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From the MS Community of Southwest Virginia: Gratitude for Dr. Jill Cramer
Patients are often caught in a system of impersonal treatment when the “business” of medicine and health insurance predominate over human health. It is extremely rare today for physicians to see and know their patients outside of their medical office hours; I have...
MS and Memory: The Other Me Must Have Lost it
The other day I was looking for something around the house, something like my keys or the TV remote. I can’t remember what exactly it was, just that one minute I had it and the next I didn’t. In my early multiple sclerosis (MS) days, I used to drive myself insane...
When You’re Hot, You’re Hot
"Oh, honey! Why don't you go ahead and put your head in the freezer over there?" The cashier who said this to me seemed both worried and sympathetic. In front of her was a woman who had sweat running down her face. It was snowing outside, but here she was looking like...
When MS Says No, But You Say Yes
Since my diagnosis in 2016, I’ve often seen MS as a condition that takes things away from me. It holds me back, sets limits, and forces me to say “no” when I so badly want to say “yes.” It’s held me back from hot yoga and intense workouts that I once loved. It’s...
New AI Tool Accurately Detects Transition from RRMS to SPMS
A new machine learning tool, a form of artificial intelligence (AI), may accurately detect the transition from relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) — and may be able to do so even earlier than clinicians can...
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