KEY TAKEAWAYS: The progression of multiple sclerosis is particularly difficult to predict, varying widely between patients A new blood test uses a biomarker of nerve cell damage to accurately predict progression over the next two years If the test proves valid, it might help patients and their doctor plan optimalContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new study is strengthening the evidence that stem cell transplants can be highly effective for some people with multiple sclerosis — sending the disease into remission for years, and sometimes reversing disability. Researchers found that of 174 MS patients who underwent stemContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A newer understanding of multiple sclerosis (MS) suggests that psychiatric conditions like anxiety and depression may emerge long before classic MS symptoms. “For a long time, it was thought that MS only really began clinically when a person experienced their first demyelinating event,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A large number of drugs used to treat everything from multiple sclerosis to blood cancers to rheumatoid arthritis may cause a rare but often-fatal condition called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). But a simple genetic test can determine who has a 10-fold higher riskContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients with a type of multiple sclerosis (MS) known as relapsing-remitting MS could have less fatigue if they got more active and were in better physical shape, according to new research. The study also found that a lower disability rate was also associatedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients who get treatment for multiple sclerosis at the earliest signs of disease may have a lower risk of disability later, new research suggests. Among nearly 600 patients, there were lower odds of disability and progression among people diagnosed and treated within sixContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For the first time, scientists have identified a genetic variant that may make some people with multiple sclerosis (MS) vulnerable to faster progression. In a study of more than 22,000 people with MS, researchers found that those who carried a particular genetic variantContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Women with multiple sclerosis temporarily get much better when pregnant, and researchers now think they know why. Pregnancy causes a downshift in a woman’s immune system, and it appears that this unintentionally improves symptoms associated with the autoimmune disorder MS, according to aContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For years, multiple sclerosis was seen as a disease that largely affects white people. But a new study finds that it’s much more common among Black Americans than previously believed. Researchers found that in 2010, an estimated 3 out of every 1,000 BlackContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease that attacks the central nervous system and leaves patients suffering from a host of symptoms, and now new research finds life stressors can make those symptoms even worse. Poverty, abuse and divorce in childhood and adulthoodContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s been known for years that Epstein-Barr virus can trigger multiple sclerosis or drive progression of the degenerative disease, and Swedish researchers think they now understand why. Some people have antibodies against the common Epstein-Barr virus that mistakenly attack a protein found inContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Growing numbers of people have MRI brain scans to find out what’s causing their headaches, see if they have a concussion or for another reason, when a doctor may spot the tell-tale lesions of multiple sclerosis (MS). Called radiologically isolated syndrome, this occursContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While thinking declines can be a common symptom of multiple sclerosis in women, new research suggests sleep, or lack of it, could be making matters worse. “Sleep disorders have gained substantial recognition for their role in cognitive [thinking] decline, which affects up toContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Multiple sclerosis (MS) and atherosclerosis both involve an abnormal hardening of body tissue, and recent research suggests they may be linked. MS is a neurodegenerative disease that attacks the brain and spinal cord. Atherosclerosis is hardening of the arteries. Studies show connections betweenContinue Reading