Cognitive impairment is more common and severe in older adults with MS than in younger patients, but this is driven by ...

Increasing evidence suggests that the severe gum disease, periodontitis, may contribute to central nervous system disorders through chronic inflammation. However, its role in multiple sclerosis, a ...

Abundance of severe gum disease -- periodontitis -- may worsen disability for people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. Previous studies have ...

Among multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, those with a high relative abundance of Fusobacterium nucleatum together with other periodontal bacteria were more likely to have moderate to severe disability ...