by Don Cross | Apr 1, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
Special Announcement: Friday April 3rd at 2 p.m. MS Research Scientist Alban Gaultier from University of Virginia will be conducting a Q&A on Facebook Live stream starting at 2:00 p.m. You can email your questions to www.msav4hope@gmail.com Please submit your...
by Don Cross | Mar 30, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
On March 26, 2020, Bristol Myers Squibb announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Zeposia® (ozanimod) for the treatment of adults with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (RMS), including clinically isolated syndrome (CIS),...
by Don Cross | Mar 13, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
Everyone I know who has multiple sclerosis (MS) can tell me the date they were diagnosed with the disease. Most have at least a vague recollection of their first symptoms. But when did their MS actually begin? MS May Begin Before Symptoms Manifest In a study published...
by Don Cross | Mar 10, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
Roanoke Valley MS Support Groups – day group & night group meetings canceled Play it forward Musical Performance & Fashion Show canceled All other MS Alliance events for March 2020 canceled. The cancellations are to help STOP the spread of illness....
by Don Cross | Jan 27, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
Although I’ve been living what I refer to as a “healthy life with multiple sclerosis” for quite a few years now, a serious medical complication coupled with New Year’s resolution time had me looking for a better way to cope with symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) and...
by Don Cross | Jan 27, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
I got to the secondary-progressive stage of multiple sclerosis (MS) three decades after my diagnosis. At this point in my life, every small thing seems difficult to do, even picking up something that was dropped on the floor. I do it, complaining the whole while about...
