Multiple Sclerosis News
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Promising Vaccine for 'Mono' Virus, Cancers, and MS
A new report reveals two experimental vaccines show promise protecting against the "mono" virus, which also causes cancer and has been implicated as a potential trigger of MS.
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In U.S., Price Tag for MS Care Tops $85 Billion
That amount included over $63 billion in direct medical costs and $22 billion in indirect non-medical costs.
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Meat-Heavy Diets Might Have Link to MS
A new study suggests if you eat a lot of meat, you may be at increased risk for multiple sclerosis.
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Could the 'Mono' Virus Help Trigger Multiple Sclerosis?
The new study of more than 10 million U.S. military personnel found the risk of developing MS shot up 32-fold after infection with Epstein-Barr, best known for causing mononucleois,
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New MRI Technique Might Help Spot MS Sooner
The technique detects biochemical changes in the brains of people with MS early in their disease.
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Depression With MS Can Be a Fatal Mix
A new study finds when depression and MS are together, chances of dying during the next decade are 5 times greater than if neither condition is present.
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Selma Blair Reports Multiple Sclerosis Remission
Actress Selma Blair says she’s now in remission after years of a serious multiple sclerosis flare.
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First Signs of MS May Often Go Undiagnosed
A new study suggests early symptoms of multiple sclerosis may commonly be missed for years before the right diagnosis is made.
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'MIND' Diet May Help Preserve Brain in People With MS
New research suggests the 'MIND' Diet -- a diet designed to boost brain health -- appears to benefit people with MS.
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MS Doesn't Put Pregnant Women at Higher Risk
New research suggests the disease doesn't raise the risk of pregnancy complications.
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Many MS Patients Struggle With Finances, Forgo Treatments
Many MS Patients Struggle With Finances, Forgo Treatments By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- More than three-quarters of Americans with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience financial difficulties that often prevent them from getting treatment, new research claims. "Our study results demonstrate the high prevalence of financial toxicity for MS patients and the resulting decisions patients make that impact their health care and lifestyle," said study author Dr. Gelareh Sadigh, an assistant radiology professor at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
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Obesity May Boost Odds for MS in Kids
Obese children may be twice as likely to develop multiple sclerosis, a new study suggests.
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Common MS Drug Can Bring Longer, Healthier Life
New research revealed that patients taking a beta interferon drug for more than three years were likely to live longer than those who took one for a shorter time or who didn't take one at all.
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Drug May Delay MS Disability for Some
A new Swiss study found that people who have secondary progressive MS who took the drug rituximab reported less disabling symptoms over a 10-year period than those who didn't. People taking the drug also had a slower progression of MS symptoms.
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Pot May Help MS A Little, But Questions Remain
People with MS who used cannabis-derived drugs reported slightly fewer muscle contractions, less bladder dysfunction and pain in a new study. But the self-reported results differed from those doctors came up with.
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New Drug Could Help Kids With MS
The first drug approved for use in children with MS reduced relapse rates by 82 percent in people aged 10 to 17 compared with interferon beta-1a, a drug commonly used to slow the progression of the degenerative nerve disease.
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Doctors Discover New Type of Multiple Sclerosis
Researchers have discovered a new subtype of multiple sclerosis, in which neurons die but there appears to be no damage to the myelin, the fatty, protective covering on nerve cells. The discovery changes the way scientists have understood the disease.
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New MRI Test May Predict Severity of MS
Researchers hope a new MRI test that tracks iron levels in the brain will help predict how fast multiple sclerosis progresses and how severe it could be.
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Paints, Solvents Increase MS Risk for Some Smokers
Among those with a genetic predisposition and organic solvent exposure, MS risk rose sevenfold. About 60 percent of all the MS cases seen fell into this category.
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Don't Wait to Take MS Drugs
The new guidelines, issued by the academy, took into account studies on MS drugs and concluded that it's best to start use of MS drugs as early as possible.
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Stem Cell Transplant for MS Shows Promise
The treatment involves using cancer drugs to decimate a patient's immune system and then restarting it with a stem cell transplant, BBC News reported.
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Eating Fish Might Guard Against MS
The current study included more than 1,100 people from Southern California. Their average age was 36. Half had been diagnosed with early MS or with clinically isolated syndrome.
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Healthy Living May Ease Some MS Symptoms
The study also found that a healthy lifestyle was linked to less depression, fatigue and pain for people with MS.
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High-Fat Diets Can Endanger Young MS Patients
These regimens raised the risk for disease relapse, study found
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More Evidence Links the 'Mono' Virus to MS Risk
Latest study shows blacks and Hispanics also vulnerable
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