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FDA Issues Warning on Controversial MS Treatment

THURSDAY, May 10 — Doctors and patients need to be aware of the potential risk of injuries and death associated with an experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis called liberation therapy, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in an alert issued Thursday.

Liberation therapy is used to treat chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency — a narrowing of veins in the neck and chest — believed by some to cause multiple sclerosis or worsen the disease. They think it does so by impairing blood drainage from the brain and upper spinal cord.

The controversial procedure uses balloon angioplasty devices or stents to widen narrowed veins in the chest and neck.

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The Mass Gain Diet and How It Can Help

Most people who want to build muscle all over their bodies are going to need to follow a mass gain diet if they want to see positive results.

There are not many people who are going to be able to build muscle without the right diet, so your diet is probably the main reason you don’t seem to get any benefits out of your workouts.

You have to have the right building blocks in your body to be able to gain muscle and put on a few pounds at the end of the day.

A mass gain diet is something that a lot of people need to learn about because it is really the key to gaining muscle mass. M

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Spring Salads

Spring is here and that means yummy salads! I love eating salads with produce fresh from the market. While my husband grills out on warm spring and summer days, I make a cool crisp salad for all of us to enjoy. I love a grilled medium rare steak and salad on a warm evening. These two salads are so yummy! The first one had bacon and that is always the start of something good. I omit the almonds due to an allergy in the family and raisins since we just do not care for them. You can also substitute fat free mayo for the mayonnaise. In addition, I cut the sugar down by half but you will have to determine that change for yourself.

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The Human Brain: Not a Tangle, But a Grid

THURSDAY, March 29 — Far from being a haphazard tangle of circuitry, the human brain is organized in a logical, simple 3D grid structure, scientists report.

Connections in the brain appear to crisscross at right angles, with no diagonals, much like well-organized city streets.

This elegant simplicity was discovered by researchers who used a special type of MRI scanner to examine the brains of humans and four different types of monkeys. The new Connectom diffusion MRI technology provides 10 times greater detail than conventional scanners, the team explained.

The study was funded by the U.S.

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