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Chris Pero – MSAA’s June 2026 Artist of the Month

MSAA features the work of many talented artists affected by multiple sclerosis as part of our annual MSAA Art Showcase. Each month we share these artists’ inspiring stories and beautiful artwork with you as our Artist of the Month. This month, we celebrate Chris Pero as June’s … Continue reading → Source:…

Anti-CD20 antibodies. Know One, Know them All?

Tweet This is a question I have posed and answered. Are they the same? You know that you can have them as an infusion or at home and they inhibit relapses and new lesion formation and this class of drug has become one of the…

It’s WorldMSDay again, and…

Tweet …there’s plenty of declarations of good will, compassion, energy to solve problems related to MS – that’s all great and laudable. However, I can’t stop thinking there are some elephants in the room that keep getting ignored since people tend to jump on the…

PIRA, PIRMA, RAW, MAW is it SH1-In, SH1-Out? We need to target different processes to those targeting relapses to limit disability progression

Tweet Tur C. High-efficacy therapy and progression independent of relapse and MRI activity in multiple sclerosis. Brain. 2026:awag175. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awag175 They say “The main mechanism through which patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) acquire disability is progression independent of relapse activity (PIRA)” (Yep a widely held view)…..”However,…

&2@!* What does this mean for progression

Tweet No disrespect to the authours here, but when I read the title of the paper I asked what the flip does this mean? What is the Era of PIRA-A. This is an MDPI journal and so is a pay to publish site so you…

Learning to let it go

I had a terrible and embarrassing experience within the last week. I can’t even believe I’m gonna write about it it’s embarrassing but that’s what this site is for. This experience definitely falls under the dark category in the travails of Bethy Bright and Dark.…

Jenn sits with actor and MS advocate Jamie-Lynn Sigler

Jamie Lynn is an award-winning actress, best known for her role as ‘Meadow Soprano’ in HBO’s Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning series THE SOPRANOS. She is also well known for her roles in ABC’s hit drama BIG SKY and HBO’s hit series ENTOURAGE. She recently…

CMSC 2026: MS patients often downplay symptoms to their doctors: Survey

Subjective, patient-reported data on lived experiences should always be considered in the care of chronic conditions like multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a recent presentation. In a survey, many people with MS reported feeling that their lived experiences aren’t given enough consideration during visits with…