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CCSVI and MS

Posted by Jay123 to Disease/Illness, Feb 15, 2010 11:48am

I'd love to see a show devoted to CCSVI and MS (see facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/CCSVI-in-Multiple-Sclerosis/110796282297 ). Recent research from the Univ of Buffalo shows the 80% of people who are clinically diagnosed with MS have a CCSVI problem.
This could possibly be ...

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Hydrocephalus Awarness

Posted by swimgirl16 to Disease/Illness, Sep 8, 2009 3:09pm

I have a condition called Hydrocephalus. Its a fairly common disorder, but a lot of people do not know anything about it. Even neurosurgeons do not know about the latest treatments to treat the condition. Some doctors often times refuse to help complicated patients like me. I almost died as a ...

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Chiari, Ehlers-danlos, and Tethered spinal cord

Posted by amyindemand to Disease/Illness, Sep 8, 2009 2:48pm

Many people have all three of these conditions and often are only partially diagnosed if diagnosed at all. Doctors are not very educated on these conditions and most of them don't realize that there is a link between them! There are thousands of us....and doctors think its rare. Its not as ra...

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Dandy-Walker Syndrome

Posted by dandywalker to Disease/Illness, Sep 24, 2009 10:55pm

Dandy-Walker Syndrome is a brain malformation of the cerebellum. There has been limited research conducted in this area. Most parents, who's child is diagnosed in-utero, are encouraged to terminate the pregnancy because that's what the text books teach. We were one of those couples who wer...

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on child hood cancer

Posted by momofcancer to Disease/Illness, Sep 15, 2009 6:20am

September is child hood cancer moth
here is a great viedo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGS4yE5v9rM

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Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Posted by kmkm4465 to Disease/Illness, Sep 14, 2009 12:23pm

When my daughter was 9 months old a doctor told me over the phone she had SMA 1and only had a few months to live. He also added it would be wise for us to prepay her funeral while we had a clear head. He was correct she does have SMA but type 2. My daughter is turning 5 this November and is...