An estimated 400,000 people in the U.S. have MS and another 200 are diagnosed with the disease every week.  Multiple sclerosis is most often diagnosed in people between the ages of 15 and 50 and women are diagnosed with the disease nearly 3 times more often than men.    

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease—one in which the body attacks itself—in this case the immune system attacks the tissues of the brain and spinal cord.

MS is more common in Northern latitudes and less common in co...

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