August 12, 2022 Columns by Ed Tobias Dr. Amazon Will See You Now: Online Retail Giant to Acquire Healthcare Services Company Are you ready to buy your healthcare services from the same place you can buy almost everything else under the sun? Amazon hopes you are. Last month, the giant of online sales announced plans to acquire One Medical, a company that operates more than 125 medical offices across…
February 8, 2021 Columns by Ed Tobias MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: Plegridy, Telemedicine, AI for MS, Myelin Repair FDA Approves Plegridy as Intramuscular Injection for Relapsing MS A common patient complaint about Plegridy has been that its subcutaneous injection procedure results in injection site reactions. This new formulation is delivered into the muscle, rather than under the skin. The needle is longer, but Biogen pharmaceuticals thinks the…
February 4, 2021 News by Diana Campelo Delgado Telemedicine Found Effective During Italy’s COVID-19 Lockdown Telemedicine is a feasible and effective method of remote care for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, an Italian study suggests. The study, āTelemedicine during the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic: A Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Outpatients Service Perspective,ā was published in the journal Neurology International. The…
October 23, 2020 Columns by Ed Tobias Diagnosing MS During a Pandemic: UK vs. US Editor’s note: Previously, this piece stated that Dr. Ide Smets theorized a transition to telemedicine as the standard of care could cause decreased life expectancy in the U.K. of up to 30 years. The piece has been corrected to state that such a change could result in a decreased life…
July 23, 2020 News by Marisa Wexler, MS Cognitive Health Tests Given Online Show ‘Promise’ in Study Assessing the cognitive health of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) can be performed using online telehealth, with results similar to in-person testing, researchers working with a patient group reported. “By assessing memory in patients prior to a clinic visitĀ using a web-based approach, we may be able to meetĀ the…
July 6, 2020 Columns by Ed Tobias MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: Wearable Sensors, COVID-19, Tecfidera PROTXX, University of Alberta Collaborate to Develop Remote Healthcare Platform for MS Patients As more and more neurologists turn to telemedicine for routine patient visits, I expect we’ll see more of the type of technology being developed here. This group is working on something that goes further than what…
May 4, 2020 Columns by Ed Tobias MS News that Caught My Eye Last Week: Diagnosis by Antibody, Ocrevus After 6 Years, Telemedicine, New DMT Pill New Nanosensor May Help to Diagnose MS at Early Stages My neurologist likes to say that “brain is time.” The sooner MS is treated the more time you can buy before the brain begins to deteriorate and MS symptoms appear. Being able to diagnose MS sooner means earlier treatment.
April 28, 2020 News by Grace Frank Surge in Telemedicine One ‘Good’ Outcome from COVID-19 Crisis, Doctors Say While there are few silver linings to the cloud created by COVID-19, the pandemic that has killed tens of thousands, hobbled economies worldwide and drove millions to quarantine in their homes, one may be a new appreciation of telemedicine. “If something good could come out of this crisis, it’s that…
April 27, 2020 News by Marisa Wexler, MS XRHealth Raises $7M for Telehealth Expansion XRHealth has raised $7 million to expand its telehealth platform, with the goal of providing clinicians and patients with virtual and augmented reality therapy. The funding will also increase access to virtual support groups for people with multiple sclerosis and other diseases. Telehealth broadly refers to the…
April 23, 2020 Columns by Jennifer (Jenn) Powell To Thine Own Self Be Kind: Spreading the Message of Self-care I give freely of my heart and wear it proudly on my sleeve. Those who know me would say it waves. I care deeply for my family, friends, and colleagues. I derive immense joy in my volunteer work with rescue animals. Be it Walk MS, animal welfare, or a…
April 16, 2020 Columns by Tamara Sellman Need to Know: How Can Telehealth Help People with MS? Editor’s note: “Need to Knowā is a series inspired by common forum questions and comments from readers. Have a comment or question about MS? Visit our forum. This week’s question is inspired by the forum post, “Neurologists now holding telemedicine/virtual appointments” from March 24, 2020. Post your concerns,…
April 3, 2020 Columns by Ed Tobias Neurologists Turn to Telemedicine During Coronavirus Sheltering Dr. Aaron Boster assessed the gait of his multiple sclerosis patient, who walked forward and back. Earlier, he had checked the patient’s seventh cranial nerve by having him close his eyes tightly and smile. Then, Boster checked the ninth, 10th, and 12th cranial nerves by having him stick out his…
December 10, 2019 News by Iqra Mumal, MSc Doctor Visits via Telemedicine Show Patient and Caregiver Satisfaction, Neurology Review Says People with multiple sclerosis (MS) and their caregivers appear to be just asĀ satisfied with a video evaluation given by a neurologist using telemedicine as they have been with those done through an in-person visit, a review from the American Academy of NeurologyĀ reports. The review, āTeleneurology is neurology,ā…
December 14, 2018 News by Santiago Gisler Researchers Develop Smartphone-connected Device to Treat MS, Brain Disorders Remotely Researchers at the Ural Federal University (UrFU) in Russia have developed a neuro-electrostimulation system that has the potential to treat different types of brain disorders, including multiple sclerosis (MS). The system allows physicians to treat patients by remotely controlling the delivered electric pulse through a smartphone or tablet. Details…
March 15, 2017 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Pilot Study May Lead to Telemedicine Benefiting People with Multiple Sclerosis Telemedicine, which allows healthcare professionals to evaluate, diagnose and treat patients at a distance with telecommunications technology, may soon benefit people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Elizabeth Morrison-Banks, MD, a health sciences clinical professor at theĀ University of California at RiversideĀ School of Medicine,Ā is planning a pilot one-year study of a home-based…