Smoking cigarettes may speed up disease progression in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), while alcohol consumption showed no clear harmful effect, according to a long-term study involving more than 1,300 adults in Germany. Researchers found that smokers, particularly light smokers, were significantly more likely to experience worsening disability and…
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Contrary to popular belief, I did not attend this year’s Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) annual meeting just for the buffets and to loot the vendors. I was there mainly to represent the Paralyzed Veterans of America’s multiple sclerosis (MS) committee and raise awareness of its role…
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After receiving positive regulatory feedback from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Oculis is planning to expand clinical testing of its experimental therapy privosegtor as a potential treatment for acute relapses in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Privosegtor is already being investigated as a treatment for…
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An international team of experts is calling for an overhaul of the system that has been used for decades to categorize and describe multiple sclerosis (MS). The researchers presented a roadmap outlining how to begin moving from the current system that divides MS into three major subtypes toward a…
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A headache can come and go. You take a break, drink some fluids, and eventually it fades away. But a migraine is not that kind of a headache. Migraines are not “bad headaches.” They are a neurological condition that can affect how someone sees, thinks, feels, and functions. A…
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