Multicenter examination showed biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid consistently distinguished MS from other ...

The diagnostic criteria for MS reflect a growing understanding of the condition and the application of new advancements in medical technology to help improve diagnostic accuracy and reliability.

With a recent two-year, $833,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense, kinesiology professor Richard van Emmerik and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst hope to eventually help ...

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

The faster patients can be diagnosed with multiple sclerosis the sooner they can begin taking the powerful medications that can prevent further brain damage. This fall, Lancet Neurology published new ...

Signs of multiple sclerosis may surface years before diagnosis, as patients use healthcare more often for early symptoms.

The first revision of the McDonald criteria in nearly a decade could improve diagnostic speed and accuracy in multiple sclerosis (MS), reducing the period of uncertainty and permitting earlier start ...

Multiple sclerosis may quietly damage the brain for years before symptoms appear, and scientists can now see it coming.