by Don Cross | Aug 2, 2021 | News, Uncategorized
The Multiple Sclerosis Alliance of Virginia would like to thank MS Views and News for the decision to bring Dr. Aaron Boster to us virtually this coming Saturday. Although we were honored to have the program live in Southwest Virginia, it’s appreciated that Stuart...
by Don Cross | Aug 2, 2021 | News, Uncategorized
Radford University Carilion is performing a study about activity levels and exercise performance through interviews with individuals diagnosed with MS in the Roanoke and surrounding areas. If interested, please complete the short survey (linked below) regarding your...
by Don Cross | Aug 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a progressive immune-mediated disorder that causes a person’s body to mistakenly attack the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord, optic nerve). When a person has MS, their central nervous system (CNS) becomes acutely inflamed. This...
by Don Cross | Aug 2, 2021 | News, Uncategorized
Your brain is the most complex organ in your body. It performs a long list of functions critical for life. This is possible because of electrical impulses that travel through nerve cells called neurons. Each neuron has a tail-like axon that carries those impulses to...
by Don Cross | Jul 25, 2021 | News, Uncategorized
Whether it’s progressing quickly or slowly, the unpredictability of multiple sclerosis can really lead you to question yourself. Am I fatigued or am I just tired? Did I fall because I’m clumsy or because I experienced foot drop? Is this a new symptom? Oh no, is this...
by Don Cross | Jul 25, 2021 | News, Uncategorized
Multiple sclerosis(MS) is defined as being an aggressive immune related disorder. What this basically means is that our immune system mistakenly labels a certain section of our body as a threat, which it attacks, similarly to how it would work to attack and eliminate...
