Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation Medicine

Neurodegenerative Disease (e.g. MS, Parkinson's disease)

Lifestyle Medicine

Symposium

(602949) Environmental Exposures in Disease Course in People With Ms:  Focus on Role of Diet.

Presenter(s)

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  Kathryn Fitzgerald, ScD

  Assistant Professor of Neurology
  Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  Baltimore, Maryland

An overview of the role of different lifestyle factors in influencing multiple sclerosis (MS) prognosis. We will briefly discuss studies related to vitamin D and its association with MS disease course; most of the talk will focus more generally on emerging studies on other aspects of diet (including overall dietary patterns). We will cover potential biological mechanisms linking diet with MS course as well as existing studies and future directions. We will also briefly discuss the potential role of diet and accompanying mechanisms in other neurologic diseases.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe lifestyle and environmental factors in MS.
• Describe how diet may impact multiple sclerosis course (mechanisms and existing studies)
• Asses how diet may link with neurologic diseases using MS as an example.