Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system, damaging the myelin, the protective layer of nerve fibers. This damage disrupts communication between ...

For decades, multiple sclerosis (MS) has been defined primarily by its symptoms, rather than its underlying biology. Now, a ...

An international expert panel has developed consensus guidelines to help clinicians navigate multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis in atypical populations — specifically children and older adults. Here's ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) can affect anyone at any time. Women, however, are four times more likely to be diagnosed with MS than men; and the onset of MS is most often between the ages of 20 to 40 – ...

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune condition where, for reasons scientists are still trying to understand, your body’s immune system suddenly attacks the coating covering the nerves in your brain and ...

Scientists have long suspected that industrial pollutants might help trigger multiple sclerosis, but the latest evidence ...

In relapse-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), people experience periods of high MS activity where they have more symptoms or imaging tests show inflammation. Between these periods, the condition might ...

Both MS and PsA are autoimmune conditions resulting from immune system dysregulation, are not contagious, and share genetic and environmental risk factors. Key links that may explain the connection ...