Category Archives: MS Treatment

image: http://www.mscare.org/2024 Credit: CMSC The leading research and educational conference for multiple sclerosis healthcare professionals in North America, the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) 38th Annual Meeting, returns to Nashville, Tennessee, May 29-June 1, 2024 at the Music City Center. The conference is renowned for its emphasis on reaching the interprofessional team involved in MS care, with learning opportunities for physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nursing professionals, pharmacists, mental health and rehabilitation specialists, dietitians, researchers, advocates and other members of the healthcare team involved in the management of people with MS. The CMSC Annual Meeting will feature daily opening lectures with some of the top minds in multiple sclerosis as well as accredited symposia, courses, poster sessions, and platform presentations relevant to all MS healthcare professionals Continue reading →

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative disorder in which a persons immune system attacks the protective sheath (myelin) covering the nerve fibres of the brain and spinal cord. Although MS is a progressive disease, leading to the permanent damage of the nerve fibres and potentially severe disability, there are many different treatment approaches that are designed to reduce relapses and increase time between attacks, ease debilitating symptoms and ultimately slow down disease progression. Continue reading →

It took years for Gregory Sonn to receive an MS diagnosis. He first noticed symptoms while traveling in his 20s Continue reading →

A non-invasive scan that measures network activity across the brain was able to predict the outcomes of behavioral therapies designed to improve cognitive function in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a study demonstrates. Brain network function, as assessed by the test, called magnetoencephalography (MEG), could play an important role in predicting treatment response and personalized treatment recommendations, researchers concluded. Continue reading →

WATCH TIME: 3 minutes If you have a patient with MS starting a great treatment but they're smoking, they're overweight, they don't exercise, they sleep poorly, then they are sabotaging getting the best therapeutic response. It's important that the patient be knowledgeable about that and try to work through it with them as that's extremely important. It's a conversation that I have with every one of my patients with MS on an early basis. Continue reading →

WATCH TIME: 7 minutes "Adding these visual stimuli through the virtual reality, we're challenging the brain while you're exercising and our hypothesis is that that will lead to bigger improvements and better results." Early research conducted by experts at Kessler Foundation has provided evidence for benefits of either cognitive rehabilitation or exercise on learning and memory in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). Continue reading →

The UAE is making advances not only in managing multiple sclerosis but also towards helping to find a cure for the debilitating disease afflicting millions worldwide. While there is no cure for the neurological disorder, treatment is available to manage symptoms and delay its progression. Continue reading →

WATCH TIME: 4 minutes "If they have bladder symptoms, spasticity problems, or gait issues, as a neurologist, we can start to address those things, but we often need a really good multidisciplinary team to care for these patients long term." The care for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) often incorporates several different specialists in addition to a traditional neurologist. These patients experience a range of difference symptoms, including fatigue, numbness and tingling, loss of balance, tremor, pain, bladder problems, bowel trouble, vision issues, and problems with memory and thinking. Comorbidities are also common throughout the disease course, from symptom onset through diagnosis to the end of life. Continue reading →

Scientists have developed a technique to more precisely map the myelin sheath, the fatty covering around nerve fibers that is damaged in multiple sclerosis (MS), in people undergoing an imaging scan. Continue reading →

New guidelines from the Spanish Society of Neurology emphasize the importance of early diagnosis and prompt treatment in the management of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). These guidelines also highlight a need to move beyond traditional views of first line and second line MS treatments, suggesting instead a personalized approach that favors more aggressive therapies being used earlier in patients at higher risk of poor outcomes. The study, Consensus statement of the Spanish Society of Neurology on the treatment of multiple sclerosis and holistic patient management in 2023, was published in Neurologa Continue reading →