{"id":2007,"date":"2026-05-14T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/mri-and-disability-scores-better-predict-rrms-cognitive-decline-than-blood-tests\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T13:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T13:00:04","slug":"mri-and-disability-scores-better-predict-rrms-cognitive-decline-than-blood-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/mri-and-disability-scores-better-predict-rrms-cognitive-decline-than-blood-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"MRI and disability scores better predict RRMS cognitive decline than blood tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/05\/14\/mri-edss-better-predict-rrms-cognitive-decline-blood-tests\/\" title=\"MRI and disability scores better predict RRMS cognitive decline than blood tests\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iStock-2198730832-800x422.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"A medical professional looks at an image of a brain scan.\" style=\"margin: auto;margin-bottom: 15px;max-width: 100%\" data-wp-pid=\"162155\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In stable relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), higher physical disability scores and brain volume loss on MRI are stronger indicators of cognitive impairment than common blood biomarkers. A new study found that while blood tests often fail to reflect mental decline, MRI scans and standard disability tests can successfully identify patients struggling with memory and information [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/05\/14\/mri-edss-better-predict-rrms-cognitive-decline-blood-tests\/\">MRI and disability scores better predict RRMS cognitive decline than blood tests<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\">Multiple Sclerosis News Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/05\/14\/mri-edss-better-predict-rrms-cognitive-decline-blood-tests\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In stable relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), higher physical disability scores and brain volume loss on MRI are stronger indicators of cognitive impairment than common blood biomarkers. A new study found that while blood tests often fail to reflect mental decline, MRI scans and standard disability&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11,15,9,8,13,14,12,10],"class_list":["post-2007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multiple-sclerosis-research","tag-brain-repair","tag-marburg-type-ms","tag-ms","tag-multiple-sclerosis","tag-myelin","tag-neuroregeneration","tag-oligodendrocyte","tag-remyelination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}