June 15, 2022 by BioNews Staff Expert Voices: Pain management for people with multiple sclerosis In this installment of our āExpert Voicesā series, Multiple Sclerosis News Today asked Dawn Ehde, PhD, to answer some of your questions about pain management for people with multiple sclerosis. Ehde is a clinical psychologist and professor of rehabilitation medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle, where…
February 23, 2022 Columns by Beth Ullah The Furious Fire of Heat Sensitivity “In order to rise from its own ashes, a phoenix must first burn.ā ā Octavia E. Butler You know that feeling of waking up in a strange place, and it takes a second to remember where you are? Imagine that coupled with not being able to move from the neck…
December 4, 2020 Columns by John Connor The Thankful Rest of Thanksgiving I’m surprised I get anything done! Luckily, the parent company of Multiple Sclerosis News Today is in the U.S., so I didn’t have to write this column last week, due to Thanksgiving celebrations ā even though I’m British. I also got two days off from being an MS News Today…
November 20, 2020 Columns by John Connor To Be Forewarned Is to Be Forearmed My travails with MS invariably deal with what it does to me. This week, dear reader, it’s what I did to my jolly old self! I’ve got a daily light exercise routine designed for me by an occupational therapist (OT) and a physiotherapist. Why two professionals? Well, the…
October 19, 2020 News by Mary Chapman Eli Lilly Aquires Disarm, Will Develop SARM1 Program for Axonal Degeneration Eli Lilly has reached an agreement to acquire Disarm Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing a new class of disease-modifying treatments for patients with axonal degeneration, including those with multiple sclerosis (MS). In its announcement, Lilly committed to advancing Disarm’s prospective therapies, currently in preclinical development.
August 28, 2020 Columns by John Connor There’s No Business Like Show Business ā Till There’s No Business In June, I wrote a column about accepting I’d have to physically retire from directing and producing my own stand-up stage show, “The Edge.” Now, because of that which cannot be named, the show is also being retired just short of its 30-year anniversary! Our very first…
July 24, 2020 Columns by John Connor The Joy of Joining the ‘Downton Abbey’ Set For an espoused leftie, you might be surprised that I’ve always had the brush of the rugged individualist about me. Not quite Bear Grylls, but grabbing a rucksack and hitching across Canada still counts as my own youthful rite of passage. I was used to doing everything! As…
May 14, 2015 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Celiac Disease Found to Be Linked to Increased Risk of Multiple Sclerosis, Nerve Damage A study recently published in the journal JAMA Neurology revealed that celiac disease is linked to a significant increase in the risk of nerve damage. The study is entitled āRisk of Neuropathy Among 28,232 Patients With Biopsy-Verified Celiac Diseaseā and was conducted by researchers…