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.