Multiple Sclerosis: Cause & Cure

Many people with multiple sclerosis say fatigue is their most disabling symptom, and one of the hardest to explain. Unlike sleepiness, it often doesn't lift after a night's rest, and medications have offered limited help. In this episode of MS Living Well, we explore what the res ...  Show more

Few conversations in the MS clinic generate as much anxiety as the one about cancer. Disease-modifying therapy labels can carry explicit malignancy warnings, and patients understandably arrive asking whether the drug meant to protect their brain might be putting the rest of their ...  Show more

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease which can lead to loss of mobility and vision. Almost 3 million people worldwide are affected by it. There is no cure, but attempts are being made to accelerate the healing process with treatments to restore what the disease has d ...  Show more

We get to the bottom of a medical mystery – what causes multiple sclerosis? A series of studies have compellingly pointed the finger at the virus behind glandular fever. We see if they stack up and assess what it means for the future of preventing and treating MS. Then nearly two ...  Show more

In last week’s episode, we explored the mysterious world of multiple sclerosis (MS) and the ongoing quest to determine what causes this autoimmune disease. While it’s likely that no one single factor leads to the development of MS, the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has long been su ...