Pregnancy Slows MS Progression.

HealthDay (http://tinyurl.com/MS-and-pregnancy 11/24, Thomas) reported that  Belgium scientists  say that “having children may slow the progression of multiple sclerosis.” Specifically, “women who had given birth to at least one child were 34 percent less likely to have the disease progress to a stage in which they needed walking assistance, such as a cane or brace, than women without children.” Those “who had a child after they began experiencing MS symptoms were even better off,” according to the paper published online in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

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