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More than a third of patients living with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the UK have avoided seeking medical help for certain symptoms as they are too embarrassed, according to a survey. A number of charities have now joined forces to stress there are “no taboo subjects” when it comes to the condition. MS has a wide range of symptoms including fatigue, muscle spasms and issues with vision, as well as sexual, bladder and bowel problems. A poll of 1,426 people living with the condition revealed 85% of patients feel one or more of these symptoms are embarrassing. Some 38% had avoided speaking to clin......

Washington (AFP) - Multiple sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disease that has no cure and affects some 2.8 million people in the world, is largely driven by infection with the Epstein-Barr virus, according to a new paper by Harvard researchers.  Their findings, published in the journal Science this week, appear to settle a long-standing but hard to prove hypothesis, and were welcomed by outside experts who said attention should now turn to preventions and cures. "This is the first study providing compelling evidence of causality," said Alberto Ascherio, a professor of epidemiology and nutrition ......