Stress Does Not Increase Risk Of Multiple Sclerosis

A new study finds that stress does not appear to increase a person's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS).  Researchers studied two groups of women nurses from the Nurses' Health Study. The first group of 121,700 nurses between the ages of 30 and 55 were followed starting in 1976. The second group of 116,671 nurses between the ages of 25 and 42 were followed from 1989. Participants were asked to report general stress at home and at work, including physical and sexual abuse in childhood and as teenagers. Of the first group, 77 people developed MS by 2005. read more

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