January 4, 2024 News by Steve Bryson, PhD Age of onset of RRMS increased in Norway over past century: Study An increasing number of people in western Norway have been diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosisĀ (RRMS) after age 50 over the past century, according to a new population study. The rise was primarily driven by people being diagnosed at older ages, with the average age of onset rising from 28.6…
December 5, 2023 News by Margarida Maia, PhD With younger age at PPMS onset, higher disease activity can be seen People with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) at younger ages are more likely to have higher disease activity, suggesting they may respond better to disease-modifying therapies, according to a review of published studies. “Our findings confirm that younger patients tend to have more inflammatory activity, and so younger…
August 17, 2022 News by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD Early Factors Identified That Predict Health-related Quality of Life Researchers have identified early factors that can affect the trajectory of a patient’s long-term health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after a multiple sclerosis diagnosis. These factors include older age, worse physical impairment, and more severe fatigue at diagnosis, which were predictive of worse long-term physical HRQoL. In addition,…
December 21, 2021 News by Margarida Maia, PhD Higher Genetic Risk for MS Linked to Disease Onset at Younger Ages People with a higher genetic risk for multiple sclerosis (MS) are significantly more likely to develop the disease at an earlier age, a large study found. Specifically, those with the highest genetic risk were on average five years younger at the time their symptoms started than those with the…
November 18, 2020 News by Aisha I Abdullah PhD Disease Progression Differs More Across MS Type Than Sex of Patients, Study Finds Marked differences in disease characteristics are observed between male and female patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) but they are more pronounced when comparing patients across clinical subtypes, a new study finds. The analysis found that although women are more prone to…
November 4, 2016 News by Patricia Silva, PhD MS Patients Fall Ill Earlier in Worldās Northern Regions A large international research effort concluded that the geographical area where a person lives affects how early they will start showing symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS), and that people living in the more northern regions having the earliest disease onset. The age at which a person fell ill also was…