ECTRIMS 2024: McDonald criteria changes could speed diagnoses
Sep 25, 2024 · The 2024 revised criteria will allow diagnosing MS in some patients who would be classified as having radiologically isolated syndrome (RIS), which is defined as the presence of MRI brain lesions ...
Brain blood vessels key to new MS treatments, researchers argue
Oct 30, 2024 · Emerging data have shown that BBB dysfunction and inflammation coexist in a vicious cycle in MS and other neurological disorders. BBB disruption and the consequent leakage of blood proteins into ...
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Jan 15, 2025 · Get the latest multiple sclerosis news, patient views, and caregiver perspectives from one of the largest MS communities online.
New study gives snapshot of MS in US by race, age, sex, location
May 19, 2023 · The dataset was selected “to represent US private and government-sponsored insurance programs, reasoning that nearly all persons with MS (except uninsured people, Native American individuals ...
New platform for 'wearable' devices may aid myelin sheath in MS
Nov 6, 2024 · Technology said to finely control how polymers wrap around nerve fibers. MIT researchers report having taken a major step in this direction. The team devised a system using sheets of repetitive ...
Comorbidities raise risk of MS activity, greater disability
Oct 22, 2024 · Additional analyses showed that patients with two or more comorbidities, those with two or more cardiometabolic conditions, and those with depression all had a greater risk of disability worsening.
Higher bile acid levels in blood linked to slower MS progression
Nov 1, 2024 · Investigating impact of bile acid supplementation on MS progression. MS is a neurodegenerative disease in which the immune system causes damage to certain parts of the brain and spinal cord.
Treatment of progressive MS hits milestones in recent years: Study
Feb 21, 2024 · The study, “ Clinical trials for progressive multiple sclerosis: progress, new lessons learned, and remaining challenges,” was published in The Lancet Neurology. MS has traditionally been ...
MS prognosis and life expectancy - Multiple Sclerosis News Today
Feb 13, 2023 · Treatment. Perhaps the most important factor that affects the trajectory of MS in the modern day is treatment.Disease-modifying therapies, known as DMTs, are currently approved in the U.S. and ...
MS treatment explainer for newly diagnosed patients
Sep 15, 2023 · Administration route Therapy name Details; Injection Avonex (interferon beta-1a) Injected intramuscularly once weekly: Betaseron (interferon beta-1b) Injected subcutaneously every other day