Child Bride Has Marriage Annulled. Laxmi Sargara is Our Hero of the Day | Healthy Living - Yahoo! Shine

"Now I am mentally relaxed and my family members are also with me," said Laxmi, who beamed as she held up the document for photographers. She plans to continue her education in hopes of landing a job so she can maintain her independence. But Laxmi's newfound freedom comes with  …

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W. Va. Woman Fights to Collect $10 Million from Debt Collectors - ABC News

In a twist of irony, a West Virginia woman is trying to collect money from a collection agency. Diana Mey, of Wheeling, W. Va., won the largest judgment ever against an abusive debt collection company -- more than $10 million.

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Debt crisis: German Chancellor Angela Merkel defends austerity in face of rebellion in Europe - European, Business - Independent.ie

In a rare concession, the German Chancellor admitted that austerity alone would not solve the crisis but she insisted that the wave of political opposition to fiscal discipline was wrong.

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Multiple Sclerosis Patients Find Improvement in Walking with BalanceWear(R) - MarketWatch

Second phase of NIH research grant study on Balance-Based Torso-Weighting (BBTW(R)) in MS to begin

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Charger helps solve vampire power problem (video) | Cutting Edge - CNET News

Who hasn't left their various mobile devices plugged in long after they're fully charged? A new product -- still a prototype but expected to go on sale soon -- aims to solve the problem of so-called vampire power  

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Corkscrew wind turbine brings juice to Indians stadium | Cutting Edge - CNET News

The Progressive Field installation is a prototype designed by Majid Rashidi, a professor at Cleveland State University. The 40-foot-high, 18-foot-wide helix turbine will be installed for a year for testing and is expected to generate 40,000 kilowatt-hours a year, or enough for  …

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Feds to fund clinical trial of controversial MS treatment in Canada

The clinical trial for Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI) in Canadians with multiple sclerosis seeks to determine the safety of venous angioplasty, also known as "liberation treatment" which requires the opening of blocked veins, the Canadian Institutes for Heal …

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More support for high vitamin D levels to control MS

The authors acknowledge the effect of the small sample size and that other studies which have suggested a relapse – reducing effect achieved higher levels of vitamin D. They go on to suggest that further studies of vitamin D are required.

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Sunlight, MS and Vitamin D | Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis

Vitamin D is intimately involved not only in immune system function, but also brain function.9 It appears that vitamin D has protective effects and immunomodulatory effects in the brain, and is useful in neurodegenerative and neuroimmune diseases, typified by MS. Researche …

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Natural Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis? - Multiple Sclerosis Blog

For many years now, I’ve been hearing stories of and from people who have sworn off any of the MS drug treatments.  For some, it’s an economic decision, as they just can’t find a way to pay for their drugs.  For others, none of the drugs seem to work …

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Pulitzer Prize winners 2012: Picture of screaming girl standing amid Afghan suicide attack carnage | Mail Online

 Quote from the article: "'Women were asking me, "Help, help, help,"' Mr. Hossaini said. 'I couldn't. I was recording and I was taking pictures.'" >> I call this shameless, heartless behaviour. Wouldn't a normal man throw away the camera and help whereever he's able to …

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Bargain places to stay in Britain | Travel | The Guardian

Bargain places to stay in Britain Stumbled upon this in one of my RSS feeds and put it up as it might be useful to some.

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Uphill challenge: a family cycling holiday in the Alps | Travel | The Guardian

Ten minutes into the walk, my son announces: "I've had enough of this already. Are we nearly there?" Four hours later, I realise that the family- friendly designation applies only if you are a family of mountain goats.

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Another one about the SSwank diet

This type of diet requires serious commitment on your part. For those who have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and have adopted the Dr.

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The Swank diet

While the general medical profession still views the MS Diet Book and the diet within, there are millions of people with MS who follow this diet very carefully.

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MS and diet

What most patients do realize is that whether or not there is an MS diet and exercise program that will help to keep their multiple sclerosis in check, eating right and staying fit is the best decision to make.

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FOX News - Top Stories - 'Hi. This Is Steve Jobs' —20 Insanely Great Minutes - Page 1 of 3

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BBC News - 'Super sand' to help clean up dirty drinking water

Contaminated water can be cleaned much more effectively using a novel, cheap material, say researchers. Dubbed "super sand", it could become a low-cost way to purify water in the developing world. The technology involves coating grains of sand in an oxide of a widely available m …

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San Francisco law curbs McDonald's Happy Meal toys | Reuters

San Francisco became the first major U.S. city to pass a law that cracks down on the popular practice of giving away free toys with unhealthy restaurant meals for children.

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Barrow Scientists Uncover Clues On Inflammation In Central Nervous System

""These studies provide novel insight into the biology of NK cells and might lead to the design of NK cell-based approaches for intervention in inflammatory and autoimmune disorders of the central nervous system," says Dr. Shi.

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Origin Of Immune Cells In The Brain Discovered By Mount Sinai Researchers

"Microglia are thought to play an important role in the development of many brain diseases, and that defective microglia could lead to the release of inflammatory molecules, which could participate in the development of degenerative brain diseases."

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T-Cell Stimulation Cut With Glatiramer

"The ability of monocytes to stimulate proinflammatory T cells is reduced in humans treated with glatiramer acetate (Copaxone), according to a study presented here.

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Brain Stem Cells Okay With Laquinimod

"The multiple sclerosis drug laquinimod, which crosses the blood-brain barrier, is safe for brain stem cells at concentrations relevant for treatment, according to a study presented here.

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Oral Agent Effective and Safe in MS

"The oral immune modulator teriflunomide is safe and effective for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, a phase III study showed.

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Glatiramer Acetate Beats Interferon for MS Fatigue

"IFN-1b had no impact on two clinical measures of fatigue, while GA (Copaxone) reduced the score on the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) by 20%, and the score on the Fatigue Descriptive Scale (FDS) by 34%, according to a study presented here at the European Committee for Treatment an …

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