Scientists interviewed 17 patients who reported feeling unmoored by a disease that has stripped away their sense of control ...

Scleroderma is classified as a rare, autoimmune, collagen-vascular disease of unknown etiology that can be difficult to diagnose and treat. Its onset can be insidious or rapid; the symptoms range ...

However, not everyone with MS will have complications. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic (long-term) condition with symptoms that vary from person to person. With proper management of symptoms ...

Successful petitions to receive compassionate early release from federal prisons due to health issues are rare. They are even ...

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease in which immune cells attack and destroy the protective myelin sheaths that surround nerve fibres, leading to neurological disturbances.

Nielsen, 28, was diagnosed with MS aged 17 and initially believed that her athletics dreams were over due to her lack of ...

When I started working at Independent Women, one of my assignments was advancing a first-of-its-kind legislative model to define “sex.” Developed by Independent Women in 2021, the concept was ...

Nov. 18, 2024 — Fampridine is currently used to improve walking ability in multiple sclerosis. A new study shows that it could also help individuals with reduced working memory, as seen in ...

What is the latest research on scleroderma? Find out in this collection of recent MEDLINE abstracts compiled by the editors at Medscape Nurses. Acute and chronic renal diseases remain common ...

There’s no single test that can diagnose multiple sclerosis. Instead, a diagnosis typically requires multiple tests to rule out other conditions with similar symptoms. Multiple sclerosis (MS ...

Actress, singer and health advocate Jamie-Lynn Sigler has been entertaining audiences since the age of seven, getting her start in New York regional theater productions. Since that early introduction ...

If you've been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), it's time to start exploring treatment options. You've got a lot of them, everything from disease-modifying therapies and drugs that help manage ...