Fewer African Americans than Caucasians develop multiple sclerosis (MS), statistics show, but their disease progresses more rapidly, and they don't respond as well to therapies, a new study by neurology researchers at the University at Buffalo has found. Magnetic resonance images (MRI) of a cohort of 567 consecutive MS patients showed that blacks with MS had more damage to brain tissue and had less normal white and gray matter compared to whites with the disease. Results of the study were published ahead of print on Jan. 20 at http://www.neurology.org and appear in the Feb... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Posted: 2010-02-08 02:00:00
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