[Nov3]

Vitamin D will be found to be the most grave nutritional deficiency of this century. People weren't meant to be in front of TVs all day long. For anyone with drug resistant depression try taking 1 teaspoon per 50 lbs of cod liver oil. It has helped several people I know. (Use Carlsons Lemon Flavored it actually tastes good.)

[Nov3]

For your ping list!

[Coop]

Bush to blame! Women and minorities hardest hit!

[Magnolia]

Interesting article. I was born in February. No one in our MS support group has a May birthday either. I'm more interested in the mononucleosis & MS link.

[RockAgainsttheLeft04]

May baby speaking, and I don't know anybody with MS.

This "what month" tangent is likely just a coincidence, and it is in our nature to blow non-leads like this one out of proportion whenever a deadly, incurable disease is involved. This is actually a good thing because it helps to demonstrate our humanity and compassion; In a world so increasingly brutal, it is a sign of our love for our fellow man that we could will ourselves into grasping at straws to combat a horrific illness when those invisible straws are the ONLY leads we have.

May God bless those who suffer from MS, AIDS, and cancer of all stripes, and may we find a cure for these killers one day.

[SunkenCiv]

:') Since the actual cause of MS is elusive, I try not to worry about these kinds of studies. I have two cousins with MS, one born in January, the other in April (i.e., not May; I'm a May baby), and it used to be thought that there was a genetic proclivity for developing the disease.

[SunkenCiv]

Multiple Sclerosis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome;
A Bacterial Etiology?
Dr. Luther E. Lindner
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/6412/MSandCFS.htm

[Hoodlum91]

I agree about vitamin D!! Just this week I've been craving milk. I've gone through a gallon and a half this week alone! Finally realized it's the vitamin D I'm missing. Vitamin D is linked to SAD (Seasonal Depressive Disorder).

Glad I'm a november baby too!

[Nicholas Conradin]

I cannot speak to the Vitamin D angle, but the birth-date relationship seems to me like a spurious correlation. I'm sure that you could plot the data on an astrological chart and find that one sign or another is accorded a some sort of influence.

I was first diagnosed with MS in 1979; the progressive-remitting variety. I have reached the wheelchair stage. Still alive, though. Sure beats the alternative.