A CUTE GIRL MAKES A VIDEO ABOUT DEALING WITH THE HEAT WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND NEWS ABOUT THE MS DRUG TYSABRI

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Watch this video by a (cute) girl named Lauren who has multiple sclerosis. She is talking about how she deals well with the heat. She also mentions the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri, there is some news about Tysabri (see further). Heat is something that people with multiple sclerosis have to deal with since hot weather and heat can amplify or bring on the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. She certainly looks peppy. Apparently she has it covered.

A Possible New Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis


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By the way, she mentions the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri. This so called humanized antibody drug (antibodies are manufactured by bodies to fight infections) is in the news again because Biogen Idec, a drug company reported that two more patients have come down with PML, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, a brain infection, the first cases since Tysabri was reintroduced to the market in July 2006.



But "despite the news that two patients in Europe were diagnosed with PML, many doctors say they are sticking by the drug. Tysabri remains the best hope for many MS patients who have tried other drugs without success, they said. And some patients on Tysabri seem to agree like the "32-year-old real estate developer who said that since he started using Tysabri 18 months ago, he has felt healthy for the first time in years".Tysabri is thought to inhibit white blood cells from getting into the brain and attacking nerves. Keeping these cells from attacking nerves is believed to result in fewer brain lesions that cause multiple sclerosis symptoms.

Despite risks, many staying with Tysabri