All articles tagged: Multiple sclerosis (G35)

Select patients with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) may benefit from mesenchymal stem cell-neural progenitors (MSC-NPs), according to a study published online May 23 in Stem Cell Research & Therapy.Violaine K. Harris, Ph.D., from the Tisch Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York in New York City, and colleagues conduct

Among women with multiple sclerosis (MS), underrepresented women are less often employed and privately insured during pregnancy and they have lower median birth weights compared with White women, according to a study published online Jan. 23 in Neurology.Anne Marie Radzik, from the University of California San Francisco, and colleagues

There is a bidirectional association between autoimmune disease (AD) and perinatal depression (PND), according to a study published online Jan. 9 in Molecular Psychiatry.Emma Bränn, from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and colleagues examined the bidirectional association between PND and AD using nationwide Swedish population an

For individuals at increased risk for multiple myeloma, risk factors associated with mass spectrometry (MS) monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) include obesity, heavy smoking, and short sleep duration, according to a study published online Jan. 11 in Blood Advances.David J. Lee, M.D., from Massachusetts General Hos

The article discusses how the Yamnaya, a Bronze Age people, introduced genetic variants to northern Europe 5,000 years ago, which are now linked to a higher risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) in this region. This genetic legacy, initially beneficial for disease resistance in ancient times, contributes to the current prevalence of MS among northern Europeans.

Expansion of caregiver involvement, enhancement of patient-provider communication, and targeting providers and care settings that lack familiarity with neurogenic bladder (NB) could improve urinary tract infection (UTI) management in this population, according to a study published online Nov. 1 in PLOS ONE.Margaret A. Fitzpatrick, M.D.,

A low-fat diet may cut fatigue in individuals with multiple sclerosis, according to a study published online Nov. 8 in Multiple Sclerosis Journal.Emma Chase, from the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, and colleagues assessed whether a low-fat diet improves fatigue in people with multiple sclerosis. Analysis includ

Retinal optical coherence tomography (OCT) has potential to act as a noninvasive monitor and prognostic biomarker of kidney injury, according to a study published online Dec. 5 in Nature Communications.Tariq E. Farrah, B.M., B.Sc., from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, and colleagues examined the potential of retinal O

Five health conditions are associated with subsequent diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, but they overlap with two other autoimmune diseases, according to a study published online Dec. 5 in Neurology.Octave Guinebretiere, from Sorbonne Université in Paris, and colleagues examined the association between diseases and symptoms diagnosed in

Pronounced neuroaxonal damage precedes disability worsening events with or without preceding clinical relapses in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published online Nov. 6 in JAMA Neurology.Ahmed Abdelhak, M.D., from University of California at San Francisco, and colleagues assessed whether and when neurof