How to Use multiple sclerosis in a Sentence

multiple sclerosis

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  • That’s what multiple sclerosis, a disease the affects the brain and spinal cord, does.
    — Matthew Vantryon, Indianapolis Star, 8 May 2020
  • The woman, who has multiple sclerosis and isn’t able to walk without help, is in the care of her husband.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Her mother had multiple sclerosis for many years and died from the disease in 2018.
    — Louise Rafkin, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The 62-year-old woman has multiple sclerosis and cannot walk.
    — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Sep. 2021
  • His wife, Shirley, died of multiple sclerosis in late 1985.
    — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The actress, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021, stepped out onto the stage in a red velvet gown and walked with a cane.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Nancy Burleigh spent most of her adult life in a wheelchair with multiple sclerosis (MS).
    — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Elaine Shelly has lived with multiple sclerosis for 30 years.
    — Tatiana Sánchez, SFChronicle.com, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Hudspeth was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1979 and was forced to leave the Army after just three years.
    — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2022
  • But at the age of 17, she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and eventually had to drop out of Penn State.
    — Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Jamie-Lynn Sigler has been living with multiple sclerosis for two decades.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Emma Caulfield Ford is taking life with multiple sclerosis one day at a time.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Keaton, who starred opposite Garr in the big-screen comedy Mr. Mom in 1983, was one of the first to weigh in after word of her death from multiple sclerosis on Tuesday.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The pair can't go to a shelter because West said her daughter's multiple sclerosis prevents her from sleeping on a cot.
    — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2022
  • On top of that, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2004.
    — al, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Whiten, a single mom who has multiple sclerosis, now lives in a three-bedroom apartment with her two children.
    — David Culver and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN, 11 Sep. 2022
  • But the anchor, a cancer survivor who has been public about his decades-long battle with multiple sclerosis, had a more mild case back then.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Daniel Scher, 47, from Mansfield, has multiple sclerosis, which forced him to retire from his job as a physician and reel back on many of his hobbies.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2021
  • And it can be caused by a number of conditions, from migraines, and arthritis to multiple sclerosis and even cancer.
    — Kimberly Goad, Marie Claire, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Richard, 58, of Windsor, has multiple sclerosis and has been seeing Eichelberger for years to build core strength.
    — Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Thomson said the decision to lift the ban was motivated, in part, by his mother who has had multiple sclerosis for 30 years and is home-bound.
    — Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Applegate, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021, has said the role may be her last.
    — Andrew Dalton, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023
  • In this week's episode of Truly Texan, Doggett talks in-depth about her experience with multiple sclerosis as well as what is was like to be a patient for once.
    — Hannah Ortega, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • In addition, the two have founded the David Fulcher Foundation which helps raise funds and awareness for multiple sclerosis, a cause that is dear to him because his wife has the disease.
    — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2021
  • Nearly 1 million—that’s how many people in the U.S. are living with multiple sclerosis (MS).
    — Kimberly Goad, Women's Health, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The camera observes as the entire family — the sisters, their mother and their father, who has multiple sclerosis and is not able to walk — waits for the band's single to drop on iTunes.
    — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2020
  • High levels of NfL have been linked to dementia and multiple sclerosis.
    — Max G. Levy, Wired, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Blair, who first shared she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018, has competed strongly on the series over the past five weeks.
    — Megan Thomas, CNN, 18 Oct. 2022
  • In fact, a small 2023 study found that backwards walking improved balance and function in people with multiple sclerosis.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999, Garr died from complications of the disease in October.
    — Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 26 Dec. 2024

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