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Obesity in Childhood Doubles Odds for MS in Young Adulthood
FRIDAY, March 29, 2024 – Children who are obese face double the odds of developing multiple sclerosis later in life, a new study warns. The overall odds for any one child to develop the...
Christina Applegate Opens Up About the Agony of Fighting MS
TUESDAY, March 12, 2024 – Actress Christina Applegate, who has been battling multiple sclerosis (MS) since 2021, shared her struggles with the debilitating disease on Monday. “I live kind of in h...
MS Drugs Can Be Safely Taken While Breastfeeding
TUESDAY, March 5, 2024 – Certain drugs used to treat multiple sclerosis appear to be safe for babies if taken by breastfeeding moms, a new study finds. Breastfed babies whose moms received...
Frexalimab Has Favorable Effect on Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14, 2024 – For patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis, the anti-CD40L monoclonal antibody frexalimab has a favorable effect on the number of new gadolinium-enhancing T1-weighted...
Race Matters in MS Progression Among Women
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 – Young Black and Hispanic women diagnosed with multiple sclerosis are more likely to fare worse than young white women do, a new study shows. Specifically, they are more...
More Insight Into How a Virus Might Cause MS
MONDAY, Jan. 8, 2024 – There's information emerging on how the common Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) might be crucial to triggering multiple sclerosis (MS). The virus, which also causes "mono"...
Early Promise for Stem Cell Therapy to Curb MS
TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 – Stem cells injected into the brains of multiple sclerosis patients appear to protect them against further damage from the degenerative disease, a new study shows. MS occurs...
Higher Neurofilament Light Chain Levels Seen Before MS Disability Worsening
THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 – Pronounced neuroaxonal damage precedes disability worsening events with or without preceding clinical relapses in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study...
aHSCT Beneficial for Most Patients With Relapsing-Remitting MS
TUESDAY, Sept. 26, 2023 – Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (aHSCT) for treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) yields freedom from disease activity for most...
Patients Say Ketogenic Diet Aids Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 – Patients report that a ketogenic diet (KD) improves multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms, according to a study published in the August issue of Clinical Nutrition. Emma Wetmore,...
Genes Identified in Association With Multiple Sclerosis Severity
FRIDAY, July 7, 2023 – Authors of a study published online June 28 in Nature have identified genetic markers associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) severity. Adil Harroud, M.D., from the University...
Black Americans' Risk for MS May Be Higher Than Thought
WEDNESDAY, June 14, 2023 – For years, multiple sclerosis was seen as a disease that largely affects white people. But a new study finds that it's much more common among Black Americans than...
Ipsen Announces Updated Indication for Dysport (abobotulinumtoxinA) for the Treatment of Spasticity in Children
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE) July 09, 2020 --Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, an affiliate of Ipsen (Euronext: IPN; ADR: IPSEY), announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration...
FDA Approves Botox (onabotulinumtoxinA) for Pediatric Patients with Lower Limb Spasticity, Excluding Spasticity Caused by Cerebral Palsy
DUBLIN, Oct. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Allergan plc (NYSE: AGN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the company's supplemental Biologics License Application...
Ipsen Announces FDA approval of Dysport (abobotulinumtoxinA) for the Treatment of Lower Limb Spasticity in Adults
June 16, 2017 – Ipsen (Euronext: IPN; ADR: IPSEY) (Ipsen) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the approved use of Dysport (abobotulinumtoxinA) for injection...
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