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With COVID-19 increasingly linked to thyroid effects, new research points to a potential role of COVID treatment.

Twenty-five year data show a positive shift towards earlier diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis and improved prognosis over time.

MRI measures have a weak and variable link to disability in patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, new research suggests. However, newer measures may better reflect outcomes.

A third dose of the vaccine may be beneficial for patients who take the disease-modifying therapies with the largest effects on the immune system, according to the National MS Society.

A robotic glove based on AI technology could soon help people recover muscle grip in their hands after securing support from the Edinburgh Business School’s (EBS) Incubator, based at Heriot-Watt University.