Women may also experience a 'worsening' of symptoms after menopause as, during this period, oestrogen levels drop ...

For children genetically predisposed to develop multiple sclerosis (MS), exposure to cigarette smoke in the family home could ...

Ozzy Osbourne's son, Jack Osbourne, is sharing the ways his multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2012 affected his ability to work ...

The Carl Zeiss Foundation is contributing EUR 6 million to a research project on the regeneration of the nervous system at ...

In MS, the immune system mistakenly attacks the myelin sheath, a protective layer around the nerve fibers. The condition causes inflammation, which can affect how the vagus nerve functions.

An MS hug, a symptom of multiple sclerosis, causes a tight, squeezing sensation in the chest. Learn its causes, symptoms, ...

Those disruptions are due to inflammation and damage to the myelin sheath, the protective covering around nerve fibers, and they produce a wide range of symptoms. While there is no cure for MS ...

Christina Applegate recently reflected on the first sign of her multiple sclerosis while filming "Dead to Me." During the Dec ...

Hospitalization for severe COVID-19 more than doubles risk of MS, according to a study involving nearly 10 million people in ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease where the immune system attacks the myelin sheath, a protective ...

Sphingosine is a membrane component in all cells and constitutes 25% of the lipid in the myelin sheath. Sphingosine is phosphorylated by ubiquitously expressed sphingosine kinases. S1P regulates ...

Specifically, kids whose genes already put them at higher risk of developing MS later in life, and who were also exposed to ...