Guest guest Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 I really have a hard time believing ms is an autoimmune disease. I don't want to get into a debate about CCSVI but it has had positive results for some people. For those who it hasn't helped, who's to say that the procedure was done early enough or properly. And look at Dr Wahl's recovery. In any case just compare the results of these more natural and healthy practices as Tom mentions to the results of big Pharma's expensive solutions with their lousy side effects. And be sure it's not a study done by a pharmaceutical co. As far as I can see, the only thing we know for sure is the location of the most cases being in temperate areas of the world. Now how would geography fit in with an auto-immune assumption? High School Classmate with MS passed away Learned this morning that a school classmate (one year older) who had MS passed away Dec 1. The obituary doesn't give a specific cause of death but does say he had MS and that he had moved in with his sister last Spring due to his declining health. I didn't know him well and hadn't been in contact for decades. But, still, some sad news. Seems to be several people from my relatively small home town (pop. ~ 10,000 when I lived there) who have/had MS. Dan U dao_nguu@... .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Areas with low UVb - so theoretically low D3 serum levels - seem to have higher rates of autoimmune disease. I did sight a map which showed clusters of MS in areas with the lowest UVb (not the northern arctic areas so much -because the Inuit got their D3 from animal fats) Sunlight, Mono Explain 72% of Regional Difference (UK Study) To do this, the researchers examined all National Health Service (NHS) hospital admissions in England from spring of 1998 to spring of 2005, identifying almost 57,700 cases of multiple sclerosis and 14,600 cases of infectious mononucleosis. They also used NASA satellite data on UV radiation exposure to calculate sunlight exposure within different areas of the country. The researchers concluded that sunlight exposure and mononucleosis history together explained 72% of the variance in multiple sclerosis incidence within England during this period. Exposure to sunlight accounted for about 61% of this variance, with having a history of mononucleosis accounting for the rest of the risk, the researchers found. The findings do not prove that either low levels of sunlight exposure or having a history of mononucleosis cause multiple sclerosis. But Ebers says they point to the “pressing need” for larger studies to examine vitamin D, infectious mononucleosis, and MS. “The evidence implicating UV radiation in MS is pretty strong,” he says. “It is less strong for infectious mononucleosis, but we need to learn more about this.” High School Classmate with MS passed away Learned this morning that a school classmate (one year older) who had MS passed away Dec 1. The obituary doesn't give a specific cause of death but does say he had MS and that he had moved in with his sister last Spring due to his declining health. I didn't know him well and hadn't been in contact for decades. But, still, some sad news. Seems to be several people from my relatively small home town (pop. ~ 10,000 when I lived there) who have/had MS. Dan U dao_nguu@... .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Areas with low UVb - so theoretically low D3 serum levels - seem to have higher rates of autoimmune disease. I did sight a map which showed clusters of MS in areas with the lowest UVb (not the northern arctic areas so much -because the Inuit got their D3 from animal fats) Sunlight, Mono Explain 72% of Regional Difference (UK Study) To do this, the researchers examined all National Health Service (NHS) hospital admissions in England from spring of 1998 to spring of 2005, identifying almost 57,700 cases of multiple sclerosis and 14,600 cases of infectious mononucleosis. They also used NASA satellite data on UV radiation exposure to calculate sunlight exposure within different areas of the country. The researchers concluded that sunlight exposure and mononucleosis history together explained 72% of the variance in multiple sclerosis incidence within England during this period. Exposure to sunlight accounted for about 61% of this variance, with having a history of mononucleosis accounting for the rest of the risk, the researchers found. The findings do not prove that either low levels of sunlight exposure or having a history of mononucleosis cause multiple sclerosis. But Ebers says they point to the “pressing need” for larger studies to examine vitamin D, infectious mononucleosis, and MS. “The evidence implicating UV radiation in MS is pretty strong,” he says. “It is less strong for infectious mononucleosis, but we need to learn more about this.” High School Classmate with MS passed away Learned this morning that a school classmate (one year older) who had MS passed away Dec 1. The obituary doesn't give a specific cause of death but does say he had MS and that he had moved in with his sister last Spring due to his declining health. I didn't know him well and hadn't been in contact for decades. But, still, some sad news. Seems to be several people from my relatively small home town (pop. ~ 10,000 when I lived there) who have/had MS. Dan U dao_nguu@... .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Areas with low UVb - so theoretically low D3 serum levels - seem to have higher rates of autoimmune disease. I did sight a map which showed clusters of MS in areas with the lowest UVb (not the northern arctic areas so much -because the Inuit got their D3 from animal fats) Sunlight, Mono Explain 72% of Regional Difference (UK Study) To do this, the researchers examined all National Health Service (NHS) hospital admissions in England from spring of 1998 to spring of 2005, identifying almost 57,700 cases of multiple sclerosis and 14,600 cases of infectious mononucleosis. They also used NASA satellite data on UV radiation exposure to calculate sunlight exposure within different areas of the country. The researchers concluded that sunlight exposure and mononucleosis history together explained 72% of the variance in multiple sclerosis incidence within England during this period. Exposure to sunlight accounted for about 61% of this variance, with having a history of mononucleosis accounting for the rest of the risk, the researchers found. The findings do not prove that either low levels of sunlight exposure or having a history of mononucleosis cause multiple sclerosis. But Ebers says they point to the “pressing need” for larger studies to examine vitamin D, infectious mononucleosis, and MS. “The evidence implicating UV radiation in MS is pretty strong,” he says. “It is less strong for infectious mononucleosis, but we need to learn more about this.” High School Classmate with MS passed away Learned this morning that a school classmate (one year older) who had MS passed away Dec 1. The obituary doesn't give a specific cause of death but does say he had MS and that he had moved in with his sister last Spring due to his declining health. I didn't know him well and hadn't been in contact for decades. But, still, some sad news. Seems to be several people from my relatively small home town (pop. ~ 10,000 when I lived there) who have/had MS. Dan U dao_nguu@... .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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