Can your lifestyle help with MS: Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute
In multiple sclerosis, a person’s immune system turns on itself and damages nerves within the brain and spinal cord. It can be a debilitating disease. In this Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute, we...
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In this Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute, Dr. Dean Wingerchuk provides an overview of multiple sclerosis. To listen, click the link below. What is MS
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Housecall: Is your office space helping or hurting?
THIS WEEK'S TOP TOPICSOffice ergonomics: Your how-to guideIf you sit behind a desk and computer screen for hours at a time, you're not doomed to a career of neck and back pain, or sore wrists and...
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Housecall: Your diet and your heart — 8 steps to prevent heart disease
THIS WEEK'S TOP TOPICSHeart-healthy diet: 8 steps to prevent heart diseaseA diet that's high in fat, salt, sugar and cholesterol can lead to heart disease. Eating habits can be hard to change, though....
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Mayo Clinic research discovers a molecular switch for repairing central...
ROCHESTER, Minn. — A molecular switch has the ability to turn on a substance in animals that repairs neurological damage in disorders such as multiple sclerosis (MS), Mayo Clinic researchers...
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Tuesday Tips: Boost your body image when you have multiple sclerosis
When multiple sclerosis threatens your self-concept, call on your inner resources and your tribe to get back to that stronger you. Watch: Boost your body image when you have multiple sclerosis....
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Mayo Clinic Q and A: COVID-19 and people with disabilities
Dear Mayo Clinic: My father, who suffers from Lou Gehrig's disease, lives with me and my family, including three children. While my husband can work at home, I am still required to go on-site for my...
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Mayo Clinic Radio: Neuromuscular diseases / intestinal obstruction / health...
There are more than 600 types of neurologic and neuromuscular diseases that can affect your nervous system. The nervous system includes the brain, spinal cord and nerves that control all the workings...
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Women’s Wellness: Earlier menopause, fewer pregnancies linked to early onset...
Women who experience early menopause may be more likely to face an early onset of progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). That is the finding of a Mayo Clinic study recently published in Brain...
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Consumer Health: Treating MS
MS Awareness Week is observed March 7–13, which makes this a good time to learn more about multiple sclerosis, or MS. MS is a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord. With MS, the...
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Science Saturday: Explaining cholesterol, research and regeneration
Isobel Scarisbrick, Ph.D., directs the Neural Repair Laboratory within Mayo Clinic's Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Her lab examines central nervous system repair after injury,...
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Study may improve understanding of how disability develops in MS patients...
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Did you know multiple sclerosis (MS) means multiple scars? New research shows that the brain and spinal cord scars in people with MS may offer clues to why they developprogressive...
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Research into rare neurological disorder gives Lisa Miller a new lease on life
The changes were subtle at first. "Almost unnoticeable," says Lisa Miller, remembering the symptoms that seemed to appear suddenly in 2017. At a holiday celebration, the Front Royal, Virginia, project...
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Consumer Health: What do you know about MS?
MS Awareness Week will be observed March 13–19, which makes this a good time to learn about multiple sclerosis, or MS. Nearly 1 million people are living with MS in the U.S., according to the National...
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Mayo Clinic researchers develop new antibody test to diagnose MS
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have validated a new antibody test to diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS), a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord. Nearly 1 million people...
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Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Advances in managing MS
An estimated 2.8 million people worldwide are affected by multiple sclerosis (MS), a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord. In this disease, the immune system attacks the...
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Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert explains when swallowing issues are more than...
LONDON — Many people have experienced the discomfort of food or a beverage accidentally going to the wrong place when swallowing. But swallowing issues sometimes become chronic and may be a sign of a...
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The future will be personalized: Accelerating microbiome research
We’re in the midst of a microbiome research epidemic, according to Purna Kashyap, M.B.B.S., co-associate director of the Microbiome Program in the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine. “We...
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Consumer Health: Are you at risk for MS?
MS Awareness Week will be observed March 12–19, which makes this a good time to learn about who might be at risk of developing this potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord. Multiple...
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Fat, Fasting and Multiple Sclerosis
Editor's Note: This is the second of three articles on caloric restriction. The first article focuses on replicating the effects of fasting. The final article will focus on caloric restriction in...
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