Wellness and the Role of Comorbidities in Multiple Sclerosis

An excessive risk of suicide may no longer be a reality for multiple sclerosis patients

(2017) Shoshannah Kalson-Ray et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

An excessive risk of suicide may no longer be a reality for multiple sclerosis patients

(2017) Shoshannah Kalson-Ray et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Body Mass Index Underestimates Adiposity in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis

(2016) Lara A. Pilutti et al.   ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Disability Progression in Multiple Sclerosis Is Affected by the Emergence of Comorbid Arterial Hypertension

(2016) Amir Dagan et al.   Journal of Clinical Neurology

Smoking increases the risk of progression in multiple sclerosis: A cohort study in Queensland, Australia

(2016) Cullen M O'Gorman et al.   JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES

Influence of hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and obstructive lung disease on multiple sclerosis disease course

(2016) Devon S Conway et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Multiple sclerosis prevalence in the United States commercially insured population

(2016) Piyameth Dilokthornsakul et al.   NEUROLOGY

Systematic, Evidence-Based Review of Exercise, Physical Activity, and Physical Fitness Effects on Cognition in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis

(2016) Brian M. Sandroff et al.   NEUROPSYCHOLOGY REVIEW

Exercise training effects on memory and hippocampal viscoelasticity in multiple sclerosis: a novel application of magnetic resonance elastography

(2016) Brian M. Sandroff et al.   NEURORADIOLOGY

Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Washington, DC: US Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services, 2015

(2016) Shelley McGuire   Advances in Nutrition

Influence of hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and obstructive lung disease on multiple sclerosis disease course

(2016) Devon S Conway et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions for depression and anxiety in persons with multiple sclerosis

(2016) K.M. Fiest et al.   Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

A systematic review of anxiety amongst people with Multiple Sclerosis

(2016) Ellen Butler et al.   Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

Low-fat, plant-based diet in multiple sclerosis: A randomized controlled trial

(2016) Vijayshree Yadav et al.   Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

Smoking and Physical Activity: Examining Health Behaviors and 15-Year Mortality Among Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis

(2015) Aaron P. Turner et al.   ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Exercise as a Therapy for Improvement of Walking Ability in Adults With Multiple Sclerosis: A Meta-Analysis

(2015) Melissa Pearson et al.   ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Systematic Review: The Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Falls and Improve Balance in Adults With Multiple Sclerosis

(2015) Hilary Gunn et al.   ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Combination therapy of varenicline with nicotine replacement therapy is better than varenicline alone: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

(2015) Ping-Hsun Chang et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Benefits of Exercise Training in Multiple Sclerosis

(2015) Robert W. Motl et al.   Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Prevalence of overweight, obesity and metabolic syndrome components in multiple sclerosis patients with significant disability

(2015) O. Pinhas-Hamiel et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY

Body mass index influence interferon-beta treatment response in multiple sclerosis

(2015) Silje Stokke Kvistad et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY

Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis: results from a large observational study in the UK

(2015) Susan S. Jick et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY

The incidence and prevalence of psychiatric disorders in multiple sclerosis: A systematic review

(2015) Ruth Ann Marrie et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Effect of comorbidity on mortality in multiple sclerosis

(2015) Ruth Ann Marrie et al.   NEUROLOGY

Safety and immunologic effects of high- vs low-dose cholecalciferol in multiple sclerosis

(2015) Elias S. Sotirchos et al.   NEUROLOGY

Factors Affecting 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration in Response to Vitamin D Supplementation

(2015) Hajar Mazahery et al.   Nutrients

Effect of Smoking Cessation on Multiple Sclerosis Prognosis

(2015) Ryan Ramanujam et al.   JAMA Neurology

Association of Vitamin D Levels With Multiple Sclerosis Activity and Progression in Patients Receiving Interferon Beta-1b

(2015) Kathryn C. Fitzgerald et al.   JAMA Neurology

The incidence and prevalence of psychiatric disorders in multiple sclerosis: A systematic review

(2015) Ruth Ann Marrie et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Mindfulness based interventions in multiple sclerosis - a systematic review

(2014) Robert Simpson et al.   BMC Neurology

The Vitamin D to Ameliorate Multiple Sclerosis (VIDAMS) trial: Study design for a multicenter, randomized, double-blind controlled trial of vitamin D in multiple sclerosis

(2014) Pavan Bhargava et al.   Contemporary Clinical Trials

Multiple sclerosis and bipolar disorders: The burden of comorbidity and its consequences on quality of life

(2014) M.G. Carta et al.   JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

A Multimodal Intervention for Patients with Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: Feasibility and Effect on Fatigue

(2014) Babita Bisht et al.   JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

Mortality of patients with multiple sclerosis: a cohort study in UK primary care

(2014) S. S. Jick et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY

Tobacco smoking and excess mortality in multiple sclerosis: a cohort study

(2014) Ali Manouchehrinia et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY

Sodium intake is associated with increased disease activity in multiple sclerosis

(2014) Mauricio F Farez et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY

The safety of exercise training in multiple sclerosis: A systematic review

(2014) Lara A. Pilutti et al.   JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES

Adverse lipid profile is not associated with relapse risk in MS: Results from an observational cohort study

(2014) Prudence Tettey et al.   JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES

An adverse lipid profile is associated with disability and progression in disability, in people with MS

(2014) Prudence Tettey et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

A systematic review of the incidence and prevalence of cardiac, cerebrovascular, and peripheral vascular disease in multiple sclerosis

(2014) Ruth Ann Marrie et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Comorbidity increases the risk of hospitalizations in multiple sclerosis

(2014) R. A. Marrie et al.   NEUROLOGY

Atlas of Multiple Sclerosis 2013: A growing global problem with widespread inequity

(2014) P. Browne et al.   NEUROLOGY

Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

(2014) Holger Cramer et al.   PLoS One

Vitamin D as an Early Predictor of Multiple Sclerosis Activity and Progression

(2014) Alberto Ascherio et al.   JAMA Neurology

Mental comorbidity and multiple sclerosis: validating administrative data to support population-based surveillance

(2013) Ruth Ann Marrie et al.   BMC Neurology

Validation of patient determined disease steps (PDDS) scale scores in persons with multiple sclerosis

(2013) Yvonne C Learmonth et al.   BMC Neurology

Tobacco smoking and disability progression in multiple sclerosis: United Kingdom cohort study

(2013) Ali Manouchehrinia et al.   BRAIN

Th17 Cells in Immunity and Autoimmunity

(2013) Simone Kennedy Bedoya et al.   Clinical & Developmental Immunology

Duloxetine Is Effective in Treating Depression in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

(2013) Claudio Solaro et al.   CLINICAL NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Lipid profiles are associated with lesion formation over 24 months in interferon-β treated patients following the first demyelinating event

(2013) Bianca Weinstock-Guttman et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY

Recommendations Abstracted from the American Geriatrics Society Consensus Statement on Vitamin D for Prevention of Falls and Their Consequences

(2013)   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

Smoking as a risk factor for development of Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: A study in IRAN, Guilan

(2013) Sayed Ali Roudbari et al.   JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES

Improving the quality of mental health care in Multiple Sclerosis

(2013) S.L. Minden et al.   JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES

Risk factors related to cardiovascular diseases and the metabolic syndrome in multiple sclerosis – a systematic review

(2013) Inez Wens et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Mortality in patients with multiple sclerosis

(2013) A. Scalfari et al.   NEUROLOGY

Toward a Modern Mediterranean Diet for the 21st Century

(2013) J. Stamler   NUTRITION METABOLISM AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Differential Influences of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor on Th17 Mediated Responses in vitro and in vivo

(2013) João H. Duarte et al.   PLoS One

The cost burden of multiple sclerosis in the United States: a systematic review of the literature

(2013) Gabriel Adelman et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ECONOMICS

Vitamin D status predicts new brain magnetic resonance imaging activity in multiple sclerosis

(2012) Ellen M. Mowry et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Causes of death in patients with multiple sclerosis and matched referent subjects: a population-based cohort study

(2012) A. Lalmohamed et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY

A randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial with vitamin D3as an add on treatment to interferon β-1b in patients with multiple sclerosis

(2012) Merja Soilu-Hänninen et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY

Suicide risk in multiple sclerosis: A systematic review of current literature

(2012) Maurizio Pompili et al.   JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH

Effect of vitamin D3 supplementation on relapses, disease progression, and measures of function in persons with multiple sclerosis: exploratory outcomes from a double-blind randomised controlled trial

(2012) Margitta T Kampman et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

A randomized trial of stress management for the prevention of new brain lesions in MS

(2012) D. C. Mohr et al.   NEUROLOGY

Is Metabolic Flexibility Altered in Multiple Sclerosis Patients?

(2012) Anja Mähler et al.   PLoS One

Prospective Examination of Anxiety and Depression Before and During Confirmed and Pseudoexacerbations in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

(2012) Michelle Nicole Burns et al.   PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE

Efficacy of Vitamin D Supplementation in Multiple Sclerosis (EVIDIMS Trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

(2012) Jan Dörr et al.   Trials

Weight status and disability in multiple sclerosis: An examination of bi-directional associations over a 24-month period

(2012) Lara A. Pilutti et al.   Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

Cumulative impact of comorbidity on quality of life in MS

(2011) R. A. Marrie et al.   ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA

Alcohol, coffee, fish, smoking and disease progression in multiple sclerosis

(2011) M. B. D’hooghe et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY

Converging pathways lead to overproduction of IL-17 in the absence of vitamin D signaling

(2011) Danny Bruce et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY

Body Composition in Ambulatory Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

(2011) Chrissa Sioka et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL DENSITOMETRY

Evaluation, Treatment, and Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency: an Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline

(2011) Michael F. Holick et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Efficacy of vitamin D3 as add-on therapy in patients with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis receiving subcutaneous interferon beta-1a: A Phase II, multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

(2011) Joost Smolders et al.   JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES

Substantial adverse association of visual and vascular comorbidities on visual disability in multiple sclerosis

(2011) Ruth Ann Marrie et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

A randomized trial of high-dose vitamin D2 in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

(2011) M. S. Stein et al.   NEUROLOGY

Smoking and Multiple Sclerosis: An Updated Meta-Analysis

(2011) Adam E. Handel et al.   PLoS One

Hazardous Compounds in Tobacco Smoke

(2011) Reinskje Talhout et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Quality of life as a measure of rehabilitation outcome in patients with multiple sclerosis

(2010) A. Jønsson et al.   ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA

Association between comorbidity and clinical characteristics of MS

(2010) R. A. Marrie et al.   ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA

Annual High-Dose Oral Vitamin D and Falls and Fractures in Older Women

(2010) Kerrie M. Sanders et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Vitamin D Suppresses Th17 Cytokine Production by Inducing C/EBP Homologous Protein (CHOP) Expression

(2010) Seon Hee Chang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The 2011 Report on Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D from the Institute of Medicine: What Clinicians Need to Know

(2010) A. Catharine Ross et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

MS quality of life, depression, and fatigue improve after mindfulness training: A randomized trial

(2010) P. Grossman et al.   NEUROLOGY

Vascular comorbidity is associated with more rapid disability progression in multiple sclerosis

(2010) R. A. Marrie et al.   NEUROLOGY

A phase I/II dose-escalation trial of vitamin D3 and calcium in multiple sclerosis

(2010) J. M. Burton et al.   NEUROLOGY

IOF position statement: vitamin D recommendations for older adults

(2010) B. Dawson-Hughes et al.   OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL

Safety and T Cell Modulating Effects of High Dose Vitamin D3 Supplementation in Multiple Sclerosis

(2010) Joost Smolders et al.   PLoS One

The Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Veterans with Multiple Sclerosis

(2009) Seema R. Khurana et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION

Smoking and Disease Progression in Multiple Sclerosis

(2009) Brian C. Healy et al.   ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY

1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3modulates Th17 polarization and interleukin-22 expression by memory T cells from patients with early rheumatoid arthritis

(2009) E. M. Colin et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Immunomodulatory effects of Vitamin D in multiple sclerosis

(2009) J. Correale et al.   BRAIN

Short-Term Effects of Prolonged Fasting on Multiple Sclerosis

(2009) Mohammad Saadatnia et al.   EUROPEAN NEUROLOGY

Dendritic cell tolerogenicity: a key mechanism in immunomodulation by vitamin D receptor agonists

(2009) Luciano Adorini et al.   HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY

Calcitriol Suppresses Antiretinal Autoimmunity through Inhibitory Effects on the Th17 Effector Response

(2009) J. Tang et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Bone health in ambulatory individuals with multiple sclerosis: Impact of physical activity, glucocorticoid use, and body composition

(2009) Mina C. Mojtahedi   JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Efficacy of paroxetine in treating major depressive disorder in persons with multiple sclerosis

(2008) Dawn M. Ehde et al.   GENERAL HOSPITAL PSYCHIATRY

Survival and cause of death in multiple sclerosis: a prospective population-based study

(2008) C Hirst et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY

Smoking is a risk factor for early conversion to clinically definite multiple sclerosis

(2008) F Di Pauli et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Association of vitamin D metabolite levels with relapse rate and disability in multiple sclerosis

(2008) J Smolders et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

High frequency of adverse health behaviors in multiple sclerosis

(2008) RA Marrie et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor links TH17-cell-mediated autoimmunity to environmental toxins

(2008) Marc Veldhoen et al.   NATURE

Comorbidity delays diagnosis and increases disability at diagnosis in MS

(2008) R. A. Marrie et al.   NEUROLOGY

Vitamin D: criteria for safety and efficacy

(2008) Robert P Heaney   NUTRITION REVIEWS