I said it 14 months ago, now researchers agree: MS is linked to ‘mono’

Great news. Science now backs my view, published here on July 14 last year, that MS is linked to glandular fever. The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) causes mononucleosis or just mono, otherwise known as glandular fever. Researchers have just uncovered what they describe as a biological link between EBV and MS. Fourteen months ago, in this …

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MS is linked to Glandular Fever, I have no doubt

This article, written by me, first appeared on Multiple Sclerosis News Today website. In my mind, MS is linked to glandular fever. From personal experience, there is no room for doubt of any kind. Trouble is, though, that my experience and belief is not proof. And that is why I find that efforts to establish …

News from Australia: ‘Catching glandular fever can prevent multiple sclerosis’

  Logo of News Corp Australia. What? Really?  The headline above not only caught my eye but stopped me in my tracks yesterday when I saw it on another blog site. I already knew that the Epstein Barr Virus that leads to glandular fever also has a link to MS but in a negative way. …

Attack on myelin insulation involved in Zika deaths

Zika, a mosquito-borne disease that has now declared an international public health emergency by the World Health Organization, has certain similarities to other illnesses that some people may find disturbing. In Columbia, so far, Zika has caused three deaths and the country’s Health Minister, Alejandro Gaviria, said there was a "causal connection" between Zika, the …

Why me? Maybe I have my answer

  Most people being forced to live with an illness such as multiple sclerosis are bound to ask in those blackest of moments ‘why me?’ Despite my positive outlook on life, I certainly did a few years ago when I had several falls in one day. I can still recall that awful day when, having …