The onset of multiple sclerosis (MS) in older individuals correlates with a higher risk of developing primary progressive MS, faster progression to secondary progressive MS, and increased disability ...

There are relapsing-remitting and progressive types of MS, but the course is rarely predictable. Researchers still don’t fully understand the cause of MS or why the rate of progression is so ...

MS patients who achieve long-term stable disease on disease-modifying therapy may want to stop their medication for varying ...

Susie Wyss used to inject herself daily with a medication for multiple sclerosis. “The injection hurt. It caused welts, ...

However, benign MS may change to a progressive form of MS. Multiple sclerosis (MS) can vary greatly from person to person. Benign MS is a term sometimes used to describe a form of MS in which a ...

There is a much greater need for new therapies for progressive forms of MS than for relapsing forms of the disease. While relapsing forms are characterised by sudden attacks associated with ...

Many people who receive an initial diagnosis of relapsing-remitting MS gradually worsen over time, separate from ...

The following is a summary of “Neurofilament heavy chain in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis,” published in the January 2025 issue of Neurology by Angelis et al. Biomarkers are essential for ...

Background Treatment options for patients suffering from progressive forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) remain inadequate. Mast cells actively participate in the pathogenesis of MS, in part because ...

Oftentimes, when patients are diagnosed with secondary-progressive MS, it can affect their self-image, and they can grieve over the loss of their former self. And by that, I just mean the loss of ...