Researchers have uncovered an association between shift work and increased multiple sclerosis risk. Those who engage in off-hour employment before the age of 20 may have multiple sclerosis risk due to a disruption in their circ...

New research finds breastfeeding doesn’t appear to protect against multiple sclerosis relapses, despite previous studies suggesting there may be a protective role. “Breastfeeding should not be encouraged by doctors ...

According to researchers, there can be a considerably higher risk of multiple sclerosis in the year after a shingles (herpes zoster) attack. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord tha...

Environmental and inherited risk factors associated with multiple sclerosis – previously poorly understood and not known to be connected – converge to alter a critical cellular function linked to the chronic neurologic dise...

According to a study, African-Americans who have multiple sclerosis have lower vitamin D levels than African-Americans who don’t have the disease. However, most of the difference in vitamin D levels was due to differences...

The Epstein-Barr (EVB) virus –belonging to the herpes virus family, which also includes the herpes simplex virus and the cytomegalovirus– is one of the environmental factors that might cause multiple sclerosis, a condition ...