Daily step patterns — captured via wearable devices such as smartwatches — may offer a more complete picture of disability in people with progressive forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) than measurements taken during occasional clinic visits, a study found. Using more than two years of step count data from…
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While U.S. researchers believed a home-based telerehabilitation program — thought to be more convenient and accessible for patients — would prove more effective than a clinic-based one in improving walking endurance in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), data from a large clinical trial in “the Deep South” found no…
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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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