Stopping High-Efficacy MS Drugs Raises Relapse Risk for Older Patients
(MedPage Today) -- Patients ages 50 or older with non-active multiple sclerosis (MS) who discontinued high-efficacy therapy (HET) had a higher risk of relapse compared with those who continued HET, a matched observational cohort study found.
Time... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - March 27, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Auburn installs Siemens Magnetom 7T MRI scanner
Auburn University has installed Siemens' Magnetom 7T MRI scanner in its College of Engineering.
The scanner features dedicated radiofrequency sodium imaging coils and parallel transmit technology and will be used for brain and knee imaging, with a clinical focus on better understanding epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and other disorders.Siemens' Magnetom 7T MRI scanner.PR Newswire
Projects currently underway that will use the scanner include research exploring post-traumatic stress disorder biomarkers in senior adults via spectroscopy, comparing brain connectivity between healthy populations with mental illness with a focu...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 26, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Global study could change how children with multiple sclerosis are treated
A ground-breaking study - the largest of its kind globally - has found children with multiple sclerosis (MS) have better outcomes if treated early and with the same high-efficacy therapies as adults.
There are a limited number of therapies approved for children with MS, with only one considered to be of high-efficacy - meaning highly effective. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - March 26, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
MRI findings predict multiple sclerosis fatigue severity
Structural MRI measures can predict fatigue severity in individuals with multiple sclerosis, researchers have found.
MR imaging of more than 4,000 patients showed that baseline lesion burden and lower whole-brain volumes were linked to multiple sclerosis fatigue, wrote a team led by Alexandra Simpson, MD, of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. The study results were published March 25 in Multiple Sclerosis.
"Higher baseline brain parenchymal and lower T2 lesion volume at baseline [imaging] were associated with lower odds of subsequent periods of elevated fatigue," the group reported.
Findings from previous resear...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 26, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Subspecialties Neuroradiology Source Type: news
Multiple Sclerosis Highlights From ACTRIMS 2024 Multiple Sclerosis Highlights From ACTRIMS 2024
MS highlights from ACTRIMS 2024 include data on use of antipyretics to prevent overheating during exercise, a promising biomarker combination for earlier diagnosis, and low-field portable brain MRI.Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: None ReCAP Source Type: news
Chemicals in baby wipes, hand soap and nail polish may raise the risk of AUTISM and multiple sclerosis, scientists warn
Researchers from Ohio found millions of Americans are potentially being exposed to brain-degrading chemicals in thousands of common household products. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chemicals Found In Popular Household Products Potentially Linked To Autism, Multiple Sclerosis, Study Suggests
That ’s how many people globally have multiple sclerosis, according to the World Health Organization. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - March 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Arianna Johnson, Forbes Staff Tags: Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Breaking breaking-news Trending Explainer Trending-Explainer topline Source Type: news
Household chemicals post threat to brain health, study indicates
Household chemicals, including those found in hair treatments, furniture sprays and disinfectants, could pose a threat to brain health and may be linked to neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis and autism. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Household chemicals pose threat to brain health, study indicates
Household chemicals, including those found in hair treatments, furniture sprays and disinfectants, could pose a threat to brain health and may be linked to neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis and autism. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Epstein-Barr and MS; When Lewy Pathology Starts; Alzheimer's Blood Test Assessed
(MedPage Today) -- Antibody response to anti-Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA-1) may be a risk factor for multiple sclerosis (MS), a small study suggested. (JAMA Neurology)
ND0612, a subcutaneous levodopa-carbidopa infusion for Parkinson... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - March 19, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Factors affecting driving performance in patients with multiple sclerosis - still an open question - Seddiq Zai S, das Nair R, Heesen C, Buhmann C, Pedersen A, P öttgen J.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Research on driving ability in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) suggests that they might be at risk for unsafe driving due to MS-related motor, visual, and cognitive impairment. Our first aim was to investigate differences in ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Discriminative ability of the original and short form of the Activities-specific Balance Confidence scale and its individual items for falls in people with multiple sclerosis - Abas ıyanık Z, Kahraman T, Baba C, Sağıcı, Ertekin, Özakbaş S.
BACKGROUND: Balance confidence is an essential component of fall risk assessment in persons with multiple sclerosis (pwMS). AIMS: The aims of this cross-sectional study were to 1) investigate the ability of the 16-item Activities-specific Balance Confidenc... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
A nationwide update on prevalence of falls, injurious falls, concerns about falling, and fall prevention in persons with multiple sclerosis - Abou L, McCloskey C, Wernimont C, Fritz NE, Kratz AL.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the current nationwide prevalence of falls, injurious falls, concerns about falling, and information on fall prevention among people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). DESIGN: This is a cross-sectional national web-based survey ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
An Easy, Effective Solution to Heat Sensitivity in RRMS? An Easy, Effective Solution to Heat Sensitivity in RRMS?
Aspirin and acetaminophen may offer an effective and inexpensive solution to exercise-induced heat sensitivity in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, phase 3 data suggested.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - March 14, 2024 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Source Type: news
Christina Applegate says she probably had MS for 7 years before diagnosis
Christina Applegate opened up about how living with multiple sclerosis has been 'kind of hell' and 'isolating' but shares how fellow actor Jamie-Lynn Sigler supports her. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nardine Saad Source Type: news
