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 A total of 300 women farmers at Gumo in the Kumbungu District of the Northern Region have been empowered in mushroom farming to enhance their...

There was a heavy security presence on Monday morning at the Asawase Police station to avert further attacks by angry youth in the area on the...

There was a heavy security presence on Monday morning at the Asawase Police station to avert further attacks by angry youth in the area on the institution. The youth on last Sunday evening attacked and destroyed many items at the Police station following the death of one of their members…

Sharjah: Prominent Emirati authors and literary gurus have called on for the establishment of creative writing training institutions that will “enhance the skills of aspiring writers in creating contents that connect with the readers and enhance critical thinking.” The recommendation was made during a panel discussion marking Emirati Writer’s Day at the 12th Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF). The participants during the discussion titled, ‘Emirati Authors: Reality and Aspirat...

HRQoL is essentially a measure of the impact that a disease has on patients’ quality of life. While there are a number of instruments that assess HRQoL, disease-specific measures are better tailored to patients with a condition, whereas more generic ones enable comparisons with the general population and people with other diseases. However, the inconsistent use of generic and disease-specific HRQoL tools limits the ability to compare results from MS observational studies and clinical trials.�...

Depression and fatigue are common in people with MS. While fatigue results from MS-related chronic inflammation and neuronal damage, depression is caused by psychological and social factors that may not be directly related to multiple sclerosis. Both depression and fatigue may be managed through mindfulness-based interventions, which are designed to boost mental well-being by purposefully staying present in the moment and acknowledging one’s feelings in an honest but nonjudgmental way. Trait ...

First-line treatments for relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) are often lower-risk DMTs like interferon-beta (IFN-beta, examples include Avonex), and Tecfidera (dimethyl fumarate). People generally switch to more highly active therapies, such as Gilenya and Tysabri (natalizumab), if disease activity persists.  Lemtrada was shown in clinical trial to effectively reduce disease activity in treatment-naive patients and in those unresponsive to first-line DMTs. However, data regarding Lemtrada after o...

In MS, the immune system targets nerve cell axons that transmit signals from the brain to other parts of the body, leading to inflammation and nerve degeneration. Degeneration in certain nerve layers in the back of the eye appear to correlate with greater brain damage in MS. Thus, the neuroprotective effects of current MS therapies can be examined through their impact on these layers. In this study, researchers at the University of Sydney, in Australia, examined the impact of several approved ...

Proteins called PSGs suppress pro-inflammatory Th17 cells in pregnancy, and might play a protective role against autoimmune diseases like MS.

PPMS and SPMS are disease subtypes grouped under the umbrella of “progressive MS.” However, the two disease forms have distinct development and progression, and can respond differently to treatment. Ibudilast is being developed by MediciNova, under license from Kyorin Pharmaceutical, as a potential oral MS therapy. It has been approved  in Japan to treat asthma and stroke since 1989. Previous results from the SPRINT-MS Phase 2b clinical trial (NCT01982942) in progressive MS patients �...