#multiple sclerosis

The results suggest that preventing viral infections might reduce the risk for diseases like Alzheimers and multiple sclerosis.

EBV is associated with certain cancers, including Hodgkin lymphoma, and autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis.

EBV causes mononucleosis and certain cancers, and it may play a role in multiple sclerosis and long COVID.

Researchers sought to debunk a longstanding racial medical myth.

Infection with EBV dramatically increased the odds of developing multiple sclerosis, suggesting vaccines could help prevent it.

A unique study has recruited only underrepresented individuals with relapsing MS.

Moving slower. Sleeping more.

Mononucleosis in teens may precipitate MS that remains undiagnosed for many years after the infection strikes.

Doctors say an exacerbation is hard to predict.

Hospital-diagnosed infections of youth between ages 11 and 19 are associated with an elevated risk of developing MS.

African Americans with multiple sclerosis face faster disease progression and poorer outcomes compared with their white peers.

My crown of dignity

I come with so much baggage for a relationship.

The same dose of MS therapy meds prescribed for white patients might not be as effective for Black people.

Starr Phipps endured years of stigma in school due to epilepsy. A non-medication treatment reduced the number of seizures she experienced.

I don’t intentionally miss appointments.