May 5, 2022 News by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD Prevalence of MS Among Black People ‘Under-recognized’: Study Rates of multiple sclerosis (MS) were similar among Black and white people, but significantly lower in Hispanics and Asians living in southern California, a study found. These findings contrast with previous studies that have long reported lower MS rates among Black people compared to white people. Those discrepancies might…
October 25, 2021 News by Marisa Wexler, MS Review: Racial Disparities Impact Black, Hispanic MS Patients in US Black and Hispanic/Latinx people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the U.S. tend to have more severe disease, but less access to specialty care, greater diagnostic delays, and poorer outcomes, a review found. Moreover, Blacks are at higher risk than whites of both developing MS and dying from it. These…
March 16, 2021 News by Joana Carvalho, PhD Minorities With MS Voice Interest in Clinical Trials, But Concerns Evident Regardless of race or ethnicity, people with multiple sclerosis (MS) agree that clinical studies are important and show a willingness and interest in being participants, a primarily U.S. survey found. Those belonging to minority groups, however, are often deterred from taking part in MS studies for reasons that range…
March 3, 2021 News by Marisa Wexler, MS #ACTRIMS2021 – Research Finds Race- and Ethnicity-based Differences in MS Therapies Editorās note: TheĀ Multiple Sclerosis News Today news team is providing in-depth and unparalleled coverage of the virtual ACTRIMS Forum 2021, Feb. 25ā27. GoĀ hereĀ to see the latest stories from the conference. Clinical characteristics of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, including their response to therapies, vary based on race and ethnicity,…
March 23, 2020 News by Patricia Inacio, PhD Cognitive Impairment in Early MS Not Linked to Ethnicity, US Study Suggests Ethnicity does not seem to have an influence on the degree of cognitive impairment seen in patients at the early stages of multiple sclerosis (MS), a U.S.-based study suggests. The study, āRace, ethnicity, and cognition in persons newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis,ā was published in the…
February 10, 2020 News by Steve Bryson, PhD Ethnic Differences in MS Evident in Antibody-secreting Cells in Blood, US Study Suggests People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who self-identify black African or Latin American have a higher number of disease-associated antibody-secreting cells in their blood compared to those who identify as Caucasian, a U.S. study reports.Ā This difference may account for disparities related to ethnicity in MS…
November 25, 2019 News by Steve Bryson, PhD Gut Microbiome Changes Evident in Newly Diagnosed MS Patients, Study Says A DNA analysis to identify changes in the gut microbiome in people newly diagnosed withĀ multiple sclerosisĀ ā who have yet to begin using disease-modifying therapies ā showed that all, regardless of ethnic background, have an abundance of the bacteria group Clostridia compared to people…
November 22, 2019 News by Patricia Inacio, PhD Black and Hispanic RRMS Patients Show High Levels of Immune Cells Linked to Antibodies, US Study Reports African-AmericansĀ and Hispanics with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) have higher blood levels of plasmablasts,Ā a type of inflammatory immune cell that produces antibodies, than do Caucasians with this disease, a study found. The study āBlack African and Latino/a identity correlates with increased plasmablasts in MSā was published in the journal…
January 23, 2018 News by Patricia Inacio, PhD Non-Hispanic Women Have Highest MS Mortality Rates, But Blacks Die Earlier, USC Survey Finds Non-Hispanic whites, especially females, are more likely to die from multiple sclerosis (MS) than any other racial group, though blacks tend to die earlier, concludes a study by researchers at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine. Their survey, āMultiple Sclerosis Mortality by Race/ Ethnicity, Age, Sex,…
August 31, 2017 News by Janet Stewart, MSc MS and a Type of Schizophrenia May Belong to the Same Class of Disorders, Review Concludes Striking similarities betweenĀ patients with multiple sclerosis and a type of schizophrenia suggest the disorders are related, according to a review of a number of studies. Dr. Boris M. Arneth wrote theĀ article, āMultiple Sclerosis and Schizophrenia.ā It was published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. MS…