Around the interwebs

Is clinical depression more common in MS patients than in the general population? Yashoda Hospital in Hyderabad research this topic.

Have you heard about the venoplasty procedure? Created by Italian vascular surgeon, Dr. Paolo Zamboni, it is a minimally invasive procedure.  Learn more about the procedure at Moffit Cancer Center & Research Institute here.

Is poor bone health common in people with multiple sclerosis? Learn more here.

I'm working to raise $1500 to fight multiple sclerosis with the National Capital Chapter of the National MS Society.  Please help by making a donation on my personal page.

Interwebs - 7.07.11

The University of Florence finds results from previous studies on the effects of breast feeding on MS relapses to be skewed, finding rather that those who are more sick tend to breast-feed less to begin with.  Read about it here or here.

Dr. Paolo Zamboni's "liberation" treatment for the condition he calls "chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency" to begin clinical trials at Phase I and II levels in Canada. Read the article here.

MS Centre in Scotland to re-open as an independent charity - the Leuchie House in North Berwick, Scotland.  Read about the transition here.

Glycominds Ltd. will be joining clinical trials for multiple sclerosis taking place in the US, and has signed two agreements to that effect.  Learn more here.

Travis White, 61 years old and diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS, is biking across the country, raising funds for multiple sclerosis research.  Read more about Travis, his fundraising, and his trip here.

"The difficult we do at once. The impossible takes a bit longer."

This monument (or statue, or sculpture, or whatever you want to call it) falls in the last few miles of Capital Challenge Walk MS, just before we cross Memorial Bridge.  Every year it rings true, and every year, it is what gets me through the last few miles: "With willing hearts and skillful hands, the difficult we do at once. The impossible takes a bit longer."

That is how I feel about defeating MS.  We have the willing hearts and skillful hands, it's just taking a bit longer.  But we can't let that discourage us.  We must press on and continue fighting against MS and researching a cure.  

I'm back!

I can't believe it's been 2.5 months since I last posted here.  I apologize to all of you who read this (I know you were all holding your breath and wondering where I was).  Work was a little crazy busy recently, but with only 2 months to go before the fundraising deadline on September 1, it's time for me to start focusing my energies on Challenge Walk.

So look forward to more frequent updates from me coming your way!