Multiple Sclerosis Rates Up 50%
Review Tracking Neurological Disorders Shows 1 in 1,000 Americans Have Multiple Sclerosis
By Miranda HittiWebMD Medical News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MDon Monday, January 29, 2007
29, 2007 — Multiple sclerosis (MS)Multiple sclerosis (MS) may be 50% more common in the U.S. than previously thought, according to a new research review.
Almost one in 1,000 people in the U.S. have MS, according to the review.
“Our estimate of MS prevalence is about 50% higher than a comprehensive review from 1982,” says researcher Deborah Hirtz, MD, in an American Academy of Neurology news release.
“Whether this reflects improvement in diagnosis or whether incidence is actually increasing deserves further study,” says Hirtz, who works at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.Hirtz and colleagues analyzed about 500 studies published from 1990 to 2005 to track 12 neurological disorders.Their findings appear in the Jan. 30 issue of Neurology.
- Migraine: 121 in 1,000 people
- EpilepsyEpilepsy: 7.1 in 1,000 people
- Alzheimer’s diseaseAlzheimer’s disease: 67 in 1,000 people 65 or older
- Parkinson’s diseaseParkinson’s disease: 9.5 in 1,000 people 65 or older
- AutismAutism spectrum disorders: 5.8 in 1,000 children
- Cerebral palsyCerebral palsy: 2.4 in 1,000 children
- Stroke: 10 per 1,000 people
- Traumatic brain injury: No prevalence estimates available
- MS: 0.9 in 1,000 people
- Spinal cord injury: No prevalence estimates available
- ALSALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease): 0.04 in 1,000 people
- Tourette’s syndrome: No prevalence estimates
Charles-A. Rovira wrote:
Hello Allison,
here is a link to pickup msb-0106.
This is the show featuring you and the netXperiment.
Feel free to deep-link to it:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/msb/msb-0106_Allison_Reynolds_and_the_NetXperiment.m4aAfter
After 30 days the link will change to an ‘archive’ link and I’ll send you an email to that effect.
You can also pull the file and use your own storage and store it locally. (It is a podcast after all!
All I ask is that you attribute it to MSBPodcast.com in case people want to get some more of my shows.
I’ll be in touch in about three months for a progress report.
-Charles-A.
Posted on 30-Jan-07 at 1:56 pm | Permalink
Charles-A. Rovira wrote:
Danm.
I have no idea where that ‘After” came from.
Make that “I have no idea why it picked it up from the next line.”
Here’s the link again:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/msb/msb-0106_Allison_Reynolds_and_the_NetXperiment.m4a
Posted on 30-Jan-07 at 1:59 pm | Permalink
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