6 Hand Exercises for Multiple Sclerosis
These simple, functional exercises can help you stretch and strengthen your hands in order to continue to independently perform everyday activities. Numbness or tingling in the hands, arms, and legs is often the earliest symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS). But...
You’ve Just Been Diagnosed With MS. Now What?
We all respond differently to information about our health. After learning you have multiple sclerosis (MS), you might be stunned, scared, or even relieved to have answers that explain vision changes, dizziness, or tingling. No matter what you’re feeling, you’re not...
Can Turmeric Help Manage Multiple Sclerosis?
Curcumin, a key ingredient of the spice, may reduce inflammation, but questions remain about its usefulness for MS. Our stories are medically reviewed by board-certified specialists to ensure that all factual statements about medical conditions, symptoms, treatments,...
Breast Cancer and MS: New Data Shed Light on Survival
Ten years after breast cancer diagnosis, women with multiple sclerosis (MS) had higher mortality than women without MS, a Canadian case-control study showed. MS was associated with a 28% increased hazard for all-cause mortality (HR 1.28, 95% CI 1.08-1.53), but not...
Why MS Can Affect Your Breathing — and What You Can Do About It
Among the many possible complications of multiple sclerosis (MS) is a reduction in your ability to exhale fully and to cough effectively enough to clear secretions or food from your airway, says Anthony Reder, MD, a multiple sclerosis specialist and professor of...
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Our Mission Statement
Provide programs, events, activities and services for people living with MS in Southwest Virginia and the surrounding areas, including veterans.
Educate and empower people with MS, their care partners, friends and family. We will guide people to organizations that may be able to assist with their needs.
Contribute to awareness in the community, including educational programs to young people, first responders and community organizations.
Encourage and expand support groups to include assisted-living facilities, homebound people and help others start upbeat groups like ours.