UP TO THE CHALLENGE: Foot injury only adds to woman's determination to complete second Multiple Sclerosis Walk.

From: Herald (Rock Hill, SC) | Date: June 2, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Tamara Ford

Jun. 2--Imagine walking 50 miles in three days with a torn tendon. Rock Hill resident Sue Boulware did it last year and plans to do it again this weekend. She will be treading lightly for the second consecutive year in the 2006 Multiple Sclerosis Challenge Walk, sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Mid-Atlantic chapter in Charlotte. No use in trying to talk Boulware, 49, out of this one. Her niece, Margaret Porterfield, 30, w...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

Walkers wanted for good cause: March 31 event will benefit multiple sclerosis research, patient services.
Herald (Rock Hill, SC) ; ... ncp and click on the register button. Copyright (c) 2007, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write ...
Still stalking MS: of unknown cause and cure, multiple sclerosis has researchers following both old and new trails of discovery.
Science News ; STILL STALKING MS It comes like a thief. By attacking the nervous system, it steals mobility and independence from many of its victims. And it cheats by mimicking other neurological diseases. Many decades after medical science first noticed the disease, multiple sclerosis still eludes capture' by
Herpesvirus linked to multiple sclerosis.
Science News ; Compared to other babyhood diseases, roseola is mild. More than 9 out of 10 infants get it, running a fever, developing a rash, and usually recovering quickly. Now, research shows that the herpesvirus that causes roseola can reemerge years later in people with multiple sclerosis, a nerve disease
University of Texas Researchers Champion Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis by MRI.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) ; ... nationalmssociety.org, www.nctms.org or www.utsouthwestern.edu. To see more of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.dfw.com (c) 2003, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News.
Multiple sclerosis: clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment.
American Family Physician ; Multiple sclerosis is the most common and most extensively studied demyelinating disease.[1] However, its etiology and pathogenesis are still not well understood. This article discusses the presumed pathogenesis of the disease, including genetic and environmental factors, offers suggestions on when