Increasing evidence suggests that the severe gum disease, periodontitis, may contribute to central nervous system disorders ...

Disability progression in relapsing MS tends to follow one of four distinct patterns, according to a new study.

High levels of the periodontal bacterium Fusobacterium nucleatum may be associated with more severe disability in people with multiple sclerosis.

Abundance of severe gum disease -- periodontitis -- may worsen disability for people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic ...

Increasing evidence suggests that the severe gum disease, periodontitis, may contribute to central nervous system disorders ...

In a nationwide, retrospective, population-based cohort study, data from the Swedish MS Registry for 7331 patients were analyzed. The adjusted risk of EDSS milestones 3.0, 4.0, and 6.0 were, ...

Panelists discuss how progression independent of relapse activity (PIRA) represents a distinct pathological process involving smoldering inflammation and neurodegeneration that drives disability in ...

THE health problems presented by a disease differ decidedly as they are viewed from the standpoint of the community, and from that of the patient and his physician. The primary method of study is also ...

The study authors tested the risk-reducing effects of ocrelizumab compared with interferon β-1a for treatment of multiple sclerosis disability accumulation, with ocrelizumab showing better results in ...

Share on Pinterest Scientists are trying to find blood biomarkers that may help predict the course of disease in MS. Betsie Van der Meer/Getty Images As of 2020, about 2.8 million people globally have ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers say brain lesions don’t appear to be connected to severe disability in multiple sclerosis. SeventyFour/Getty Images About 1 million people in the United States live with ...