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TED Event - a talk by Dr. Terry Wahls about how she essentially cured her own MS through diet.

PICAYUNE — An attempt at an armed robbery failed when the suspect met with resistance from the business owner. Investigation into the crime led to the arrest of 28-year-old Stephen Joseph Kendrick after review of business surveillance video, said Capt. Chad Dorn with the Picayune Police Department. Kendrick was charged with attempted armed robbery. Officers with the department received a call on Friday from the owner of a gas station located at the intersection of Beech Street and Jackson Landing Road. Witnesses stated that just after 10 p.m. Friday a man, later identified as Kendrick, entered the store and walked...

Three years ago, Kristie Salerno Kent, a singer-songwriter, was standing in a security line at the airport on her way home from a gig when her legs went numb. “From the waist down, it felt as though I was trying to walk through a bowl of oatmeal,” said the 38-year-old musician, who has multiple sclerosis... --snip-- The medication she was taking to prevent these attacks was losing its effect, so her doctor suggested she switch to Tysabri, one of the newer, more potent “disease-modifying drugs,” which reduce the severity and frequency of relapses. She also began taking Ampyra, which early...

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A rare genetic variant which causes reduced levels of vitamin D appears to be directly linked to multiple sclerosis, says an Oxford University study. UK and Canadian scientists identified the mutated gene in 35 parents of a child with MS and, in each case, the child inherited it. Researchers say this adds weight to suggestions of a link between vitamin D deficiency and MS. The study is in Annals of Neurology. Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord). Although the cause of MS is not yet conclusively known, both genetic and...

Scott Samsel has taken in the Mississippi High School Activities Association state championship atmosphere at Jackson's Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium many times as a spectator. There were, of course, exceptions. In 1993, he brought his Independence squad to face Forest for the Class 3A title. Despite leading at halftime, the Wildcats lost by six points. "We just weren't a very good passing team, and I said when I left the stadium that day if I'm ever fortunate enough to get back, we're going to be able to throw the football," Samsel said. "I just didn't anticipate it taking 18 years."...

Risk Factors for CCSVI are Similar to Risk Factors for Developing MS, UB Study Shows Summary: A vascular condition called chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI), which has attracted global attention as possibly being correlated with MS has, for the first time, been studied for the presence of risk factors in subjects who do not have a neurological disease. A preliminary University at Buffalo study of 252 volunteers has found an association between CCSVI and as many as three characteristics widely viewed as possible or confirmed MS risk factors. They are: infectious mononucleosis, irritable bowel syndrome and smoking. The UB researchers...

Meridian police say a burglar was shot by a homeowner Friday morning. Officials say the resident arrived home between 10:30 and 11 a.m. to find someone in his house in the 2400 block of 37th Avenue. Police spokesman Mike Vick said the homeowner fired once, injuring the suspect in the hand. "There was an additional person of interest outside the home that is being questioned now," said Vick. "And charges are pending on both of those individuals." Vick said he can't release the suspects' names until they are formally charged with burglary.

Mississippi Initiative #26 - Personhood Amendment Section 33. Person Defined. As used in this Article III of the state constitution, "The term 'person' or 'persons' shall include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or the functional equivalent thereof." This initiative shall not require any additional revenue for implementation.

Barbour: Initiative 31 bad for business 'It'll cost us a whole lot of jobs,' governor warns Firing back at critics of using eminent domain as a tool for economic development, Gov. Haley Barbour says DeSoto County voters armed with facts shouldn't be afraid to shoot down Initiative 31 on the Tuesday ballot. They should be afraid of the economic impact if the proposal passes: "It'll cost us a whole lot of jobs. It would be felt in DeSoto County and all across the state," he said. "People shouldn't be misled into thinking this will protect their property from eminent domain,"...

Circadian disruption and sleep restriction contributing factorsResearchers from Sweden have uncovered an association between shift work and increased risk of multiple sclerosis (MS). Those who engage in off-hour employment before the age of 20 may be at risk for MS due to a disruption in their circadian rhythm and sleep pattern. Findings of this novel study appear today in Annals of Neurology, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Neurological Association and Child Neurology Society. Previous research has determined that shift work—working during the night or rotating working hours—increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, thyroid disorders, and...

UCI study shows promise of metabolic therapy for autoimmune diseasesA glucosamine-like dietary supplement suppresses the damaging autoimmune response seen in multiple sclerosis, according to a UC Irvine study. UCI’s Dr. Michael Demetriou, Ani Grigorian and others found that oral N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), which is similar to but more effective than the widely available glucosamine, inhibited the growth and function of abnormal T-cells that in MS incorrectly direct the immune system to attack and break down central nervous system tissue that insulates nerves.

Spanish researchers found that 22 of 24 healthy people (92 per cent) developed an immune response to HIV after being given their MVA-B vaccine. Professor Mariano Esteban, head researcher on the project at the National Biotech Centre in Madrid, said of the jab: "It is like showing a picture of the HIV so that it is able to recognise it if it sees it again in the future." The injection contains four HIV genes which stimulate T and B lymphocytes, which are types of white blood cells. Prof Esteban explained: "Our body is full of lymphocytes, each of them programmed...

An elderly couple is shaken up after a bold robber forces his way inside their West Jackson home. Jackson Police tell us that the suspect Sidney Humbles, 39 showed up at UMC with a gunshot wound to the back. He faces armed robbery of an occupied dwelling and simple assault. Authorities say it happened at a house on Prose Avenue, just off Florence Avenue. Humbles knocked on the front door and told the homeowner's wife that he had some donuts for her. When she unlocked the door, he forced his way inside the home and knocked her to the ground....

DeSoto County Schools will abide by an existing policy that prohibits broadcasting prayers over the public address system at football games, but school board attorney Keith Treadway did not elaborate further Monday on the demands of a Wisconsin group that prayer be halted at athletic events and graduation ceremonies. Treadway's statement, after a private executive session of school board members at a regularly scheduled board meeting, was in response to a recent letter to school officials from the Freedom From Religion Foundation demanding that the school follow a U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring it unconstitutional for public schools to organize,...

JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - Jackson Police are investigating a shooting of an armed robbery suspect. It happened outside the N & S Food Center at 4624 Hanging Moss Road. The store owner says he was closing around 10:00pm Sunday, when a masked man jumped from behind a dumpster, and pulled a gun on him. The store owner who was also armed pulled out a gun and shot the robber several times. The robber fired his gun but missed.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressman Alan Nunnelee (R-Miss) announced that he is the co-sponsor of five bills that defend Second Amendment rights. “As a strong defender of the Second Amendment, I am pleased to co-sponsor these legislative measures that will remove unnecessary restrictions on firearms and eliminate harsh gun control laws. The right to bear arms is a fundamental right that is assured to every law abiding citizen, and as a member of Congress I will continue to fight for this right,” Nunnelee said. Congressman Nunnelee is the co-sponsor of the following bills: § The BATFE Reform and Firearms Modernization...

A major clinical trial will investigate whether stem cells can be safely used to treat multiple sclerosis (MS).It is hoped eventually to slow, stop or even reverse the damage MS causes to the brain and spinal cord. The trial, involving up to 150 patients across Europe, is due to start later this year. Dr Paolo Muraro from Imperial College London said: "There is very strong pre-clinical evidence that stem cells might be an effective treatment." Researchers will collect stem cells from the bone marrow of patients, grow them in the laboratory and then re-inject them into their blood. The stem...

MS Police Officer Shoots Chained Dog Six Times March 23, 2011 In Gulfport, MS, police were called to a subdivision to investigate a possible break-in. During the course of the investigation, an officer went into the backyard of a neighbor’s home where she encountered the owner’s chained dog. The owner, who was just coming outside to get his dog, says the officer was standing approximately 30 feet from the end of the dog’s chain when she put half a dozen bullets in the dog. Samuel Lovato rushed his beloved pet – named Melmo – to the vet but the injuries...

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered a molecular mechanism which could bring about the development of new treatments for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) — a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. Dr Bruno Gran, a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Clinical Neurology in the School of Clinical Sciences, working in collaboration with Professor Paul Moynagh from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, has discovered a synthetic chemical compound which inhibits the pro-inflammatory signals produced by the immune system in MS. What makes this chemical unique is that at the same time, it stimulates the body...

At present, while there is no cause known for this condition, patients with MS seem to have genetic vulnerability to certain environmental factors that could trigger this condition, such as the Epstein-Barr virus. Scientists at the University of Granada have found a relation between the Epstein-Barr virus –which belongs to the herpesviruses family–and the development of this conditionThe Epstein-Barr (EVB) virus –belonging to the herpesviruses family, which also includes the herpes simplex virus and the cytomegalovirus– is one of the environmental factors that might cause multiple sclerosis, a condition affecting the central nervous system, which causes are unknown. This has...

Just wondering how all the FReepers in the tornado areas are doing? It's been a deadly couple of days across the South - hope everyone made it thru okay.

PEARL, Miss. -- Police are investigating a jewelry store shooting that killed a man and injured another in Pearl, said Lt. Butch Townsend. Pearl police said the shooting occurred during a robbery attempt at Gold and Silver Extravaganza on Highway 80. “Both suspects are male, dressed as females,” Townsend said. Townsend said the duo entered the store and tried to rob the employees shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday. “The individuals came heavily armed. They had several weapons,” Townsend said. Police said the store manager pulled out his own weapon and fired first, killing one of the men and critically injuring...

SIMPSON COUNTY, MS (WLBT) - A 29 year old Simpson County man was shot to death by his 26 year old wife Wednesday night. It happened at a home at 316 Main Street in downtown Braxton. Simpson County Sheriff Kenneth Lewis says he believes it was a case of self defense. "It stemmed from just a fight between and man and a wife, and ah, the lady picked up a gun and shot him. And he had bounced her off the wall two or three times, her eye was black and she was bloody. And so she had just had...

Democrats scarce in Mississippi races; Republicans qualify for all 8 positions Deadline today to enter state elections JACKSON -- In Mississippi, where Democrats held all eight statewide elected offices just two decades ago, the party had fielded candidates for only three offices -- governor, attorney general and agriculture commissioner -- on the eve of today's qualifying deadline. Republicans, meanwhile, had qualified for all eight races. It wasn't clear whether Democrats would produce a full slate of candidates or if any last-minute qualifiers would enter with enough name recognition and money to gain momentum against some Republicans who have been actively...

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour made the case Sunday on Fox News that his career as a high-powered federal lobbyist for domestic corporations and foreign governments would be an asset if he ran for President in 2012. (excerpt) Barbour may be eager to showcase his record, but one of Barbour's foreign lobbying clients could cause him some troubles in the 2012 Republican primary, if he decides to run. According to a State Department filing by Barbour's former lobbying firm, The Embassy of Mexico decided to retain Barbour's services on August 15, 2001, to work on, among other things, legislation that would...

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have shown for the first time that damage to a particular area of the brain and a consequent reduction in noradrenaline are associated with multiple sclerosis. The study is available online in the journal Brain. The pathological processes in MS are not well understood, but an important contributor to its progression is the infiltration of white blood cells involved in immune defense through the blood-brain barrier. Douglas Feinstein, research professor in anesthesiology at the UIC College of Medicine, and his colleagues previously showed that the neurotransmitter noradrenaline plays an important role as...

Two teachers and a bus driver were killed when their bus was struck by an 18-wheeler at an intersection near Calhoun County, Miss. The students, 62 seniors from Ackerman High School travelling in two buses, were returning from a career day event prior to the collision.

Press Release Feb. 1, 2011 Jackson, MS SB 2255 Border Fence Fund Bill passed through the Senate Judiciary A committee at about 4:45pm central time. This bill will fund the border fence by imposing a fee on money sent to foreign countries (remittances) from people unlawfully present in this country and in cooperation with other States. If only half the States participate, they could raise $1.2 billion annually for the border fence with an average remittance fee of 5%. The vote was 5- 5, the tie was broken by the committee Chair and author, Senator Joey Fillingane. The next step...

WEST POINT -- After a four-day trial, a Clay County jury returned a not-guilty verdict Friday in the manslaughter trial of Jeremy Barnhill. When the verdict was read, the family of Jeremy Barnhill leapt to their feet, cheering. "Thank God, thank God," his mother, Mary Barnhill, kept repeating. Although they were chastised by 16th Circuit Judge Jim Kitchens, the family had waited more than a year to see Barnhill cleared of the charge. The jury found that Barnhill, 26, of West Point, shot and killed 46-year-old Curtis Clardy in self-defense on Jack Williams Road in the Cedar Bluff community on...

One of the Senate's top Democrats is predicting the chamber will approve a new nuclear arms control treaty with Russia, despite Republican opposition to what is one of President Barack Obama's top foreign policy goals. New York Sen. Charles Schumer says Democrats have now picked up the support of GOP Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi, and he said he believes Democrats can get the 67 votes the Constitution requires to ratify a treaty.

The Mississippi Supreme Court last week handed down its first review of the meaning and application of the "Castle Doctrine" passed by the Legislature in 2006. Mississippians have never had a "duty to retreat." In writing for the Court in this case, Newell v State, Chief Justice Bill Waller, Jr. footnoted "it has always been the law in this state that one has no duty to retreat from an attack if he is in a place where he has a right to be and is not the initial aggressor or provoker" citing cases from 1876, 1882 and 1901. The Castle...

As our nation commemorates this week the sacrifices of 2,400 of our fellow citizens at Pearl Harbor, and the horrific war fought in the aftermath, there are still lessons we can learn from those sacrifices. We learned at Pearl Harbor the cost of failing to recognize, and prepare for, the reality of evil in the world. And though experts disagree on what steps might have been taken in a free society to prevent the dastardly strikes on the World Trade Center towers on 9/11, we learned again that day of the reality that evil is real and bad people do...

Successfully treating and reversing the effects of multiple sclerosis, or MS, may one day be possible using a drug originally developed to treat chronic pain, according to Distinguished Professor Linda Watkins of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Watkins and her colleagues in CU-Boulder's department of psychology and neuroscience discovered that a single injection of a compound called ATL313 -- an anti-inflammatory drug being developed to treat chronic pain -- stopped the progression of MS-caused paralysis in rats for weeks at a time. Lisa Loram, a senior research associate who spearheaded the project in Watkins' laboratory, presented the findings at...

JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - A Jackson convenience store worker has been found not guilty in the 2008 shooting death of a shoplifter. A Hinds county jury found Sarbrinder Pannu not guilty in the murder of 36 year old James Hawthorne. Pannu shot Hawthorne after he stole a case of beer from the J and S Food Mart on Medgar Evers Boulevard. Prosecuting attorneys argued that Hawthorne was unarmed when he was gunned down. In closing arguments defense attorney Tom Fortner said Pannu feared for his life when he saw Hawthorne reaching for what he thought was a gun. Members of...

Democrats hope to stem GOP tide in Mississippi After election slap, party plots to regain its relevance Calls to "take back America" preceded last week's remodeling of the congressional makeup, and Mississippi residents can expect to hear a similar refrain during the 2011 statewide and legislative races -- this time from a different political party. Jamie Franks, chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party, said part of the Democrats' strategy to win offices next year will include reminding voters that Republicans have been leading the state for the last eight years. Nearly all the statewide offices, including the governor's office, are...

JACKSON, Miss. -- One Jackson store owner decided to fire back when a man tried to rob his furniture store, police said. Jackson Police Department Officer Colendula Green said at about 5 p.m. Monday, a man carrying a gun walked into City Furniture on Bailey Avenue. The store owner started shooting at him and the man ran away without stealing anything, Green said. Green said no one was hurt. Robert Leon Jackson, 22, was later arrested in the area of Wood and Huron streets and is charged in connection with the attempted robbery, Green said. Jackson has previous armed robbery...

JACKSON, Miss. -- A woman who opened fire on four men who tried to kicked in her door on Friday said she's fighting back and won't become a victim. The incident happened Friday in the 1100 block of Woodville Drive, police said. Stephanie, who didn't reveal her last name because she said she fears for her life, said she was awakened at about 10:30 a.m. by a noise at her front door. She said she grabbed her gun as the men tried to kick in her door. "I just saw on TV where that 81-year-old got killed and I was...

The behemoth Taiwanese oil skimmer, A Whale, is not yet ready attack the Gulf of Mexico oil spill after a weekend of testing proved inconclusive, said a statement this morning from TMT Shipping Offshore, owner of the ship. "After an initial 48-hour testing period, results remain inconclusive in light of the rough sea state we are encountering," said Bob Grantham, spokesman for the company. "Over this same period, very few other skimmers have even been deployed. Therefore, working in close coordination with the US Coast Guard, we will be undertaking an additional testing period to make operational and technological adjustments...

Just weeks ago, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour claimed that oil was not a big threat to the people of the Gulf Coast. Now, with oil hitting his state's beaches for the first time since the start of the BP spill, the Republican governor says his state isn't prepared for the spill and needs more help. Earlier in June, Barbour said, "Once [oil] gets to this stage, it's not poisonous," though he said it probably wasn't a good idea to brush one's teeth with it. With black gobs of oil now sullying Mississippi's white beaches, the governor is taking a more...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- State officials spotted patches of oil Wednesday off Petit Bois Island and between Horn and Ship islands, according to the state Department of Marine Resources. Oil was found in the pass between Horn and Ship and also about 11 miles south of Petit Bois Island, DMR director Bill Walker told media outlets on Wednesday. BP confirmed that mousse, tar balls and emulsion were found in the areas. BP said that it is working with the Coast Guard, DMR and the Department of Environmental Quality to clean and contain the oil before it reaches land.  

A section of brain from a mouse with multiple sclerosis-like disease induced by viral infection. The fluorescently stained image shows a type of killer white blood cell, called CD8+ T cells (colored green), invading the brain and attracting other immune cells (red) that degrade the nerve protein myelin. Myelin forms a sheath around nerves. When the myelin sheath is damaged, the nerve is like a frayed electrical cord that no longer transmits correctly. A virus infection can incite the body to attack its own nerve tissue by activating unusual, disease-fighting cells with receptors for both viral and nerve proteins. The...

Discuss the primary results in Alabama, Mississippi and New Mexico. Link for results: Politico

A 23-year-old man killed in a home invasion attempt in Mississippi Sunday -- and considered a "career criminal" by the New Orleans Police Department -- has been linked to a Friday of terror in New Orleans that included the murder of a 43-year-old man in the 2200 block of Clio Street and the slaying of a United Cab driver at Sixth and Chippewa streets. A ballistics report reveals bullets from a .22-caliber revolver killed both 52-year-old cabdriver Arvil Hicks III of Avondale and Romalis Chapman, police said Tuesday. nopd-badge.jpg Chapman, who wanted to teach English in a foreign country, was...

Louise Lessard has dreams at night in which she can walk effortlessly again. Gone are the cane, wheelchair and walker that have become her real-life companions. The former kindergarten teaching assistant began falling down and struggling to walk in 1999, and within four years, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Wednesday, Ms. Lessard rolled up in a wheelchair in a suburban park in Montreal to press for what she sees as her only hope at a better life.

DeSoto County schools to make 'drastic cuts' District will trim salaries; 40 fewer teachers in class DeSoto County Schools employees will see smaller paychecks next year, and 40 fewer teachers will fill classrooms under sweeping cutbacks announced Monday by the state's largest public school system. "These are tough times for DeSoto County schools," Supt. Milton Kuykendall said in an afternoon news conference. "We're having to make some drastic cuts." Altogether, the plan will trim about $17.7 million from the fiscal 2011 budget to offset a reduction from $133 million to $122 million in Mississippi Adequate Education Program funding from the...

Wow! This politico from Mississippi, one of the states in the area of the Gulf of Mexico compares this massive oil spill from this sunken off shore oil drilling rig to what else………..spilled chocolate milk. This is once again your government at work. What GROSS INCOMPETENCE! Welcome to Monday folks!

The Burning Windsor band traveled north on I-55 in Holmes County, Mississippi early Saturday afternoon. The band was trying to get to Memphis for a gig Saturday night. They never realized they were driving straight into the path of an EF4 tornado! Check out this video (and make sure you click the button on the lower right to make it full scream, er, I mean full screen). The preliminary damage survey by the National Weather Service from the tornadoes in Mississippi on Saturday is nothing short of incredible. There is a continuous tornado damage path of 97 miles from west...

I have nothing but admiration for Neil Cavuto, who is dealing with MS after having dealt with cancer. As a person who has had to deal with learning disabilities, this is TRULY an act of courage.

Barbour, advisers privately mull 2012 By: Jonathan Martin April 16, 2010 01:51 PM EDT When asked about his presidential ambitions, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour told reporters earlier this year that “If you see me losing 40 pounds that means I’m either running or have cancer." It might be time to start watching Barbour’s waistline. POLITICO has learned that Barbour is weighing the prospect of a 2012 White House bid, and convened a private meeting last Thursday with a group of some of his oldest and closest advisers, some of whom flew in from the East Coast to Jackson. The gathering...