December 2, 2021 News by Steve Bryson, PhD Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Early Cognitive Difficulties in Study Low vitamin D levels in the bloodstream are associated with slower information processing speeds in people withĀ early-stage multiple sclerosis (MS), a study suggests. āOur data support the hypothesis that vitamin D is involved in cognition in MS,ā its researchers concluded. The study, āSerum Vitamin D as…
June 9, 2021 News by Marisa Wexler, MS Meaningful Cognitive Gains in Pediatric MS Captured Using Pencil-Paper Test A computer-based training program that exercises distinct components of attention and working memory can improve cognition in young people with pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (POMS), a new study indicates. Findings also support a common pencil-and-paper measure of cognition, called the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), in detecting clinically meaningful changes…
July 23, 2020 News by Marisa Wexler, MS Cognitive Health Tests Given Online Show ‘Promise’ in Study Assessing the cognitive health of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) can be performed using online telehealth, with results similar to in-person testing, researchers working with a patient group reported. “By assessing memory in patients prior to a clinic visitĀ using a web-based approach, we may be able to meetĀ the…
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 22, 2018 Columns by Tamara Sellman The MS Alphabet: Swallowing Reflex, Sertraline, Sclerosis, and Other āSā Words (Part 1 of 5) Editorās note: Tamara Sellman continues her series on the “MS alphabet” with this column referencing terms starting with the letter “S.” First in a series of five. Symptoms of MS Spontaneous voiding This is another term for incontinence ā oneās inability to…
November 4, 2014 News by Patricia Silva, PhD National MS Society Grants $457,921 to Kessler Foundation Researcher The National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyĀ recently awarded MS researcher Lauren Strober, PhD from the Kessler Foundation, a three-year grant for her investigational research, totaling $457,921. The funding is part of a multi-site study that will be conducted by the investigator to understand the influence that having…