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If you have multiple sclerosis (MS), you’re probably looking for changes you can make in your everyday life to feel better besides taking your medicine. At the top of the list should be quitting ...

A new study shows that smoking may increase the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) in people who also have specific established risk factors for MS. A new study shows that smoking may increase the risk ...

Smoking is an established risk factor for multiple sclerosis (MS). Smoking also worsens the course of disease for people who already have MS. MS is an inflammatory disease that involves the breakdown ...

September 2, 2009 — Evidence is mounting that people at risk for autoimmune disease are especially susceptible to the harmful effects of smoking, but a new study suggests that nicotine might not be ...

July 20, 2009 — Smoking cigarettes not only increases the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), it also might contribute to more rapid disease progression, new research suggests. However, ...

Boston, MA -- Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) recently discovered that cigarette smoking may contribute to the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), suggesting that ...

BOSTON — A variant in a gene involved in breaking down chemicals in smoke triples a smoker’s risk of multiple sclerosis, a study shows. Smoking increases by 30 to 50 percent a person’s risk of ...

(CBS News) Smoking marijuana may provide relief from multiple sclerosis symptoms, a new study suggests. People with MS who smoked pot reported less pain and spasticity - or muscle tightness - but it ...

Cigarette smoking has already been identified as a risk factor for multiple sclerosis (MS). Now new research for the first time also implicates smoking in the progression of the degenerative disease.