Phase III study of oral Fingolimod... Read more
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Dr. Kantor on Multiple Sclerosis
Thursday, February 05 2009
A big part of cognitive difficulties stems from fatigue. This is why it is important to address fatigue in a comprehensive manner. Fatigue may be caused by sleepiness because of poor sleep hygiene, sleepiness from a sleep disorder (such as obstructive sleep apnea), medication induced sleepiness, exhaustion from inefficient use of the strength you... Read more
