Genes and the Protective Effect of Vit D in MS
December 5, 2018
MS is autoimmune and neurodegenerative disease of unknown etiology but has about a 25% genetic risk and multiple environmental risk factors. Since 2006 low vitamin D levels have been known to be one of the risk factors along with EBV infection, smoking and adolescent obesity.Vitamin D insufficiency is one of the most studied environmental risk factors. Interestingly there is correlation in Caucasians but not in Blacks or Hispanics, suggesting genetic interaction with this environmental risk. In...
A Nurse’s Perspective on MS patients’ self-care
November 28, 2018
A Nurse’s Perspective on MS patients’ self-care It is very important to educate patients on ways to live a healthy lifestyle with MS. I was very intrigued when a patient brought to my attention an article on things MS nurses wish their patients would do and why.Here are my favorites from that article.Exercise, exercise, exercise! Doing an appropriate form of exercise on a daily basis can significantly improve patients’ wellbeing. Many patients from fatigue or some level of physical disability...
Benefit of Pilates in MS
November 20, 2018
When my business partner, Mariska Breland, was diagnosed with MS in 2002, she was bombarded with information but left without straightforward answers. As an athlete and lover of all things fitness, she was shocked at the lack of quality information or resources regarding exercise and movement. Sadly, this is the same story I have heard from hundreds of other people diagnosed with MS and the clients I have worked with over the past 18 years. We were thrilled to hear that the doctors and nurses...
