Neuroscience
Consumer health: What do you know about multiple sclerosis?
MS Awareness Week will be observed March 13-19, which makes this a good time to learn about multiple sclerosis, or MS.
Mar 15, 2022
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Neuroscience
Modifiable risk factors tied to MS diagnosis, neurodegeneration
Smoking is associated with higher odds of being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), and high alcohol intake is associated with retinal features indicative of more severe neurodegeneration in individuals with MS, according ...
Mar 9, 2022
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Neuroscience
Milk may exacerbate MS symptoms
Multiple sclerosis sufferers often complain of more severe disease symptoms after consuming dairy products. Researchers at the Universities of Bonn and Erlangen-Nuremberg have now found a possible cause for this. According ...
Mar 1, 2022
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Neuroscience
Zebrafish study shows cells that survive myelin damage are worse at producing myelin
A study published today by researchers at the MS Society Edinburgh Centre for MS Research found another clue to what goes wrong in MS—and what we could do to change it.
Feb 16, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Epstein-barr virus: It causes mono and maybe MS. Is a vaccine near?
The mononucleosis virus, Epstein-Barr, has become a major suspect in the search for what causes multiple sclerosis.
Feb 10, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study identifies how Epstein-Barr virus triggers multiple sclerosis
Scientists have long suspected—but failed to prove—a link between certain viral infections and the development of multiple sclerosis, a crippling autoimmune disease that affects nearly 1 million Americans. Now, a study ...
Feb 9, 2022
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Genetics
New genetic clues for multiple sclerosis risk
An international team of researchers led by Karolinska Institutet in Sweden reports that cells in the central nervous system known as oligodendrocytes might have a different role in the development of multiple sclerosis (MS) ...
Feb 4, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds hydroxychloroquine delays disability for least treatable form of multiple sclerosis
A University of Calgary study has found promising results for the generic drug hydroxychloroquine when used to treat the evolution of disability of primary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), the least treatable form of ...
Jan 13, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Epstein-Barr virus may be leading cause of multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS), a progressive disease that affects 2.8 million people worldwide and for which there is no definitive cure, is likely caused by infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), according to a study led ...
Jan 13, 2022
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Treadmill exercise training shows promise for managing cognitive effects of multiple sclerosis
A pilot study by a team of multiple sclerosis (MS) researchers showed that treadmill walking exercise training may be an effective approach to managing the debilitating cognitive effects of the disease. Their article, titled, ...
Dec 3, 2021
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