Obesity, other health problems delay MS diagnosis

Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 06:49 in Health & Medicine

People with pre-existing medical conditions, such as obesity, and vascular problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, may experience a delay in being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), or experience an increase in severity of the disease at diagnosis, according to a study published in the 29 October online issue of Neurology(R), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology...

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