As my disability from multiple sclerosis (MS) increases, so does my reliance on tools to assist me. Some are relatively simple mechanical devices like adaptive silverware, gloves that help me straighten my fingers, and a bed rail that eases transfers. Others are a bit more complicated, like the powered…
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Changes in the upper part of the spinal cord may help identify people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) who are at higher risk of converting to the secondary progressive form of the disease (SPMS), a study reports. People with RRMS who later developed SPMS tended to have a…
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A genetic mutation associated with more severe disability in multiple sclerosis (MS) may also correlate with poorer cognitive performance in healthy people, a study reported. People with MS, Parkinson’s disease, and dementia who carried the rs10191329A mutation showed similar trends of poorer cognition, though these didn’t reach statistical…
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Increasing the dose of the infusion therapy Ocrevus (ocrelizumab) does not provide additional benefit compared with the approved regimen in slowing disability progression for people with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) or primary progressive MS. That’s according to final data from two global Phase 3b clinical…
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One of the hardest parts of living with chronic illness is being misunderstood in moments when I have the least energy to explain myself. With multiple sclerosis (MS) and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), sometimes my heart rate skyrockets, my body overheats, my energy drops, my nervous system…
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