March 24, 2020 Columns by Jessie Ace Tips for Traveling the World from the Comfort of a Couch Following my previous column titled, “5 Free Activities You Can Do at Home During COVID-19 Hibernation,” I thought it would be fun to share some more free things you can do from home. The more I look into this topic, the more material…
March 23, 2020 Columns by Ed Tobias MS News that Caught My Eye Last Week: Coronavirus and DMTs, Gilenya and Pediatric MS, Ponesimod for RRMS, Cannabis for Spasticity I’m starting this week by linking to our Coronavirus COVID-19 Information section on the Multiple Sclerosis News Today Forums. My fellow moderator, John Connor, and I have been posting information there from our news writers and columnists about the evolving situation. Have You Tested Positive for Coronavirus…
March 23, 2020 News by David Melamed, PhD Phase 2 Trial of Progressive MS Treatment Postponed Due to COVID-19 A planned Phase 2 clinical trial of a potential treatment for progressive multiple sclerosisĀ has been postponed to keep hospital resources open to treat people with COVID-19 during the ongoing global outbreak, and to reduce the risk of exposure to MS patients, GeNeuro, the investigate therapy’s developer, announced. The…
March 20, 2020 Columns by John Connor Let’s All Take a Deep Breath Take a deep breath, and I don’t mean the kind promoted by fake memes infecting the web to “prove” that you don’t have COVID-19! My deep-breath moment was in a small elevator at my doctor’s office. An able-bodied woman in her 50s bounded into the elevator behind my wheelchair…
March 20, 2020 Columns by Ed Tobias Have You Tested Positive for Coronavirus with MS? What happens if you have MS and you’ve tested positive for COVID-19? How will the disease affect your disease-modifying therapies and your MS? Dr. Barry Singer, (@drbarrysinger), a neurologist who directs The MS Center for Innovations in Care in St. Louis,Ā has posed…
March 19, 2020 Columns by Jennifer (Jenn) Powell An Outlier with MS, Coronavirus Nears as I Self-isolate āItās the end of the world as we know it.ā ā R.E.M. Welcome to the world of COVID-19. Coronaviruses arenāt new: severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) are both coronaviruses. But this uninvited guest, COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, has…
March 18, 2020 Columns by Stephanie Towler MS, Coronavirus, and My Crazy Immune System When I received my multiple sclerosis diagnosis, I was told that my immune system is a little weaker than most people’s and I am more susceptible to getting sick. But I didn’t realize how easy it would be to catch a cold until I did. No matter what…
March 17, 2020 Columns by Jessie Ace 5 Free Activities You Can Do at Home During COVID-19 Hibernation I donāt watch or listen to the news, but luckily, fellow Multiple Sclerosis News Today columnist Ed Tobias does. Iāve found that avoiding the news has helped to improve my mental health, because I realized that all the doom and gloom happening…
March 16, 2020 Columns by John Connor What New Hell Is This? There’s nothing like a good, old-fashioned bacteriological pincer attack to take your mind off impending death. I’m not exaggerating about the impending bit. A friend/colleague was supposed to fly to Rome today for a holiday but Italy has just closed. As I write this, it was only yesterday that the…
March 13, 2020 Columns by Ed Tobias Guidelines for DMT Use as COVID-19 Spreads People with multiple sclerosis have unique concerns about the new coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease that it causes. Many of us use disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) that suppress our immune systems and give us an extra element to worry about when we plan our defense against this virus. To help us…
March 9, 2020 Columns by Ed Tobias MS News that Caught My Eye Last Week: Coronavirus FAQs, Diet, Ozanimod Study, High-dose Vitamin D FAQs About Coronavirus and MS As the coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease spreads around the world, people with multiple sclerosis are asking questions specifically related to our illness and our medications. These FAQs answer many of those questions. The recent outbreak of a novel…