Epstein-Barr virus reactivation in immune cells may trigger disease flares in multiple sclerosis, a study suggested.

Some research suggests that chronic psychological stress may cause MS or trigger MS flares. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological condition in which the immune system mistakenly attacks ...

Most people living with multiple sclerosis (MS), a condition that affects the central nervous system, experience periods of acute symptoms, called relapses or flares. During an MS flare, existing MS ...

Multiple sclerosis is also caused by a virus carried by almost all humans. A new study provides an explanation as to why only certain people develop the disease. This also opens up the possibility of ...

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is our constant companion, infecting an estimated 90%-95% of adults. Many of us are first infected as children, when the germ may trigger cold and flu symptoms. EBV also ...

More than 280,000 people in Germany have multiple sclerosis (MS) and approximately 15,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. This makes MS the most common inflammatory disease of the central nervous ...

People with MS produce antibodies to the virus that mistakenly attack a protein in the brain and spinal cord, researchers found. Reading time 3 minutes New research may provide clues to an enduring ...

A major scientific breakthrough has identified the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as the leading cause of multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic inflammatory disease that affects nearly 3 million people ...

When actor Christina Applegate recently told her followers on Instagram that her legs were “busted” because stress makes her multiple sclerosis (MS) worse, many people with the condition immediately ...