The international guidelines for diagnosing multiple sclerosis (MS), called the McDonald criteria, underwent their most ...

An overactive immune response to the Epstein-Barr virus, best known for causing mono, may help drive multiple sclerosis, a ...

A connection between Epstein–Barr virus and MS has long been suspected, but the underlying mechanism was unclear until now.

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic autoimmune disorder that affects the central nervous system, causing episodes of neurologic dysfunction and often gradual disease progression. The immune system ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease that affects your brain and spinal cord. When you have it, your immune system -- your body's defense against germs -- attacks the insulation, or myelin, ...

Some research suggests a link between magnesium levels in the body and multiple sclerosis (MS). However, other research has found no link. Magnesium deficiency and MS have overlapping symptoms, such ...

Share on Pinterest Scientists have identified a novel molecular pathway that may link salt intake to MS risk. Ina Peters/Stocksy Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease caused by the ...

That twinge in your fingers when typing. The unexplained fatigue that coffee just won’t fix. The occasional blurry vision you blame on too much screen time. These might seem like normal parts of ...

World Music Day is a time to spotlight the power of music and the impact it can have on your body, mind, and soul. Interestingly, those powerful physical reactions – like goosebumps – that happen when ...

UVA Health researchers have discovered a molecule in the brain responsible for orchestrating the immune system's responses to Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis (MS), potentially allowing ...

Ms. Winston is an artist and the photography program coordinator at Bard College. Chronic illness is well hidden from society. Before I had a name for what ailed my body, I thought of myself as ...