Heidi Crayton, MD, and Maria Lopes, MD, discuss the impact of multiple sclerosis on patients, families, and caregivers, differentiate relapsing forms (relapsing-remitting and primary progressive) from ...

A longitudinal, observational study found that the choroid plexus, a network of blood vessels in each ventricle of the brain, plays a potential role in the neurodegenerative and chronic inflammatory ...

Some recent studies have suggested that there is a link between severe gum disease or periodontitis, and some disorders that ...

Increasing evidence suggests that the severe gum disease, periodontitis, may contribute to central nervous system disorders through chronic inflammation. However, its role in multiple sclerosis, a ...

A new cellular balance test can detect a hidden inflammation in the brain, helping physicians to spot multiple sclerosis ...

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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 ...

Among multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, those with a high relative abundance of Fusobacterium nucleatum together with other periodontal bacteria were more likely to have moderate to severe disability ...