Sep 14, 2021
Everyone can relate to feeling stressed from time to time. It’s part of being a human. Stress is a normal response when there’s a perceived threat to survival or your way of life. Though your body’s natural response to stress — wanting to run away from it or fight it...
Sep 8, 2021
So what is the life expectancy for people with MS? There isn’t one clear answer. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society estimates that, on average, someone with MS lives about seven years less than the general population. A study of 30,000 people in the U.S. with MS...
Sep 7, 2021
What Is B-Cell Therapy? B-cell therapy (also called B-cell depletion therapy) is a treatment for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). It targets cells called B cells that damage nerves in your brain and spinal cord. B-cell therapy isn’t a cure, but it can: Ease...
Sep 7, 2021
This is the burning question asked over and over – often we feel a physical decline due to our multiple sclerosis, but when the neurologist orders a new MRI to check our progress, the report often comes back ‘unchanged.’ I certainly don’t want my MRI to show new...
Aug 30, 2021
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...
Aug 30, 2021
MS and the brain Your brain is about 20 percent myelin. When MS interferes with the function of this myelin, it can disrupt the neuronal activity in your brain. As a result, more than 50 percent of people with MS experience some cognitive changes. Sometimes cognitive...
