ECTRIMS 2024: McDonald criteria changes could speed diagnoses
Sep 25, 2024 · The 2024 revised criteria will allow diagnosing MS in some patients who would be classified as having radiologically isolated syndrome (RIS), which is defined as the presence of MRI brain lesions ...
ACTRIMS 2024: 2 treatments to aid remyelination in MS nearing...
Mar 6, 2024 · The company is in the final stages of safety studies in large animals. Once those studies are done, it plans to start studies that support regulatory applications to move the treatments toward ...
MS Lesions | Symptoms and Diagnosis - Multiple Sclerosis News …
Apr 19, 2022 · How are lesions detected in MS? MRI. The gold standard for detecting and monitoring MS lesions in the brain and spinal cord is magnetic resonance imaging, commonly known as MRI.MRI is a non ...
Multiple Sclerosis News Today | Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatments
Top 10 MS news stories of 2024. The team at Multiple Sclerosis News Today has brought our audience the latest news about treatments, scientific research, and clinical trials in multiple sclerosis ...
McDonald criteria | Guidelines for MS diagnosis
Apr 13, 2022 · How are the McDonald criteria used to diagnose MS? To fulfill a diagnosis of MS based on the 2017 McDonald criteria, an individual must have: evidence of CNS damage that is disseminating in space ...
Researchers find sulfuretin molecule may promote myelin repair
Oct 28, 2024 · Researchers initially detected two lab-made compounds and one plant-derived compound — sulfuretin — that blocked the enzyme’s activity. Sulfuretin was significantly more potent at blocking ...
MS in Men | Symptoms, Life Expectancy, and More
May 19, 2022 · Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disorder in which inflammation causes damage to the nervous system. This can result in a variety of MS symptoms in patients, including muscle spasms and ...
MS in women: Why are they more affected? | Multiple Sclerosis …
Aug 9, 2024 · Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects each person differently. In relapsing forms of MS, the prognosis is better for women than for men. Compared with men, women tend to have an easier recovery after ...
MS relapses: How to manage and treat flare-ups – Multiple...
Jul 9, 2024 · MS is a disease involving inflammation in the central nervous system — the brain and spinal cord — that damages myelin, a fatty sheath around nerve fibers.. Relapses are a defining hallmark of ...
Comorbidities raise risk of MS activity, greater disability
Oct 22, 2024 · Additional analyses showed that patients with two or more comorbidities, those with two or more cardiometabolic conditions, and those with depression all had a greater risk of disability worsening.