• I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

    That sounds so generic, but I truly hope your Christmas is everything you want it to be and more. I hope the new year is wonderful for you. I hope you are healthy, happy and that most of the days of 2024 are exceptional for you!

  • Avoid Stress

    Dr. Amy Sullivan,PSYD,ABPP, Director Behavioral Medicine and Research, Mellon Center for MS, Cleveland Clinic,says acutely stressful events and chronic stress can influence and impact MS in the short and long term. Evidence supports a reciprocal relationship between stressful events, MS symptoms and exacerbations. Emotional stress can increase the risk for further disease progression.

  • Ohhhhh, Squiggy died…

    I met David Lander at a book signing of his book, “Fall Down Laughing” (How Squiggy caught MS) the year it was published, 2000. I just found out he died in December of 2020. Rest in Peace David!

  • Vidofludimus Calcium

    I just saw this today, could be a good thing! Vidofludimus calcium (IMU-838) is a small molecule investigational drug in development as an oral next generation treatment option for patients with MS, and other chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Vidofludimus Calcium is targeted to address multiple drivers of nuerodgeneration in MS patients. It is being…

  • Frequency Therapeutics announced it aims to test agents with remyelination potential.

    In a company press release Frequency reported, it plans to launch a clinical trial on this by June of 2024. For years, most MS research has aimed at slowing the progression of the disease. Now, more and more researchers are focusing on whether it is possible to repair damage already done by MS.

  • You never know how STRONG you are…

    Until being strong is the ONLY choice you have!

  • “Inverse vaccine “ shows potential to treat multiple sclerosis and other auto-immune diseases.

    A new type of vaccine developed at the University of Chicago, Pritzker school of Molecular Engineering, may have learned how to completely reverse auto immune diseases like MS, without shutting down the rest of the immune system. Go to pme.uchicago.edu to see more on this

  • Colostrum

    A new study from Germany suggests that breast feeding may reduce the risk of multiple sclerosis and that breast feeding for more than four months provided a significant protection against the development of MS. Studies now show the increased risk for health problems in adults who were not breast fed as babies. They also show…

  • LAUGH

    Keeping your sense of humor will stop MS from getting the best of you. Find something to laugh about every day! 😂

  • The Association between MS and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    The association of MS and IBD has been supposed for decades. Emerging literature from The National Library of Medicine, suggests this relationship is far more common and likely underreported. Both diseases appear to share common immunological and epidemiological similarities. The association between MS and IBD has been suggested by the observance of an increased incidence…