We now have more evidence for a link between MS and current vitamin D levels. British researchers compared average vitamin D levels among people in Scotland with MS,and their admission to hospital for things like relapses and infections. They found that the two factors were linked:hospital admissions were highest in spring (April-June) when vitamin D levels were lowest.

This suggests that vitamin D levels are associated with whatever it is that causes people with MS to be admitted to hospital. We already know that vitamin D affects the immune system:being deficient can increase the risk of infections and probably relapses.

Australian researchers have found that past infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV),the virus which causes glandular fever (mononucleosis) can combine with genetic variations to increase the risk of developing MS by up to 20 times. There was no evidence that a current infection with EBV could bring on MS.

Not research,but a discussion…a group of researchers held a session on cognitive (thinking) dysfunction in MS,and the problems of developing longitudinal tests and standardising data for the effects of MS on the mind. The researchers gave the contrasting example of Alzheimer’s disease:the cognitive decline caused by that disease is faster and more certain than in MS,where cognitive decline affects about 6% of patients each year.

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