A rehabilitation program using virtual reality (VR) may help improve some cognitive skills — especially those related to processing speed and memory — in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a new review covering more than a dozen studies. The researchers found that incorporating this type of new…
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A test using data from 18 blood biomarkers to track disease activity in multiple sclerosis (MS) was able to distinguish true MS relapses from symptom worsening unrelated to active inflammation with high accuracy in a small real-world study. The findings suggest Octave Bioscience’s Multiple Sclerosis Disease Activity (MSDA) test may…
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Recently, after I shared some of the harder parts of caring for my husband, Rhead, a stranger left a comment on a recent column implying that I was simply monetizing his multiple sclerosis (MS) — that by telling my story publicly, I was profiting off his illness. I…
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Rehabilitation strategies aimed at learning new skills may promote myelin repair in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), said scientists, who called for more research to test these strategies and determine the best way to deploy them. The international team provided an overview of what’s currently known about how rehab…
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Daily intake of propionic acid, a substance naturally made by gut bacteria when they break down fiber from food, significantly reduced blood levels of neurofilament light chain (NfL), a marker of nerve cell damage, in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). That’s according to data from a small Phase 2b…
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