There is something about the promise of autumn that makes August feel even hotter. Every year, as summer winds down, I look forward to cooler mornings, changing leaves, cozy sweaters, and the unmistakable feeling of a new season. But here in Central Texas, autumn can feel more like an idea…
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A new U.S. study has found that use of the recombinant zoster vaccine effectively reduces the risk of herpes zoster — more commonly known as shingles — in adults with multiple sclerosis (MS). Specifically, in a retrospective analysis involving more than 14,000 vaccinated people with MS, receiving the recombinant…
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Social and economic factors, including unemployment, being unmarried, or living in disadvantaged neighborhoods, are linked to poorer cognitive skills in adults with multiple sclerosis (MS), especially among non-white people, according to a U.S. study. The findings add to earlier evidence that patients with a lower socioeconomic status, tend…
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Early treatment with high-efficacy disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) lowered the risk of relapse-associated disability progression in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), but had no effect on disability progression independent of relapse activity (PIRA), a nationwide study in Denmark found. People who received high-efficacy therapies as a first treatment were…
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Both the Mediterranean diet and time-restricted eating — a dietary intervention in which all daily meals and snacks are consumed within a set time window — may help promote weight loss in people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), according to results from a small clinical trial comparing the two…
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