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Women with MS do not have higher risk of dying from breast cancer

Women with MS do not have higher risk of dying from breast cancer Published: 03 June 2021 A new study from Canada has found that women with multiple sclerosis (MS) and breast cancer do not have a higher risk of dying than those without the neurological condition. They did find,

Rates of multiple sclerosis rise with countries’ prosperity

Rates of multiple sclerosis rise with countries’ prosperity Published: 07 April 2021 Multiple sclerosis (MS) prevalence rises with countries’ prosperity, according to a new study, and occurs more in developed countries. Researchers used data from 195 countries that was collected in 2017. They found that overall, 21.7 people had MS

Children with multiple sclerosis should have early MRIs to predict disease worsening

Children with multiple sclerosis should have early MRIs to predict disease worsening Published: 26 March 2021 A new nine-year study has found that abnormalities seen on MRI scans in children with multiple sclerosis (MS) at the onset of the condition, and within the first two years, might predict how their

Avocados reduce MS risk

Avocados reduce MS risk Published: 26 January 2021 Drinking alcohol doesn’t have any effect on the likeliness of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a new large-scale analysis. Some previous studies have suggested that alcohol consumption may be linked with a lower risk of MS, while others have not found

Adolescents with MS have lower levels of physical fitness

Adolescents with MS have lower levels of physical fitness.Published: 16 December 2020 Teenagers with multiple sclerosis (MS) are less fit than healthy adolescents of the same age and sex, a new study has found. Researchers also found higher levels of fitness were associated with less disease activity and disability. Published

Fewer pregnancies and early menopause increases progressive MS risk

Fewer pregnancies and early menopause increases progressive MS risk Published: 16 December 2020 A new study has linked fewer pregnancies and premature menopause to the likelihood of developing early onset progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). Researchers also found that there was a positive correlation between the amount of pregnancies a woman

Factors that improve quality of life in people with MS

Factors that improve quality of life in people with MS Published: 15 December 2020 A recent review has found that higher self-esteem, self-efficacy, resilience and social support are protective factors for quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Conversely, disability, fatigue, cognitive impairment, depression and unemployment were found

Remyelination hope in mouse study

Remyelination hope in mouse study Published: 16 December 2020 A new mouse model study has shown that stem cells taken from the skin of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) can grow into oligodendrocytes, which are myelin-producing nerve cells. Myelin is the fatty substance protecting nerve endings, and is damaged and

Disease modifying therapies raise risk of precancerous growths in over 45s

Disease modifying therapies raise risk of precancerous growths in over 45s Published: 10 November 2020 The use of certain disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) increases the risk of precancerous growths in those over 45, a new scientific analysis has found. The researchers however failed to find

Beetroot molecule may hold hope for MS treatment

Beetroot molecule may hold hope for MS treatment Published: 05 November 2020 Researchers have discovered that a small protein found in beetroot can block the activity of prolyl oligopeptidase (POP), an enzyme that breaks down certain hormones and signalling molecules and which controls inflammation in the body. The study, published

Women with MS do not have higher risk of dying from breast cancer

Rates of multiple sclerosis rise with countries’ prosperity

Children with multiple sclerosis should have early MRIs to predict disease worsening

Avocados reduce MS risk

Adolescents with MS have lower levels of physical fitness

Fewer pregnancies and early menopause increases progressive MS risk

Remyelination hope in mouse study

Disease modifying therapies raise risk of precancerous growths in over 45s

Beetroot molecule may hold hope for MS treatment

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