More Than 50 Shades of Gray

Spring is rapidly approaching. It’s warming up outside. The trees are starting to bloom. And inside our home, I am once again plotting to refresh the place. Out with old decorations, and in with the new! Declutter that closet! Donate the table and chairs that still...

Cognitive Training Paired With tDCS Aids Patients

#ACTRIMS2022 – Cognitive Training Paired With tDCS Aids Patients Electrically stimulating the brain while doing at-home cognitive training games can help to prevent a decline in cognition for people with multiple sclerosis (MS), particularly those with more advanced...

New DMT for MS Patients

Bafiertam is a new oral Disease-Modifying Therapy for relapsing forms of MS. The active ingredient in Bafiertam is Monomethyl Fumarate or MMF. It has the same active ingredient as other fumarates (Tecfidera and Vumerity). Bafiertam has the same established efficacy...

More Skin Cancer Reported to FDA From Patients on Certain Oral DMTs

Multiple sclerosis (MS) treatments belonging to the class of sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptor modulators — such as Mayzent (siponimod) and Gilenya (fingolimod) — may be associated with a greater likelihood of skin cancer, results from a real-world study suggest....

Making Good Choices When COVID-19 Strikes

The past two weeks have been a bit of a blur. Our younger son caught the COVID-19 virus at school, and once we got a positive home test, we went into containment mode. While I took him to get an official test at a local clinic, my husband got everything set up for the...