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Multiple Sclerosis Strikes What Age
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
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What Is It?
Multiple sclerosis, sometimes called just MS, is a disabling, neurological illness that affects the brain and spinal cord. The disease also is progressive, meaning it continues to get worse over time.
Nerve cells normally are surrounded by an insulating sheath made of a fatty substance called myelin that helps to transmit nerve impulses. In MS, this myelin sheath is inflamed or damaged, which disrupts or slows nerve impulses and leaves areas of scarring called sclerosis. These areas...
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From Our Experts
The Multiple Sclerosis TapestryInterviews With People Whose Lives are...
It was during my limbo days prior to my official MS diagnosis that I stumbled upon a charismatic lady named Diane J. Standiford. I was... Read more »
How Age Affects Multiple Sclerosis
There are 400,000 MSers in the U.S. In 2004, approximately 45% of them were over 55. A Population Tsunami is predicted over the next four... Read more »
"No More Secs! Living, Laughing & Loving Despite Multiple...
When I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) at the age of 44, all previous assumptions about health, work, and my new romance were... Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis Patients Can Draw Support From Each Other
How important is the internet for people with multiple sclerosis, and why has this method of information gathering, which did not exist... Read more »
The Multiple Sclerosis/Migraine Connection
A recently published report (Dr. Mario Zappia, University of Catania) states that “in an analysis adjusting for age and sex, researchers... Read more »
From Our Sources
Multiple sclerosis
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system).Alternative NamesMS; Demyelinating... Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Article updated and reviewed by Associate Professor of Medicine / Neurology, Cooper University Hospital & Robert Wood Johnson Medical School on... Read more »
Clinical trial: Combo treatment for multiple sclerosis
This is a study to determine if a combination of interferon beta-1a and glatiramer acetate is a better therapy than either of the drugs used alone... Read more »
Teen Obesity Boosts Multiple Sclerosis Risk: Study
Harvard researchers have found that adolescent obesity appears to increase a person's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS). In the study of... Read more »
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