Neuroscience
Mayo Clinic Q&A: Understanding multiple sclerosis
Dear Mayo Clinic: What causes multiple sclerosis, or MS, in people who don't have it in their family?
Oct 26, 2018
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Multiple Sclerosis
Neuroscience
New impetus for treatment neurodegenerative diseases
Twenty years ago, tumor necrosis factor (TNF) seemed a promising target in the treatment of brain diseases like multiple sclerosis or Alzheimer's Disease. But clinical trials produced disappointing results. Now University ...
Oct 10, 2016
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Neuroscience
New exercise guidelines developed for people with MS
According to new research out of Queen's University, an active lifestyle has many benefits for adults living with multiple sclerosis. Based on that research, Amy Latimer-Cheung (School of Kinesiology and Health Studies) has ...
Oct 11, 2013
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Medical research
New compounds protect nervous system from the structural damage of MS
A newly characterized group of pharmacological compounds block both the inflammation and nerve cell damage seen in mouse models of multiple sclerosis, according to a study conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount ...
Feb 27, 2015
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Health
Holidays in the sun hold key to boosting vitamin D, study finds
Holidays abroad may hold the key to tackling Scotland's vitamin D deficiency, research suggests.
May 17, 2016
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Neuroscience
Exercise bike pedals hope for people with MS
Researchers from the University of Sydney have designed an innovative exercise system that allows people with multiple sclerosis to workout their paralysed leg muscles in the hope of improving symptoms and slowing the disease ...
Mar 9, 2015
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Genetics
Researchers find new gene interaction associated with increased multiple sclerosis risk
A person carrying variants of two particular genes could be almost three times more likely to develop multiple sclerosis, according to the latest findings from scientists at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston ...
Mar 23, 2017
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Neuroscience
Study reports greater brain activation after cognitive rehabilitation for MS
Neuroscientists at Kessler Foundation have documented increased cerebral activation in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) following memory retraining using the modified Story Memory Technique (mSMT).
Jan 17, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Remitting multiple sclerosis: Natalizumab reduces relapses and disability
Taking the new generation anti-inflammatory drug natalizumab for two years lowers the number of remitting multiple sclerosis patients who experience relapses and progression of disability. This is the main finding of a systematic ...
Oct 5, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Multiple sclerosis: There is no individual MS gene
Around 10,000 people in Austria suffer from multiple sclerosis (MS). It is a disease whose exact cause remains unclear. “It is very likely due to a combination of genetic and environmental factors. But there is no individual ...
May 30, 2012
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