Breakthroughs Offer Hope to MS Patients

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Other advances noted by Lou include:

• Better and earlier diagnosis owing to advances in imaging technology.
• Improved drugs to reduce the frequency and severity of symptoms, and the accumulation of lesions in the brain and spinal cord.
• More aggressive rehabilitation programs developed specifically for MS patients.

"Every time we get our Journal of Neurology, more than half of it is about MS and how we can treat MS," Kantor said. "The MS of today is not the MS of even 15 years ago. We are learning more about it at a rapid rate."

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To learn more, visit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.