Thursday, 31 January 2013

Obesity may Up Risk of Multiple Sclerosis

In children and teenage girls, obesity may increase the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), states research published in Neurology. "Over the last 30 years, childhood obesity has tripled," said study author Annette Langer-Gould, MD, PhD, with the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research (and) Evaluation in Pasadena and a member of the American Academy of Neurology. "In our study, the risk of pediatric MS was highest among moderately ...

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