Information and opinions on health from George Jelinek at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/522131/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/522131/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/522131/index http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/111533/wasn Thu, 13 May 2010 02:00:49 -0400 George Jelinek http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2010/05/11/2896457.htm?site=melbourne&microsite=faine&section=latest http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/111533/wasn http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/111532/radio Thu, 13 May 2010 01:55:18 -0400 George Jelinek I was interviewed on Tuesday on ABC radio in Melbourne Australia on the Conversation Hour about MS. The host, Jon Faine, who usually asks some tough questions and is not easily convinced without evidence, was very keen to get the message out to people about the potential of diet, and other lifestyle changes, in the management of MS. Hear the whole interview... http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/111532/radio http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/109777/swank Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:51:56 -0400 George Jelinek Professor Roy Laver Swank was a pioneer in MS research. His successful treatment of 144 people with MS with a low saturated fat diet over 34 years was a breakthrough in MS management, and should have been acknowledged as such by his peers, and taken up by the profession. But on reading his 'Multiple Sclerosis Diet Book', a startling fact emerges. Swank appears to have predicted the work of Zamboni in his Chronic Cerebro-Spinal Venous... http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/109777/swank http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/103014/swank Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:40:38 -0500 George Jelinek When people with multiple sclerosis ask their doctors about whether diet has a role in the management of MS, they are often told there is no evidence to support it. This is a remarkable statement. A comprehensive research effort from medical scientists for over half a century has produced good evidence supporting the role of diet in managing MS, from laboratory and animal research, human case reports, epidemiological, case-control, and... http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/103014/swank http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/101335/piece Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:46:11 -0500 George Jelinek Lisa suggested I share some of my findings in researching the MS literature over the last decade. Here is my take on one of the many positive trials showing the benefits of a low saturated fat diet in MS. Most of these studies were uncontrolled, that is there was no control group. But in 2005, a randomized controlled trial on dietary fat in MS was published.(1) This was unfortunately only a very small study of limited duration but is... http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/101335/piece http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/100975/book Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:07:47 -0500 George Jelinek http://www.takingcontrolofmultiplesclerosis.org/whatsnew_detail.php?ArticleID=82   http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/100975/book http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/94692/stay Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:41:40 -0500 George Jelinek My mother died of MS in 1981. Towards the end of her life, she was totally incapacitated, unable to feed or care for herself. I was diagnosed with MS in 1999. I was determined that this was not going to be my fate. Fortunately, my career as a Professor in Emergency Medicine and background as Editor-in-Chief of a major medical journal gave me the tools to sort through the medical literature on MS, giving appropriate weight to the various pieces... http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/94692/stay http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/92742/people Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:04:04 -0400 George Jelinek I have been analyzing and summarizing the medical literature on MS for 10 years now. The evidence is surprizingly congruent: it is reasonable for people with MS to hope for a long and happy life, and even potentially to recover from the illness. There is now an enormous and persuasive literature that shows that attention to diet, sun exposure, exercise, stress reduction and preventing depression can dramatically reduce relapse rate and... http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/522131/92742/people