Taking Care of Your Emotional Wellness

Living with MS can definitely take a toll on your mood and emotional health. Often, people living with MS experience the loss of the person they were prior to the diagnosis, their social / familiar / professional roles, and physical ability. Frustration can become a...

Cannabidiol-based Oral Treatment Seen to Promote Remyelination in Mice

EHP-101, a cannabidiol-based experimental therapy for multiple sclerosis, was able to recover myelin in damaged nerve fibers and lessen neuroinflammation in a mouse model of MS, data show. Emerald Health Therapeutics, the manufacturer of EHP-101 also announced plans...

A Big Part of the MS puzzle

Back in 1994, shortly after she began work on her doctorate at the University of Athens and Greece’s Pasteur Institute, Katerina Akassoglou, PhD, made an important discovery. She and her fellow researchers found that mice that had certain types of immune...

Pregnancy and MS. New research sheds light on effects of the disease

New research focusing on women with multiple sclerosis who are pregnant is shedding light on how the disease can affect them both during and after pregnancy. Key findings of two studies conducted by Maria Houtchens, MD, and her research team at Harvard Medical School...

MS Focus Cooling Program

Keeping your cool Overheating may intensify MS symptoms, but cooling can offer significant relief. The MS Focus Cooling Program is now open and taking applications through June 1. Applications can be submitted online, by fax or through the mail. All applications are...