Endeavoring to address multiple aging-associated maladies by study of the basic biology of longevity, as outlined in the concept of the Longevity Dividend (Olshansky et al., 2007; Miller, 2009; Warner & Sierra, 2009; Kenyon, 2010), we investigated the positive association between insulin sensitivity and retained healthspan.
Larson says some unfounded safety concerns about vaccines persist because people are searching for clear causes to maladies like multiple sclerosis and autism that current science cannot fully explain.
Genentech now is focusing on autoimmune system maladies, such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
The school quietly implemented the ban more than a year ago in response to complaints from two women -- a student and a receptionist -- who say they suffer from multiple chemical sensitivity, or MCS, a trendy new malady that also goes by such names as "environmental illness" and "20th century disease". A character on the popular TV show "Northern Exposure" has had MCS.
All study participants were diagnosed using the same standard criteria, but atypical cases either had prior histories of viral encephalitis, illness after foreign travel or blood transfusion, or later developed a concurrent malady seizure disorders, multiple sclerosis-like demyelinating disorders, Gulf War Illness, or a range of cancers at rates much higher than seen in the general population.
The last two summers, I've mixed it up and read great works by multiple authors, falling in love with Jhumpa Lahiri's The Interpreter of Maladies, Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge, Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son, and Ken Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion.
In this review, an attempt is made to increase the awareness and understanding of this malady and provide an overview and not reference the multiple rare and unusual case reports, unless they contribute to the understanding of mechanisms or treatment [ 53- 63].
CHRONIC headaches are among the many symptoms cited by workers with a vague condition known as "multiple chemical sensitivity". What is clear, however, is that defining the workplace malady -- or even agreeing that it exists -- is becoming a big headache for the legal and medical professions.
The GI tract is teeming with bacteria and research suggests the wrong kind may play a role in diabetes, multiple sclerosis, cancer, liver disease, obesity, irritable bowel syndrome and a number of other maladies.
