Multiple Sclerosis: NHS to offer take-at-home tablet

Multiple Sclerosis: NHS to offer take-at-home tablet

Michelle Roberts Digital health editor, BBC News Getty Images Thousands of NHS patients in England with multiple sclerosis (MS) will soon be offered a “take at home” tablet to manage their condition, sparing them hospital visits for injections or infusions. Cladribine can help people with the active relapsing-remitting version of the disease, as well as … Read more

Facial Twitching and Multiple Sclerosis

Facial Twitching and Multiple Sclerosis

Symptoms of MS Facial Twitching It may start as something we’re all familiar with: tiny spasms around your eyelid. “When you’re tired or stressed and you get fluttering under your eye or eyelid and it’s really annoying,” says Sharon Stoll, DO, a neurologist and MS specialist with Yale Medicine. And for most people, that’s as … Read more

Could the ‘Mono’ Virus Help Trigger Multiple Sclerosis?

Could the ‘Mono’ Virus Help Trigger Multiple Sclerosis?

By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For years, researchers have suspected that the Epstein-Barr virus, best known for causing mononucleois, might also play a role in triggering multiple sclerosis. Now a new study strengthens the case. The study, of more than 10 million U.S. military personnel, found the risk … Read more