When it’s warm outside, memory, processing speed, and other aspects of cognition slow down for patients with multiple sclerosis, researchers found.
Cognitive scores were 70% lower among MS patients tested on days when the temperature averaged 66° F than in those tested on days averaging 33° F (P=0.006) according to Victoria M. Leavitt of the non-profit Kessler Foundation in West Orange, and colleagues.
This significant impact on cognitive function wasn’t mirrored in healthy controls (P>0.9), Leavitt’s group reported in a paper that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology meeting.
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