This case-control study showed that patients with MS had fewer pregnancies and childbirths within five years before the year of clinical onset.
26 Mar 2013
New language editions now available! This edition of our magazine looks at many aspects of living with MS as a young person.
14 Feb 2013
This week's theme is the future. What's your motto for facing the challenges the future might bring?
23 May 2013
Read personal stories of MS from around the world
Frederica from Italy says "MS has had a big impact on my social life. I get angry and I feel like the problems other people have are minor compared to living with this disease."
MS in focus on young people with MS published
Results from our survey of young people with MS published
Thank you to the more than 4,600 respondents from over 100 countries who took part in our global survey for young people with MS.
Spinal cord tract diffusion tensor imaging reveals disability substrate in demyelinating disease
The researchers in this study looked at a specific imaging biomarker of spinal cord tissue injury called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). This gives us an insight into the tract-specific substrates of physical impairment in MS and neuromyelitis optica (NMO).
Brain reserve and cognitive reserve in MS: What you've got and how you use it.
The results from this Italian study demonstrate that early life intellectual enrichment (cognitive reserve) protects people with MS from disease-related cognitive impairment independently of brain reserve.
Lifestyle profile of people at the time of their first clinical demyelinating event: results from Ausimmune study
This study compares the lifestyle profile of people presenting with their first clinical demyelinating event.
Postdoctoral fellow position available in Canada
A postdoctoral fellow position is available for September 1, 2013 in the department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. The successful applicant will be a contributing member of the Pharmacoepidemiology in Multiple Sclerosis (PiMS) research group.
One week until World MS Day
Revisions made to international paediatric MS criteria
The International Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Study Group (IPMSSG), coordinated by MSIF and other supporting MS societies, has published a paper in Multiple Sclerosis Journal with revised definitions for paediatric MS and immune-mediated central nervous system demyelinating disorders.
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