multiple sclerosis

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Recent Examples of multiple sclerosis Then, their neurologist introduced them to Robertson, who was head of the multiple sclerosis clinic at University of Louisville at the time. Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Dec. 2025 Elsa Mendoza was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease that attacks the central nervous system, 18 years ago. Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025 The scans are often used to check for aneurysms of cerebral vessels, conditions of the eye and inner ear, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord conditions, stroke, tumors and brain injury from trauma. Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025 Pryor also had long struggles with multiple sclerosis and drug addiction. Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 10 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for multiple sclerosis
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Noun
  • After Greg Green's baby girl was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, the family found social support at school and among disability-rights advocates.
    Kat McGowan, NPR, 31 Dec. 2025
  • In a world-first for national-level sports, Han Binbin, a player with cerebral palsy, competed in a Chinese chess tournament using a non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) device.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Other vaccines including for poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, mumps and rubella will remain in place unless updated through legislation, according to the state Department of Health.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Over the next 25 years, there would be 51.2 million cases of measles, 9.9 million cases of rubella and 4.3 million cases of poliomyelitis.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025

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