Multiple sclerosis: Antioxidant may slow disease progression according to : Medical News Today

New research offers hope for patients with multiple sclerosis, after finding that a common over-the-counter antioxidant may help to slow the condition. There is currently no cure for SPMS, but there are disease-modifying therapies available that may help to slow disease progression. Researchers found that lipoic acid reduced whole brain atrophy in patients with SPMS. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a progressive neurological condition that is estimated to affect more than 2.3 million people across the globe. In a pilot study, researchers found that taking a high dose of lipoic acid every day for 2 years reduced whole brain atrophy among patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS), compared with a placebo.




Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects between 1 and 1.3 million people in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Researchers have narrowed down a few genetic variants that may cause inflammatory bowel disease. Using genetic "fine-mapping," researchers have zoomed in on just a few genetic variants that may trigger the autoimmune condition inflammatory bowel disease. Studying the genetic variants behind IBDDr. Huang and colleagues performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 67,852 people. Furthermore, the authors note that the fine-mapping of large population samples can turn genetic associations into "statistically convincing causal variants."

Beta-blockers may reverse genetic changes from heart disease

Thus, understanding more about how to avert heart failure could be vital to the global fight against heart disease. The main causes of heart failure are coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes. The results of a new study have shown that beta-blockers are able to reverse damaging gene expression changes after heart failure and associated conditions. 'Reversed genetic pattern of heart failure'Beta-blockers are a class of drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure, heart failure, and other heart conditions. Heart failure is a condition in which the heart is not strong enough to pump the amount of blood that the body needs.


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