Multiple Sclerosis Damage Can Be Reduced via Stress Management

Experts at the Northwestern University determined in a new study that people who suffer from autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis can reduce the amount of damage the condition causes by managing their response to stress.

In a paper published in the latest issue of the journal Neurology, the research group describes how MS appears to decrease its attacks on the central nervous system if the patients are able to manage their stress levels. This can be achieved in a few sessions of simple training, PsychCentral reports.

“While it’s premature to make any specific recommendations about using this type of stress management training to manage MS disease activity, it will be important to conduct more research to identify specifically how this treatment is benefiting people with MS,” says David C. Mohr, PhD.

The expert says that the group was not expected to discover this association, and adds that additional efforts will now be conducted in order to reveal the nature of this correlation.