Vitamin D supplements could reduce multiple sclerosis symptoms, study suggests

Vitamin D supplements could reduce multiple sclerosis symptoms, study suggests

Previous research has shown that vitamin D deficiency can increase the risk of multiple sclerosis — and a new study suggests that supplementing it in high doses could help reduce symptoms.

Vitamin D Could Be an Effective Way to Slow Progress of MS

Researchers from institutions across France have uncovered solid clinical evidence that supplements of vitamin D could be an effective treatment for the neurodegenerative condition multiple sclerosis (MS).

Upside Down Under: March is National MS Month

Editor’s note: This is the final of a three-part series examining multiple sclerosis (MS) and actions that can control this auto-immune disease that attacks the central nervous system. MS can’t be cured, but numerous drugs and therapies are available to manage symptoms, slow disease progression and improve quality of life. As recently as 35 years ago, people who contracted multiple sclerosis had f...

In the Czech Republic, many doctors consider her the greatest expert on multiple sclerosis. In the interview series Medicine – My Destiny, Eva Kubala Havrdová explains how unpredictable this disease is and how difficult it is to tell patients about their diagnosis. On the other hand, treatment has advanced in many ways and people do not have to end up in a wheelchair unnecessarily. “Now we have the opportunity to give almost all patients what th…

Neurologist behind MS blood test honoured at research awards

Trinity researcher’s findings highlight potential causal link between MS and Epstein Barr virus, opening up the possibility of new improved treatments The post Neurologist behind MS blood test honoured at research awards appeared first on Irish Medical Times.

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic and autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system, and is characterized by the destruction of myelin, a substance that covers and protects nerve fibers. When this structure is damaged, the communication between the brain and other parts of the body breaks, which can cause endless neurological symptoms such as loss of vision, muscle weakness, muscle stiffness and spasms, loss of coordination, mobility …