MS News & Perspectives

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reports on how individuals with PPMS have significantly higher concentrations of specific inflammation biomarkers in their spinal fluid than healthy people. 

He also reads MS News Notes: Climate Change, MS Progression, Brain Shrinkage” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire.” =================================== Are you in...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on a dietary supplement called Neuroaspis plp10 that significantly lowered relapse rates and slowed disability progression among people with RRMS.

 He also reads “Dr. Amazon Takes a Third Jab at Medical Care” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire." =================================== Are you interest...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how a trial testing NVG-291 has completed dosing in a final group of healthy postmenopausal women. He also reads “Striking a Balance Between Self-pity and Giving Yourself Grace” by Benjamin Hofmeister, from his column “Chairborne.” =================================== Are you interested in learning more...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads about the calls for new methods to classify MS that reflect the disease's underlying biology. He also reads “MS News Notes: Stem Cell Therapy, EBV Vaccine, Diabetes, Diets” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire.” =================================== Are you interested in learning more about multiple sclerosis? If so,...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how relapsing-remitting MS patients have not had a confirmed disability progression following two years of treatment with vidofludimus calcium. He also reads “The MS Hug: A Frightening Embrace You’d Rather Not Have” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire.” =================================== Are you...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how MS patients without substantial disability live about 30 years past their diagnosis, while survival decreases as disability progresses. He also reads “How I Survived My Odyssey With a Urinary Tract Infection” by Stephen De Marzo, from his column “Goldilochs.” =================================== Are...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how researchers sought to understand what happens to the immune system after stem cell transplants in people with MS. He also reads “MS News Notes: Foralumab, ATA188, Precision Care, PoNS Trial” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire.” =================================== Are you interested in learni...

Dr. Payrovi is the founder of TRUE Medicine, an online wellness program for multiple sclerosis. She practices integrative and functional medicine at Stanford’s Center for Integrative Medicine. She also has multiple sclerosis. Join Jenn and Dr. Payrovi as they discuss the benefits of functional and integrative medicine, grieving the loss of a career in anesthesiology, the beauty of reinventing ones...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads about dietary interventions that may help ease fatigue and improve quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis. He also reads “These Home Accommodations Can Make Living With MS Easier” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire”. =================================== Are you interested in learning more about multiple...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article about a grant supporting an Australian-led research team aiming to better understand how EBV may be acting as a trigger for MS.

 He also reads “MS News Notes: Stem Cell Transplant Versus DMTs, Treatment Efficacy, Cancer Risk, Employment” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire.” =======================...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how stem cell transplant is superior to Gilenya and Tysabri at preventing relapses and easing disability in RRMS patients. 
He also reads another report on how early use of DMTs may lead to lower levels of disability but does not appear to slow disability progression over time. =========================...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news report on ATA188, a treatment targeting the Epstein-Barr virus which could be integral in treating progressive MS. He also reads a news article reporting on how ublituximab works better than Aubagio at easing disability in patients with relapsing MS. =================================== Are you interested in learni...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article reporting on how exposure to high-efficacy DMTs is linked to an increased risk of cervical abnormalities in women with MS. He also reads another news article on Tecfidera reducing the risk of experiencing the first MS symptoms in adults with radiologically isolated syndrome. ===============================...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how genetic variants in genes mostly active in the central nervous system are linked to MS severity. He also reads a report on how the investigational immunotherapy ATA188 continues to ease disability and prevent brain tissue shrinkage in people with progressive forms of multiple sclerosis. ============...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads about a study that shows how new myelin production may be less efficient in late-onset multiple sclerosis patients, which could underlie more severe disease progression. He also reads “MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: ECTRIMS, Ocrevus, Kesimpta, Epstein-Barr, DMTs” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire”. ======...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how a prior Epstein-Barr virus infection may precede the emergence of a biomarker of nerve damage in presymptomatic MS patients. He also reads a second article about a study focusing on tap speed on a smartphone keyboard and how it is linked to greater disability and worse function in people with MS. ==...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how fertility treatments do not appear to significantly increase the risk of relapse in women with multiple sclerosis. He also reads a news article on how treatment with Ocrevus before or during pregnancy does not seem to increase the risk of major pregnancy or infant complications. ====================...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article about a study showing that when MS patients stop their disease-modifying treatment, the risk of relapses and disease activity on MRI scans is higher among patients who have RRMS. He also reads an article on how Ocrevus safely and effectively reduced disease activity in people with early-stage relapsing-rem...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article reporting that the levels of two biomarkers were higher in people with relapsing and progressive MS and most likely to predict how relapsing MS will progress.

 He also reads “As Ever, I Prevaricate Before Taking On My Focus: Long COVID-19” by John Connor, from his column “Fall Down Get Up Again”. ========...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how the Mediterranean diet is linked to a lower risk of disability outcomes and symptoms in people with MS.
 He also reads “New Gadolinium-based Contrast Agent Elucirem Will Soon Be Available for MRIs” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire”. =================================== Are you interested in...

Jenn talks with Jeremiah Robison, founder of Cionic and their FDA-cleared Neural Sleeve, the first product to combine sensing, analysis and augmentation into a wearable garment for mobility. Join them as they discuss Jeremiah's primary reason in founding Cionic, his passion for seeing others succeed, and his future plans to support those with mobility issues due to a neurological disease. Join the...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article reporting that lower cholesterol levels in blood and cerebrospinal fluid might correlate with a more severe disease course in multiple sclerosis patients.
 He also reads “MS News Notes: Cholesterol and MS Progression, Fatigue, Epstein-Barr” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire”. =====================...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article about a clinical trial where electrical stimulation of the brain eased some measures of spasticity for people with relapsing-remitting MS. 
He also reads “MS News Notes: aHSCT, Iron Rim Lesions, Smell Test, Electrical Brain Stimulation” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire”. =========================...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how neurologists in Colombia agree that sexual dysfunction affects quality of life in major ways for people with multiple sclerosis, but some still don’t ask their patients about it. He also reads “Is Your Disability Ready for an Emergency Like Hurricane Ian?” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire”...

Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how evaluating a person’s sense of smell may help monitor disease progression in people with multiple sclerosis. 

He also reads “Don’t Let the Past and Future Be Obstacles While Living With MS” by Benjamin Hofmeister, from his column “Chairborne”. =================================== Are you interested...