November 5, 2018 News by Stacy Grieve, PhD Salt-rich Diet Appears to Trigger Inflammation and Promote Autoimmune Disease by Impact on T-cells, Study Reports Researchers at Yale uncovered a way that high-salt diets may trigger inflammation and possibly contribute to the development of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). Their study, “Activated Ī²-catenin in Foxp3+ regulatory T cells links inflammatory environments to autoimmunity,” was recently published in the journalĀ Nature…
October 23, 2018 News by Jose Marques Lopes, PhD Changes in Temperature and Salt Affect Myelin and Raise Risk of MS, Study Says Environmental changes, such as high temperatures and alterations in salt types and concentrations, trigger structural changes to myelin that may increase the risk ofĀ multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a new study. The research, āPathological transitions in myelin membranes driven by environmental and multiple sclerosis conditions,ā was…
October 12, 2018 News by BioNews Staff #ECTRIMS2018 – From Sun to Salt: Growing Role of Environment in MS A person’s genes influence the development of multiple sclerosis (MS), but so does the environment ā both that in which an MS patient lives, and that which a patient creates through diet and other lifestyle choices, researchers said in a Thursday session at the 34th congress of the European…
January 18, 2018 News by Patricia Inacio, PhD Excessive Salt Consumption Leads to Cognitive Impairment, MS Mouse Study Shows New research shows how a high-salt diet leads to excessive levels of interleukin-17 (IL-17) in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, causing changes in endothelial cells that result in dementia. These findings suggest that therapeutics targeting IL-17 may help halt the neurovascular damages of MS and other autoimmune diseases linked to high…
October 12, 2017 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Diet High in Salt Does Not Increase MS Risk, Large-scale Study Suggests A higher intake of dietary sodium, most often in the form of salt, does not increase the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), Norwegian researchers concluded after analyzing data from more than 175,000 women. Their findings counter earlier evidence from experimental studies in cells and MS mouse models that suggested…
June 19, 2017 Columns by Ed Tobias MS News That Caught My Eye This Week: Pollution, Salt, Stress, and Air Travel In case you missedĀ them, here are some news stories that appeared in MS News Today that caught my eye over the past week. **** Air Pollution May Trigger Relapses in MS Patients, French Study Finds Attention if you live in location where the air…
June 15, 2017 News by Janet Stewart, MSc High Salt Consumption Has No Effect on Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms or Prognosis, Study Finds Eating a diet high in salt won’t worsen or speed up multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms, concludes a study of MS patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS).Ā That contradicts earlier studies by researchers from Argentina, Vermont and elsewhere who warned of a possible link between high sodium consumption and MS. The…
November 24, 2015 News by Patricia Silva, PhD MS Patients on Salt-heavy Diets Risk Inflammation Findings from two studies, recently published in theĀ Journal of Clinical Investigation, indicate that high levels of salt alter the stability of the immune system and make it more susceptible to inflammation. The studies, which were led by Dr. David Hafler from Yale University and Dr. Dominik…
October 12, 2015 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Prof. Jorge Correale Reviews Environmental Factors Associated with Multiple Sclerosis at ECTRIMS 2015 Three parallel sessions concerning multiple sclerosis (MS) prevention, clinical phenotypes and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were featured at theĀ 31st Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS), recently held in Barcelona, Spain (October 7 ā 10, 2015). The first parallel session was entitled āWill MS…
September 1, 2014 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Consumption of High Amounts of Salt May Worsen MS Symptoms, Study Suggests A diet high in salt can worsenĀ multiple sclerosisĀ (MS) symptoms, as well as increase the risks ofĀ neurological deterioration, according to an observational study led byĀ Mauricio Farez, from theĀ Universidad del SalvadorĀ in Buenos Aires, Argentina and recently published at theĀ Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry,Ā entitled, “Sodium intake is associated with…