Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Newswise DALLAS, Sept. 23, 2014 In 1945, a woman wrote a classified ad in The New York Times seeking one thing: hope. The ad penned by then-29-year-old Sylvia Lawry asked survivors of a certain disease to come forward and share their stories. It read: Multiple Sclerosis. Will anyone recovered from it please communicate with patient. At the time, Sylvias brother had been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) a crippling disease that affects the nerves and she wanted needed someone to tell her that her brother would live. She did not get that answer, but she received more than 50 responses from MS patients who asked the same question for themselves. As a result, Sylvia Lawry became an advocate for MS and founded the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, which has inspired research for the disease that affects more than 400,000 people in the United States. Baylor investigators are among those whose research has significantly helped individuals, like the Lawrys, find the hope they so desperately need. Testing an MS Vaccine Thanks to new insights related to dendritic cell vaccines, researchers are investigating a potential vaccine for MS treatment and prevention at the Baylor Institute … Continue reading →

Tulsa, OK (PRWEB) September 24, 2014 Arch Miller, MS, MD, FACS, FAAP, a board-certified plastic surgeon is the first physician in the state to offer UltraShape, a revolutionary treatment recently FDA cleared for Fat Cell Destruction. The UltraShape System developed by medical device leader Syneron Candela is the first and only non-invasive fat reduction treatment that uses pulsed focused ultrasound to immediately and comfortably destroy fat cells, resulting in measurable outcomes in as little as two weeks. The UltraShape device works by emitting waves of focused pulsed ultrasonic energy, converging at a closely confined area where patients want to target stubborn fat. Ultrasound is comfortably delivered to the treatment area, while keeping surrounding tissue, nerves and muscles intact and undamaged. Fat cells are destroyed and eliminated by the bodys natural processes as soon as two weeks after treatment, causing a very visible and immediate reduction. "One significant benefit of UltraShape is that we can customize the treatment with extra-ordinary accuracy to target and destroy fat cells immediately meeting each patients goals, states Dr. Miller. Unlike traditional ultrasound technology, UltraShape distributes energy in pulses rather than in a single continuous delivery which can be painful. Nothing works faster than UltraShape to … Continue reading →

TIME U.S. Military WikiLeaks Source Chelsea Manning Sues Govt Over Hormone Treatment Request Artist rendering of how Chelsea Manning sees herself. Alicia NealChelsea Manning Support Network Manning was diagnosed by military doctors with gender dysphoria after her arrest Chelsea Manning, who is serving a 35-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth military prison for leaking classified government documents to WikiLeaks, has sued U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel over the governments refusal to pay for gender reassignment treatment. The government continues to deny Ms. Mannings access to necessary medical treatment for gender dysphoria, without which she will continue to suffer severe psychological harms, Chase Strangio, an ACLU attorney and co-counsel with Mannings long-term civilian lawyer David Coombs, said in a statement. Such clear disregard of well-established medical protocols constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. Manning first expressed her intent to live as a woman before she was arrested in 2010 for perpetrating what at the time was the largest leak of classified information in American history. Since her arrest, she has been diagnosed by military doctors with gender dysphoria, the term used by the medical community to describe someone who does not identify with the physical gender he or she was assigned at birth. … Continue reading →