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Multiple Sclerosis => MS - RESEARCH AND NEWS => Topic started by: agate on July 02, 2018, 08:41:01 pm

Title: Study suggests ultraviolet light exposure before age 40 affects MS risk
Post by: agate on July 02, 2018, 08:41:01 pm

This idea is by no means new, but a study suggests that

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There is epidemiological evidence suggesting that low exposure to ambient UVR [ultraviolet radiation] during early life may be associated with MS and earlier symptom onset.

 Abstract, "Lifetime exposure to ultraviolet radiation and the risk of MS in the US Radiologic Technologists Cohort Study," PubMed, June 22, 2018:




http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1352458518783343?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed&


An article about this study appears in Multiple Sclerosis News Today (July 2):


https://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com/2018/07/02/greater-exposure-to-sun-ultraviolet-radiation-can-lower-risk-of-multiple-sclerosis-study-suggests/?utm_source=Multiple+Sclerosis&utm_campaign=4ae71757a1-RSS_US_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5fb7a3dae-4ae71757a1-71286581