Smoking linked to increased brain lesions and brain shrinkage in MS

Monday, August 17, 2009 - 15:49 in Health & Medicine

ST. PAUL, Minn. ?People who smoke and have multiple sclerosis (MS) may be at increased risk of brain shrinkage and increased brain lesions related to the disease, according to a study published in the August 18, 2009, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Smoking has already been linked to an increased risk of developing MS.

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