MS patients may benefit from vitamin D supplements

Vitamin D supplements may be beneficial for people with multiple sclerosis, say researchers, after finding high doses of the vitamin reduced T cell activity linked to the disease.

A supplement for myelin regeneration

Multiple sclerosis patients continually lose the insulating myelin sheath that wraps around neurons and increases the speed of impulses in the central nervous system.

Dietary fatty acids may influence flare-ups in MS, autoimmune disease

Through interaction with intestinal bacteria, different dietary fatty acids may affect the development and progress of autoimmune disease differently, says a study of mice with MS.

Low vitamin D and obesity as teenagers may accelerate MS

A study published in Neurology shows that people with MS who spent time in the sun as teenagers – and who were not obese – developed the disease later than others.

Coffee intake linked to reduced risk of MS

Compared with people who do not drink coffee, those who consume at least four cups a day may be less likely to develop multiple sclerosis, according to new research.

Can coffee reduce your risk of MS?

Drinking coffee may be associated with a lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 67th Annual Meeting in Washington…

Women with MS may ‘have lower levels of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory nutrients’

A new study finds women with MS may have lower levels of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory nutrients, though it is unclear whether this a cause or result of the condition.

High salt intake may heighten MS symptoms

A new study finds that MS patients consuming moderate to high intakes of salt are four times as likely to have worse symptoms than those patients consuming less salt per day.

People with MS benefit from low-fat diet

People with multiple sclerosis who for one year followed a plant-based diet very low in saturated fat had much less MS-related fatigue at the end of that year – and significantly less fatigue than a…

Clinical trial of vitamin’ D for multiple sclerosis

In mice with a rodent form of multiple sclerosis (MS), vitamin D appears to block damage-causing immune cells from migrating to the central nervous system, offering a potential explanation for why the so-called “sunshine vitamin” may prevent or ease symptoms of the neurodegenerative disease, according to results of a study at Johns Hopkins.

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