Niven /niv-en/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name. Niven's root is Latin, and the name Niven means holy, sacred; little bone; servant of the saint's disciple. Niven is a variant transcription of Nevin (Latin).
The average life expectancy for someone with MS is 35 years after the symptoms begin. This represents a life expectancy of 95 percent of someone who does not have multiple sclerosis. Most people with the disease can function effectively; however, a rare form of acute MS can be fatal within weeks.
MS affects approximately 400,000 Americans (1 in 1,000) but is much more common in the Northwest where approximately 12,000 (2 in 1,000) people have MS. Some likely factors that contribute to this may be vitamin D deficiency, genetic predisposition and environmental triggers. Other factors are still unknown.