(Press-News.org) Keeping up with scientific advances and practice changes can be one the biggest challenges in managing a complex disease like multiple sclerosis (MS).
The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) regularly publishes Best Practices statements on aspects of MS care. This month, a new “Best Practices in Multiple Sclerosis Therapies: 2025 Update” has been released on the organization’s website [https://www.mscare.org/best-practices-in-multiple-sclerosis-therapies/] and will be distributed at the upcoming CMSC Annual Meeting, May 28-31, 2025, in Phoenix, AZ. [www.mscare.org/2025]
The 2025 Best Practices Update was developed by an expert faculty panel chaired by Fred D. Lublin, MD, a noted leader in MS care. “MS management changes on a regular basis,” said Lublin, who is the Saunders Family Professor of Neurology and Director of the Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for MS at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. “We currently have refined diagnostic criteria, evolving disease classification, additional disease-modifying therapies, and newer biomarkers to detect changes in disease progression and treatment effects,” he said.
Lublin and the other expert panelists convened to review the latest studies, ongoing scientific research, and treatment trends to design a practical document to address MS care providers’ questions on topics such as:
Evolving diagnostic and prognostic concepts in MS
Use of serum and spinal fluid biomarkers
Recent FDA approved MS therapies and emerging therapeutic categories
Recommended vaccines for patients with MS
Diagnosis and management of pediatric onset MS
MS management for the aging population
Pathophysiology, differential diagnosis and treatment of NMOSD and MOGAD
While developing the Best Practices in MS Update, Lublin and other panelists held a symposium allowing other MS care providers to weigh in on how they treat MS, what works and what doesn’t, and challenges they face in day-to-day practice. “As MS care providers, how we communicate with patients about their treatment and prognosis affects how they view their outlook for the future,” Lublin said. “Best Practices documents like this help MS care providers to get on the same page.”
The 2025 update follows a previous 2022 Best Practices document [https://mscare.sharefile.com/share/view/s36f525b3783d490fb121e4db71fd67a6]
and was designed to expand on, rather than duplicate, this information, Lublin said. Both Best Practices documents were developed independently by the CMSC with support from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, which had no influence or oversight in the planning or content.
About the CMSC
The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) is the leading organization dedicated to improving comprehensive care and research in multiple sclerosis. Through education, advocacy, and research, CMSC supports healthcare professionals in delivering the highest quality care for those living with MS. The CMSC includes a professional network of 15,500 healthcare clinicians and scientists and its membership represents the full spectrum of MS healthcare professionals: physicians, nursing professionals, advanced practice clinicians, pharmacists, rehabilitation and mental health professionals, registered dietitians, researchers, and patient advocates. The work of the CMSC directly influences the quality of care for hundreds of thousands of people living with MS and their families. For more information call: 201-487-1050; email: info@mscare.org or visit www.mscare.org.
END
Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers releases 2025 expert panel document on best practices in MS management
CMSC's best practices in multiple sclerosis therapies, updated for 2025, will help healthcare providers stay up to date with latest advances in MS care
2025-04-17
ELSE PRESS RELEASES FROM THIS DATE:
A cool fix for hot chips: Advanced thermal management technology for electronic devices
2025-04-17
Tokyo, Japan – The exponential miniaturization of electronic chips over time, described by Moore's law, has played a key role in our digital age. However, the operating power of small electronic devices is significantly limited by the lack of advanced cooling technologies available.
Aiming to tackle this problem, a study published in Cell Reports Physical Science, led by researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, describes a significant increase in performance for the cooling of ...
Does your brain know you want to move before you know it yourself?
2025-04-17
Researchers led by Jean-Paul Noel at the University of Minnesota, United States, have decoupled intentions, actions and their effects by manipulating the brain-machine interface that allows a person with otherwise paralyzed arms and legs to squeeze a ball when they want to. Published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology on April 17th, the study reveals temporal binding between intentions and actions, which makes actions seem to happen faster when they are intentional.
Separating intentions from actions was made possible because of a brain-machine interface. The participant was paralyzed with damage ...
Bluetooth-based technology could help older adults stay independent
2025-04-17
A new Bluetooth-based positioning system could offer healthcare systems a low-energy, low-cost method of tracking older adults’ mobility, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS Digital Health by Qiyin Fang of McMaster University, Canada, and colleagues.
Global Positioning System (GPS) is the dominant positioning technology today, but its use indoors is limited due to the difficulty in communicating with GPS satellites. However, the knowledge of a person’s position is critical for many real-time healthcare applications, ...
Breaking the American climate silence
2025-04-17
Americans are more likely to discuss climate change with family and friends if they feel worried or at risk, perceive society as supportive of pro-climate behaviors or see global warming depicted in the media, according to a study published April 17, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS Climate by Margaret Orr from George Mason University College of Humanities and Social Sciences in Fairfax, Virginia, and colleagues.
Curbing global warming’s effects requires systemic changes and government policies to reduce carbon emissions. Among individual climate actions (e.g., ...
Groundbreaking study uncovers how our brain learns
2025-04-17
How do we learn something new? How do tasks at a new job, lyrics to the latest hit song or directions to a friend’s house become encoded in our brains?
The broad answer is that our brains undergo adaptations to accommodate new information. In order to follow a new behavior or retain newly introduced information, the brain’s circuity undergoes change.
Such modifications are orchestrated across trillions of synapses — the connections between individual nerve cells, called neurons — where brain communication takes place. In an intricately coordinated ...
Sugar-mimicking molecule central to virulence of a common crop disease, study finds
2025-04-17
UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 19:00 BST / 14:00 ET THURSDAY 17 APRIL 2025
Sugar-mimicking molecule central to virulence of a common crop disease, study finds
In plants, the space between cells is a key battleground during infection. To avoid recognition in this space, a strain of the bacterial tomato disease Pseudomonas syringae manipulates plants by producing a substance called glycosyrin. This substance suppresses the immune response and allows the bacteria to remain unnoticed.
A new study led by the University of Oxford has revealed ...
Surprise: Synapses on single neurons follow distinct rules during learning
2025-04-17
Shedding light on how the brain fine-tunes its wiring during learning, a new study finds that different dendritic segments of a single neuron follow distinct rules. The findings challenge the idea that neurons follow a single learning strategy and offer a new perspective on how the brain learns and adapts behavior. The brain's remarkable ability to learn and adapt is rooted in its capacity to modify the connections within its neural circuits – a phenomenon known as synaptic plasticity, in which specific synapses are altered to reshape neural activity and support behavioral change. Neurons, unlike most other cell types, are characterized by their intricate, ...
Fresh insights into why solid-state batteries fail could inform longer-lasting batteries
2025-04-17
Solid-state lithium batteries fail for the same reason over-bent paperclips snap – metal fatigue in the anode itself, according to a new study. The findings, which show that this fatigue follows well-documented mechanical behavior, provide a quantitative framework for predicting the cycle life of solid-state batteries, enabling new pathways for designing longer-lasting and safer energy storage systems. Solid-state lithium metal batteries (SSBs) promise both high energy and improved safety by combining a lithium ...
Curiosity rover identifies carbonates, providing evidence of a carbon cycle on ancient Mars
2025-04-17
NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered a hidden chemical archive of ancient Mars’ atmosphere, which suggests that large amounts of carbon dioxide have been locked into the planet’s crust, according to a new study. The findings provide in situ evidence that a carbon cycle once operated on ancient Mars and offer new insights into the planet’s past climate. The Martian landscape shows clear signs that liquid water once flowed across its surface, which would have required ...
Up to 17% of global cropland contaminated by toxic heavy metal pollution, study estimates
2025-04-17
Based on data from over 1000 regional studies combined with machine learning, researchers estimate that as many as 1.4 billion people live in areas with soil dangerously polluted by heavy metals like arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, nickel, and lead. The study reveals a global risk, but also a previously unrecognized high-risk, metal-enriched zone in low-latitude Eurasia, in particular. The growth in demand for critical metals means toxic heavy metal pollution in soils is only likely to worsen. “We hope that the global soil pollution data presented in this report will ...
LAST 30 PRESS RELEASES:
Living heritage: How ancient buildings on Hainan Island sustain hidden plant diversity
Just the smell of lynx can reduce deer browsing damage in recovering forests
Hidden struggles: Cambridge scientists share the truth behind their success
Cellular hazmat team cleans up tau. Could it prevent dementia?
Innovation Crossroads startup revolutionizes wildfire prevention through grid hardening
ICCUB astronomers lead the most ambitious study of runaway massive stars in the Milky Way
Artificial Intelligence can generate a feeling of intimacy
Antidepressants not associated with serious complications from TBI
Evasive butterfly mimicry reveals a supercharged biodiversity feedback loop
Hearing angry or happy human voices is linked to changes in dogs’ balance
Microplastics are found in a third of surveyed fish off the coasts of remote Pacific Islands
De-stigmatizing self-reported data in health care research
US individuals traveling from strongly blue or red US counties may favor everyday travel to like-minded destinations
Study reveals how superionic state enables long-term water storage in Earth's interior
AI machine learning can optimize patient risk assessments
Efficacy of immunosuppressive regimens for survival of stem cell-derived grafts
Glowing bacterial sensors detect gut illness in mice before symptoms emerge
GLP-1 RAs and prior major adverse limb events in patients with diabetes
Life-course psychosocial stress and risk of dementia and stroke in middle-aged and older adults
Cells have a built-in capacity limit for copying DNA, and it could impact cancer treatment
Study finds longer hospital stays and higher readmissions for young adults with complex childhood conditions
Study maps how varied genetic forms of autism lead to common features
New chip-sized, energy-efficient optical amplifier can intensify light 100 times
New light-based platform sets the stage for future quantum supercomputers
Pesticides significantly affect soil life and biodiversity
Corals sleep like us, but their symbiosis does not rest
Huayuan biota decodes Earth’s first Phanerozoic mass extinction
Beyond Polymers: New state-of-the-art 3D micro and nanofabrication technique overcomes material limitations
New platform could develop vaccines faster than ever before
TF-rs1049296 C>T variant modifies the association between hepatic iron stores and liver fibrosis in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease
[Press-News.org] Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers releases 2025 expert panel document on best practices in MS managementCMSC's best practices in multiple sclerosis therapies, updated for 2025, will help healthcare providers stay up to date with latest advances in MS care