People whose dietary habits are more in line with a Mediterranean-style diet may be less likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS), a study in Iran suggests. Results also indicate that the risk of MS may be higher in people who don’t get enough of certain key nutrients from their…
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When I was a little girl, I spent many days at my grandmother’s house while my parents worked. We tended to her garden, gossiped on the front porch, and baked together in the kitchen. I reminisce about those days with love, happiness, and comfort, as they are some of my…
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Smoking and higher body weight may push the immune system toward a more inflammatory profile in people with newly diagnosed multiple sclerosis (MS), while vitamin D and sunlight appear to be linked to less inflammation, a German study found. The findings overall “elucidate the molecular mechanisms by which modifiable…
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Among people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) and mild to moderate disability, fatigue severity was associated with a range of physical and psychological factors that may be important to consider when managing the symptom, a study found. Using patients’ responses to the Comprehensive Fatigue Assessment Battery for Multiple Sclerosis (CFAB-MS)…
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Increased memory loss over longer periods, known as accelerated long-term forgetting (ALF), is greater in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) than in healthy adults, a study found. Although people with MS performed similarly to healthy controls on short-term memory tests, they remembered significantly less information seven days later, suggesting…
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