Article: Cut your risk of colds.(on call)(multiple sclerosis)(Column)

In the June issue of InsideMS we celebrated the research achievements of DI: William A. Sibley, who conducted an 8-year study showing that up to one-third of MS attacks follow a viral upper respiratory tract infection--such as a common cold. These results provide some certainty about one of the ways in which MS does its dirty work Dr. Sibley was given the John Dystel Prize for MS Research last May.

The catch for people living with MS is that no one knows which of the 200-odd cold viruses provoke an MS attach. Is there anything people can do to avoid catching a cold? Dr. Julie Mangino, an infectious diseases physician at the Ohio State University Medical Center, ...

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