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Understanding MS Clinical Trials
Clinical trials test new treatments and medications. It can take many years before a new treatment is released to the public. For the latest in research and the opportunities to access a new treatment, you need to understand clinical trials, how to evaluate them and how to find a clinical trial.
Multiple Sclerosis Cooling Products
MS cooling products can help reduce the severity of multiple sclerosis symptoms. Heat can cause MS symptoms to worsen. These cooling products may help you to be more active and tolerate heat better.
Tips to Optimize Your MRI Experience for Multiple Sclerosis
In multiple sclerosis, MRIs are a common way to test for diagnosis and disease progression. An MRI can be a scary, loud, hot experience. Use these tips to minimize your discomfort and have a better time in the MRI tube.
Multiple Sclerosis Relapses
Multiple sclerosis relapses/exacerbations can be frustrating and cause anxiety. MS patients need to understand how symptoms appear and disappear.
Who Gets Mulitple Sclerosis?
Multiple sclerosis risk factors are tricky. Because the exact causes of MS are unknown, researchers only partially understand MS risk factors. They have found that some things, like having a sibling with MS, increases risk slightly. However, much of MS risk remains unexplained.
The Causes of Multiple Sclerosis
The causes of multiple sclerosis are largely unknown, though some researchers believe that a combination of environment, immune system activity, infection and genetics are at work in causing multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis (MS) causes are potentially wide-ranging and include environmental, genetic and other factors.
Multiple Sclerosis Types
Multiple sclerosis has four distinct types based on how symptoms change over time. These types are: relapsing-remitting MS, primary-progressive MS, secondary-progressive MS, and progressive-relapsing MS
Does Acupuncture Work for Multiple Sclerosis?
Acupuncture might not be the best alternative therapy for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) because of the possibility that it will stimulate the immune system. Since MS is an autoimmune disease, acupuncture could cause a relapse. Before trying acupuncture to relieve your MS symptoms, talk to your neurologist.