Word: ms
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According to the researchers, a surprising finding was that the results showed a significant link to increased MS risk only from obesity during adolescence, but not during childhood or adulthood...
...suggests that during adolescence or early adulthood, there may be a critical window for development of MS,” Chitnis said...
Kassandra Munger, a research associate at HSPH and the lead author of the paper, had previously conducted a study linking low levels of Vitamin D to increased MS risk...
This is the first study to articulate an association between obesity and MS, according to the researchers...
...have shown a previously unidentified risk factor for MS,” said Tanuja Chitnis, an assistant professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and a co-author of the paper. “The results may have implications for reducing obesity in adolescence, which is certainly a big concern today...