September 7, 2022 News by Margarida Maia, PhD High-intensity Resistance Training May Help MS Patients With Fatigue Three months of once-weekly sessions of high-intensity resistance training ā consisting of strength exercises followed by a short recovery between sets ā effectively eased fatigue in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients experiencing low energy and tiredness, a trial in Sweden shows. This intervention also lessened feelings of depression and anxiety,…
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,…
February 21, 2022 News by Steve Bryson, PhD Life Quality of Children With MS Affected by Parents’ Distress: Study The psychological distress of a parent whose child is found to have multiple sclerosis (MS) may directly impact the quality of life of the child. That’s according to a new study that revealed a worse health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in MS children after their diagnosis. These findings support…
May 3, 2021 News by Aisha I Abdullah PhD Combining Different Tests Gives Clearer View of Patient Life Quality The combined use of generic and disease-specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measures gives a clearer representation of the effects of multiple sclerosis on patients’ quality of life and enables a more accurate comparison across countries, a study has found. āThe…
January 6, 2020 News by Joana Carvalho, PhD Language Classes Promote Brain Health and Life Quality in RRMS Patients, Study Finds Learning a second language can bolster the health-related quality of life and mental well-being of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) by working to expand areas of the brain involved in language and damaged by MS, especially in early disease stages, a study suggests. These findings were reported in the…
September 10, 2018 News by Janet Stewart, MSc MS in Child Considerably Affects Quality of Life for Family, Study Reports Parents of children withĀ pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (MS) report a lower overall quality of life than those whose kids have a condition marked by demyelination but is not a chronic disease, a study reports. The lifelong nature of MS makes all the difference, it said. MonoADS, like MS, is caused by…
February 27, 2017 News by Patricia Inacio, PhD #ACTRIMS2017 – Smoking Significantly Worsens Quality of Life for MS Patients, Study Shows Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who smokeĀ have a significantly worse quality of life than non-smoking MS patients, concludes a new study. Researchers presented the study,Ā āSmokers with MS have greater decrements in quality of life and disability than non-smokers,ā at the Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in…
December 18, 2015 News by Patricia Silva, PhD MS Patients Using New Web-based Program to Manage and Integrate Care A team of researchers from the Netherlands haveĀ developed an interactive web-based program called MSmonitor that offers multiple sclerosis patients a way to manage and better integrate the multidisciplinary care they require.Ā Pilot data from a study of its useĀ is detailed in the article,Ā āThe interactive web-based program MSmonitor for…
July 15, 2015 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Study Finds Physical Activity and Exercise Have Considerable Health Benefits for MS Patients In a recent study published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, a team of researchers from Germany identifiedĀ an association between increasedĀ physical activity and improvedĀ mental health in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Based on the results, the researchers believe that physical activity and exercise have considerable health…