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Autoimmune = chronic diseases

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

The other day I came across an article that shook my imagination - again
For some time my brain started creating kind of SF movie on what planet Earth will look like after 50 years.
It was definitely a pessimistic movie.
Judge for yourself
The rising cost of chronic diseases… is threatening health systems and economic [...]

MS - name ambiguity

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

If you visit the most popular Multiple Sclerosis related web site of National Multiple Sclerosis Society (USA), you will be presented with this so seemingly elegant MS description:
Multiple sclerosis (or MS) is a chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system (CNS), which is made up of the brain, [...]

Immunotoxins - Autoimmunity - MS

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

What is immunotoxin
As immunotoxin is relatively new term, not everybody knows what exactly it means
Luckily, it’s definition is placed on Wikipedia:
An immunotoxin is a chemical that can cause immune system malfunction with exposure. When the immune system function is suppressed (immunosuppression) there is an increased susceptibility to infectious diseases and cancers. [...]

Chemicals - MS triggers

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

The predominant theory today is that Multiple Sclerosis results from attacks by an individual’s immune system on the nervous system and it is therefore usually categorized as an autoimmune disease. There is a minority view that MS is not an autoimmune disease, but rather a metabolically dependent neurodegenerative disease. Although much [...]

Poisons, toxins and autoimmune diseases

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

An autoimmune condition evolves when the immune system for some reason cannot distinguish between self and other.
Conventional (orthodox) way to treat all autoimmune disorders has been suppressing the (deregulated) immune system, and afterwards treating the damage to the involved organ whenever possible.
Holistic medicine uses a different - much better approach.
The root [...]

Advantages of MS ! ? !

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Inspirational + educational
Multiple Sclerosis, some considerations concerning MS
Here Gerald Hendess from Germany, among others, depicts multiple sclerosis ‘advantages’ of all sorts for different groups.
MS has many advantages in comparison to other diseases
For those patients affected by MS:

The disease is not immediately critical in most cases.
The MS caused disturbances are [...]

MS Treatment Market will Reach $11.9 Billion by 2011

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

NewswireToday - Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has added a new report showing the growth of MS treatments from $4.4 billion in 2004 to nearly $5.9 billion in 2006
“Multiple Sclerosis: Worldwide Market Outlook to 2011” predicts a growth of $6 million by 2011. The report [...]