May 30, 2016 News by Charles Moore #CMSC16 — Multiple Sclerosis News Today to Provide Extensive On-Site Coverage of Annual Meeting Multiple Sclerosis News Today will provide extended on-site coverage of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) 2016 Annual MeetingĀ June 1-4 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, across the harbor from the nation’s capital. Our news team will be posting feature articles on presentations…
April 18, 2016 News by BioNews Staff #CMSC16 – An Interview with June Halper, the Consortium’s CEO and an MS Nurse Practitioner When the 2016 annual meeting of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) opens June 1, marking the organization’s 30th anniversary, at its head will be its executive director, June Halper. The honor is fitting. Halper, a nurse practitioner with a specialty in multiple sclerosis (MS) since 1978, has…
March 11, 2016 News by Patricia Silva, PhD CMSC 30th Annual Meeting in June to Examine Promising Advances in MS Research, Treatment The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC), a pre-eminent organization of multiple sclerosis (MS) healthcare providers, will holdĀ its 30th Annual Meeting on June 1ā4, 2016, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. The CMSC Annual Meeting is the most comprehensive multidisciplinary MS conference…
November 17, 2015 News by Margarida Azevedo, MSc ForuMS Gives MS Clinicians an Online Link to Latest Research ForuMS is a new interactive and online “journal club” whereĀ clinicians treating multiple sclerosis (MS) patients or involved in researchĀ can discuss and analyze recent papers from top peer-reviewed journals covering the latest advances in disease diagnosis and management. The educational platform, sponsored by grants from Genzyme, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, and Medtronic, uses…
October 27, 2015 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) Emphasizes the Role of Physicians in MS Medical Treatment Decisions The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC), an organization for researchers and healthcare professionals committed to multiple sclerosis (MS) care and treatment, has recently issued a position statement claimingĀ that prescribers should have the right to make clinical decisions on the best treatments and medications in each individual MS case.
May 22, 2015 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Progressive MS Challenges to Be Dicussed at CMSC Meeting The needs of patients who suffer from progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) willĀ be addressed in a presentation hosted byĀ Alan Thompson, MD, FRCP, from the University College London (UCL) duringĀ theĀ Donald Paty Memorial Lecture. The Lecture will take place during the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) 29th Annual…
April 29, 2015 News by admin Can Suppressing a Protein Associated With Good Health Help Treat MS? Gladstone Institutes scientists have discoveredĀ a successful new treatment that could potentially be used in multiple sclerosis (MS). The treatment involves suppressing a protein that traditionally is associated with overall good health. The study,Ā SIRT1 Deacetylates RORĪ³t and Enhances Th17 Cell Generation, appeared April 27, 2015 in theĀ Journal…
March 20, 2015 News by Kara Elam New MS Educational Program Seeks to Improve Care in Women This week the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) in collaboration with The France Foundation, a provider of continuing medical education have launched a new educational program focused on the important issues that affect women with multiple sclerosis (MS), entitled, āStrategies to Improve the…
December 3, 2014 News by Patricia Silva, PhD CMSC and Syandus Launch Virtual Support Group for Multiple Sclerosis Patient education, support and self-management of multiple sclerosis (MS) has just become easier through the joint efforts of theĀ Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC)Ā and theĀ leader in simulation-based learning platforms for healthcare and the creators of the ALIVE Med delivery platform,Ā Syandus. Together they…
November 21, 2014 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Individualized Multiple Sclerosis CE Plan Wins Excellence Award The Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions, an international membership association of healthcareĀ education professionals, has just selected the winner for theĀ 2015 Outstanding CE Enduring Material by the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions. The winner is a joint CE activity entitled, “Confronting Current Challenges…
October 23, 2014 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Consortium of MS Centers Hosts Annual Meeting Next May in Indiana The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) has announced that its next annual meeting will be held in 2015 between May 27 th and 30th at the JW Marriott Hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana. TheĀ 2015 Annual Meeting of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers aims to gather healthcare professionals as…
October 17, 2014 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Free Continuing Education for MS Care Providers Starts in November Several national health organizations have come together to design a series of continuing education opportunities focused on better managing multiple sclerosis entitled,Ā Optimizing Multiple Sclerosis Management.Ā Thanks to the collaborative efforts of leading MS organization for professionals, the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC); Nurse Practitioner Alternatives (NPA), and Spire Learning, allied…
September 26, 2014 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Continuing Multiple Sclerosis Education To Be Offered at AIMS Live Meetings With multiple sclerosis (MS) prevalence rates still at concerning levels of 90 for every 100,000 Americans, researchers are continuously seeking to learn more about the disease, and are aggressively working to develop novel treatments and interventions for symptom management. This poses an ongoing challenge for healthcare professionals and academics,…