Veterans Affairs Mails ALS Diagnoses To Wrong People

The U.S. Veterans Affairs Department has told at leat 1,200 veterans that they have ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, by mistake. Letters concerning disability benefits for people with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) were sent to 2,500 veterans, but at least 1,200...

Canada Approves GW's Cannabis Drug for Multiple Sclerosis Sufferers

"Canada Approves GW's Cannabis Drug for Multiple Sclerosis Sufferers GW Pharmaceuticals has become the first drug company to gain approval to launch a cannabis-based medicine for multiple sclerosis sufferers. The approval in Canada comes after six years of work for the...

Multiple Sclerosis & Cannabis - Why the Silence?

"Multiple Sclerosis & Cannabis - Why the Silence? ...

Marijuana As Wonder Drug

"Marijuana As Wonder Drug By Lester Grinspoon, Boston.com, 1 March 2007 The Boston Globe, © Copyright 2007 Globe Newspaper Company. Also published as: Marijuana, the wonder drug - International Herald Tribune A NEW STUDY* in the journal Neurology is being hailed as...

Children's author Harry Horse 'stabbed his wife 30 times' as probe casts doub...

" When children's author Harry Horse and his terminally ill wife were found dead in each other's arms, the world accepted that they had taken their lives with painkillers in a suicide pact. But it has now been revealed that the writer and artist stabbed his...

Blood Vessel Gene Linked to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Researchers at the University of Bath have found a causal link between the gene which produces angiogenin - a protein involved in blood vessel formation- and the development of some forms of ALS.

Cannabinoid Agonist Significantly Increases ALS Life Span, Study Says

"Little Rock, AR: Administration of the selective cannabinoid agonist AM-1241 significantly increases the survival of mice with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and may ultimately lead to the development of new cannabis-based medications to treat the disease in humans,...

Suppliers of cannabis chocolates escape jail

"Three people who supplied thousands of cannabis-filled chocolate bars to multiple sclerosis sufferers have walked free from court. Mark Gibson, 42, his wife Lezley, 42, who has MS, and Marcus Davies, 36, were each given a nine-month suspended sentence. All three defendants...

MS drug treatment shows promise (AP)

" EAST HANOVER, N.J. - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., the U.S. unit of Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG, said Thursday that at least three out of four patients given an experimental multiple sclerosis treatment were free of relapses for more than two years. The company released...