January 9, 2023 News by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD Program Bringing PoNS Device to MS Patients at Lower Cost Extended Helius Medical Technologies has extended by six months a program that allows multiple sclerosis (MS) patients in the U.S. to access its Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator (PoNS) device at a reduced cost. The Patient Therapy Access Program (PTAP) partly subsidizes the cost of using PoNS ā an…
December 28, 2022 News by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD Walking Difficulties Improve for MS Patients With Natural Supplement Daily use of MS14, a natural product derived from Persian medicine, safely led to gains in physical activity and walking for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) with walking difficulties, according to data from a small placebo-controlled trial. MS14, which contains both herbal and marine ingredients, “could be used as…
August 10, 2022 Columns by Beth Ullah How Paw-fect Pets Improve Life With Chronic Illness Having grown up in the countryside, I’ve been around animals my entire life. We always had dogs and cats, and I learned how to ride horses. It was tranquil and storybook. When I left home to take a trip or attend university, I experienced a void only the animals in…
June 16, 2022 Columns by Stephen De Marzo The Journey Toward My Primary Progressive MS Diagnosis When I turned 50 in 2013, I blew out the candles, and bam! I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I started seeing an endocrinologist and a neurologist, taking daily diabetic medications, and testing my blood sugar every day. At that point, I was not physically disabled in any…
June 9, 2022 News by Marta Figueiredo, PhD PoNS Device Improves Walking Skills Early On, New Data Show Using the portable neuromodulation stimulatorĀ (PoNS) device during a targeted exercise program significantly improves walking skills in people with multiple sclerosisĀ (MS), according to recent real-word data. Notably, significant improvements were observed from the second week onward, and more than half of the 42 patients patients experienced clinically meaningful gains…
May 10, 2022 News by Marta Figueiredo, PhD Biogen, MedRhythms Working on Music Therapy for MS Gait Issues Biogen has entered a licensing agreementĀ to develop and potentially commercialize MedRhythms‘Ā investigational music-based digital therapy, MR-004, designed to help make walking easier for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The partnership combines Biogenās leadership and expertise in MS with MedRhythmsā digital therapeutics platform that uses sensors, algorithms, and music…
March 11, 2022 News by Marta Figueiredo, PhD FDA Clears Leg-worn ‘Neural Sleeve’ to Aid Walking Cionic has received authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its lightweight, leg-worn Neural Sleeve to improve walking in people with multiple sclerosisĀ (MS) and other conditions that affect mobility. The decision comes four months after the company submitted the device ā the first to…
December 16, 2020 News by Joana Carvalho, PhD US Patients Urged to Enroll in STEP for MS Trial Assessing 2 Exercise Programs Adults with mild to moderate multiple sclerosis (MS) are being urged to participate in a new clinical trial ā STEP for MS ā that will assess the impact of two different exercise programs on patientsā mobility, walking abilities, and quality of life. Funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research…
October 16, 2020 News by Joana Carvalho, PhD Helius to Survey MS Users of Emilyn App in US With Gait Problems for PoNS Device Helius Medical TechnologiesĀ partnered withĀ Breakthrough HealthĀ on a project focused on understanding how people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the U.S. evaluate the therapies at their disposal in terms of how well they help their ability to walk. The collaboration will take advantage of an MS companion application, called…
October 11, 2017 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Among MS Patients, ‘Invisible’ Disability Leads to Poor Self-perceived Health, NYU Study Finds Pain, walking problems and fatigue are factors that most strongly lower self-perceived health in multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers at the New York University Langone Medical CenterĀ have found. This challenges current treatment approaches focus mainly on physical disability. It suggests that “invisible disability” may be more important to how patients…