August 25, 2021 News by Teresa Carvalho, MS DC United Goals Now Worth Up to $20,000 for National MS Society D.C. UnitedĀ andĀ its official sponsor, Leidos, opened a campaign to donate up to $20,000 to the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society, the soccer team announced. The initiative aims to support the almost one million people in the U.S. living with multiple sclerosis (MS). Among them is…
May 20, 2021 News by Forest Ray PhD ‘Stop Multiple Sclerosis’ Is Theme of World Brain Day Stop Multiple Sclerosis is the theme of this year’s World Brain Day, taking place July 22 to raise global awareness of multiple sclerosis (MS) through seminars, conferences and other presentations. “Every year, we use World Brain Day to highlight an area of neurology that needs the world’s attention,”…
September 5, 2019 Columns by Jennifer (Jenn) Powell Becoming Your Own Advocate Takes Practice, but It’s Worth It I recently sent my neurologist a thank-you card. A friend of mine was incredulous and truly baffled at my gesture. āWhy would you thank your doctor?ā she asked. Why wouldnāt I? I am thankful for my doctorās wisdom and also her heart. She is an elusive hybrid of extreme intelligence…
March 22, 2019 Columns by Ed Tobias Things to Know If You’re Thinking About Leaving Your Neurologist If you’re a member of the babyĀ boomer generation, or if you just like the music of the 1960s and ’70s, you probably know Paul Simon’s “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover“: “‘The problem is all inside your head,’ she said to me. ‘The answer is easy…
February 6, 2018 Columns by Ed Tobias Is It Time to Change Your MS Doctor? The other day, as I cruised around various MS internet groups, I came across a lament that I’ve seen before. But this one, for some reason, jumped out at me. A woman with MS wrote that she was “fortunate” that her RRMS symptoms were relatively minor: fatigue, numbness in…
January 17, 2017 Columns by Patricia Silva, PhD Like the ADA, the ABLE Act Has Significant Potential When the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law in 1990, there seemingly were as many opponents as there were proponents. All these years later, the standards and expectations of that landmark legislation have become second-nature in mainstream America. Concerns about costs and consequences were…
January 5, 2017 Columns by Tamara Sellman Forget About Resolutions and Remember to Focus I’m already tired of hearing aboutĀ New Year’s resolutions. If you’re like me, youĀ find that for those who spend their social media time listing goals in earnest, there’s a smidgen of luxury to theirĀ actions.Ā After all, most of these goal-making champions are not chronically ill. They don’t have to think…