Apr 7, 2020
iConquerMS, together with researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, are conducting a study to understand how people living with MS have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The study is open to everyone, whether or not they have been diagnosed with, exposed...
Mar 30, 2020
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),...
Mar 13, 2020
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...
Jan 27, 2020
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...
Jan 27, 2020
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...
Jan 6, 2020
For years researchers have believed a link exists between the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and multiple sclerosis. But scientists have had a hard time finding a precise association. Now, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are reporting another possible connection....