July 26, 2023 News by Marisa Wexler, MS AI model is able to predict MS risk years before disease onset A new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm could help identify people at risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS). “Our model’s performance suggests that AI-based prediction models could identify the risk for multiple sclerosis years before neurological symptoms appear,” Raj Gopalan, MD, a scientist at Siemens Healthineers, Tarrytown, New York, said…
August 16, 2022 News by Margarida Maia, PhD RRMS Onset Taking Place at Older Ages Over Past 50 Years The first symptoms of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) have been appearing increasingly later in life, according to a Spanish study covering nearly five decades. From the 1970s through the 2010s, the average age at disease onset rose by more than 10 years in both men and women, its researchers…
November 10, 2021 Columns by Beth Ullah MS Advocacy Gives Me Strength and Purpose I want to help in any way I possibly can. My lonely confusion in the early days after being diagnosed with aggressive relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis was mentally and physically paralyzing. However, this column isnāt about how āHurricane MSā battered my body. Instead, it’s about why I chose to…
November 3, 2021 News by Somi Igbene, PhD No Link Found Between Vitamin D Levels, Age at First MS Symptoms There is no link between serum vitamin D levels and the age at which an individual develops the first symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS), a new observational study suggests. However, a link was found between cerebrospinal fluid antibody levels, serum vitamin D levels, and the age at first MS…
January 7, 2020 News by Marta Figueiredo, PhD Probiotics Show Potential to Prevent, Delay Development of MS, Study Finds Probiotics show potential to prevent and delay the development of multiple sclerosis (MS) by changing immune and inflammatory responses, according to a review study. Data further support the link between the gutāsĀ microbial community (microbiota) and the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), and neurodegenerative diseases. However, large-scale clinical…
August 1, 2018 News by Diogo Pinto Pregnancy Worsens Symptoms in MS Patients, Study Finds Pregnancy, including successful delivery or miscarriage, worsensĀ symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS), as well as onset of the disease, a retrospective study shows. Researchers found the same effect of pregnancy on neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD), an inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system characterized by demyelination and damage of…
November 22, 2017 News by Alice MelĆ£o, MSc Gut Bacteria Contribute to MS Onset and Development, Rutgers Mouse Study Shows Exposure to certain gut bacteria at a young age may cause multiple sclerosis (MS) and fuel its progression, a new mouse study shows. The study, āGut dysbiosis breaks immunological tolerance toward the central nervous system during young adulthood,ā appeared in the journal Proceedings of the National…
December 5, 2016 News by Joana Fernandes, PhD Low Vitamin D Levels at Birth May Influence MS Risk in Adults, Study Suggests The risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) later in life may be higher for babies born with low levels of vitamin D, according to a new study in the journal Neurology. The study, āNeonatal Vitamin D Status And Risk Of Multiple Sclerosis – A Population-Based Case-Control Study,ā was…