More research is necessary to understand cerebral oxygen consumption as a predictive biomarker for brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis (MS); however, this study found that mitochondrial dysfunction ...

Let’s jump in: Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease affecting the brain and spinal cord. The condition occurs when your immune system does not recognize myelin, the fatty white layer coating ...

The timing of the biological onset of multiple sclerosis (MS) is unclear. We used high-throughput discovery proteomics and samples from presymptomatic patients with MS and matched healthy controls to ...

Research shows changes in the gut bacteria of multiple sclerosis patients compared with healthy controls. There are also microbiota differences between multiple sclerosis activity states. Researchers ...

Synaptic injury in the IPL of the retina is linked to MS progression, with IPL thickness as a potential biomarker. Hypoxia in MS patients exacerbates inflammation and mitochondrial damage, ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disorder that prompts the body's immune system to attack myelin, the protective sheath covering nerve cells in the brain, optic nerve and spinal cord. This can in turn ...

This informational guide, part of POPSUGAR's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to ...