April 25, 2016 News by Patricia Silva, PhD #CMSC16 – MS Experts Agree on Benefits of Vitamin D Supplements, Despite Mostly Circumstantial Evidence A roundtable discussion, provided as a webinar activity organized by the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) in advance of its June conference, considered the role of vitamin D in multiple sclerosis (MS). Researchers concluded that, while evidence is…
April 13, 2016 News by admin Study Associates Obesity in Youth, Low Vitamin D Levels with MS Onset and Progression A systematic review of existing medical literature on multiple sclerosis (MS) could shed light on MS causes and predictors for disease progression, and on lifestyle changes — ranging from vitamin D intake to weight loss — that might reduce a…
March 18, 2016 News by Patricia Silva, PhD #CONy16: Can Vitamin D Be Considered a Disease Modifier for Multiple Sclerosis? Vitamin D is crucial for our general health and it is known that it modulates immune responses. While large studies have shown that supplemental vitamin D lowers the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS), not everyone is convinced. In a debate…
March 8, 2016 News by Patricia Silva, PhD MS Risk Linked to Mothers with Vitamin D Deficiency in First Trimester of Pregnancy Children whose mothers were vitamin D deficient during the early stages of pregnancy are at an elevated risk for developing multiple sclerosis (MS) in adulthood, according to a study published in the journal JAMA Neurology, titled…
January 28, 2016 Social Clips by admin What Vitamin D Could Do for MS Patients In this video from RxWikiTV, learn why a daily dose of vitamin D can do the body good, and that may be especially true for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). High-dose vitamin D3 supplements are safe and may…
January 19, 2016 News by Patricia Inacio, PhD Vitamin D’s Influence on MS Target of New Study A team of researchers recently discovered two novel multiple sclerosis (MS)-associated genes that are regulated by vitamin D levels. The study, titled “The multiple sclerosis susceptibility genes TAGAP and IL2RA are regulated by vitamin D in…
January 18, 2016 News by Margarida Azevedo, MSc MS Research Brought New Insights into Disease Triggers and Potential Therapies in 2015 The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada recently published a report documenting and summarizing the most important developments in multiple sclerosis (MS) research during 2015. In early 2015, a Society-funded clinical trial was initiated to study the potential abilities of mesenchymal…
January 11, 2016 Social Clips by admin Last Week’s Top-3 Most Read Posts On Multiple Sclerosis Read the Articles Here: Pilot MS Study Suggests High-Dose Vitamin D Supplements Are Safe and Beneficial Rise in MS and Autoimmune Disease Linked to Processed Foods Entropy in MS Patients’ Brains Seen to Mirror Level of…
January 5, 2016 Social Clips by admin Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis – Vitamin D In this video by Overcoming MS, learn more about how Vitamin D is important to the body, including multiple sclerosis patients. Learn more about the Pilot MS Study about High-Dose Vitamin D Supplements here: https://bit.ly/1O0Ojli…
December 14, 2015 Social Clips by admin Last Week’s Top-3 Most Read Posts On Multiple Sclerosis In Multiple Sclerosis Study, Vitamin D Shown to Aid Myelin Repair Cellular ‘On-Off’ Switch May Activate MS Inflammatory Response Study Recruiting MS Patients to Assess Exercise and Behavioral Therapy…
