Monday, May 12

HERE'S 11 TUESDAY MORNING HEADLINES INCLUDING: KIDS WITH MS. AUBAGIO. TYSABRI

 Have MS Hospitalization Rates Declined? Have disease-modifying therapies for MS modified cost, hospitalization rate, or length of stay?

Tysabri/Natalizumab: A Review of Its Use in the Management of Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis.

Aubigio (Teriflunomide) was recently approved for treatment of MS & has demonstrated clinical efficacy & safety in a number of large, multicenter, phase III clinical trials. Furthermore, existing clinical experience with its parent drug, leflunomide, provides indirect long-term safety data. This review summarizes teriflunomide's pharmacologic properties, pivotal clinical trials, and safety profile & ends with a discussion of the role of teriflunomide in the context of current and emerging MS treatment options.

Can Multiple Sclerosis Be Treated Surgically? 

T-cell homeostasis in pediatric multiple sclerosis: Old cells in young patients.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23911752

Premature immune senescence in children with MS: Too young to go steady.

MAPT Gene Rs1052553 Variant is not Associated with the Risk for Multiple Sclerosis

 Siponimod for Relapsing-Remitting MS

Recycled Meds and New Approaches in Multiple Sclerosis

Active MS Is Associated With Accelerated Retinal Ganglion Cell/Inner Plexiform Layer Thinning

Spinal cord lesions and disability in Hispanics with multiple sclerosis.