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Cleveland Clinic program empowers MS patients to manage daily stress

A brief, four-session stress management program created by the Cleveland Clinic is helping people with multiple sclerosis (MS) significantly reduce their depression and anxiety. By using real-time biofeedback and mindfulness, the streamlined protocol offers patients a practical way to reclaim some control over their emotional…

You Spin Me Right Round, Baby Right-Round

Tweet Yep this is a lyric from some song that Sid no doubt used to listen/bop to when they were a kid. However, spin is sadly something that happens with trial papers Mascareñas-García M, Rivero-de-Aguilar A, Candal-Pedreira C, García G, Guerra-Tort C, Martín-Gisbert L, Rey-Brandariz…

The Power of Intentions Over Traditional Goal Setting

By: Dr. Eva Jackson Rethinking Goal Setting in Our Community For the past 15 years, members of my community have routinely organized vision board parties toward the end of the year or at the start of the new year, with … Continue reading → Source:…

Disability, not age, drives cognitive impairment in MS adults: Study

Older adults with multiple sclerosis (MS) show a higher prevalence and severity of cognitive impairment — particularly affecting information processing speed and memory — than younger patients, a new study reports. However, age was not directly associated with cognitive impairment, the results showed. Instead, greater…

New research findings challenge old beliefs about myelin repair in MS

Oligodendrocytes, the cells responsible for making myelin, are constantly being made throughout the brain and spinal cord, even when there’s no myelin damage, according to a new study by U.S. researchers. These findings challenge the long-held view that oligodendrocyte precursor cells mostly differentiate into oligodendrocytes…

More Noise

A new year, a new malady Did you know that “raja” is a legitimate Scrabble word? I didn’t and I’m a pretty decent Scrabble player. In fact, my friend’s niece thinks I am a Scrabble queen because I taught her about adding an s, r…

Making beaded curtains helps improve my fine motor skills

About two years after my multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis, I began having hand-related symptoms that interfered with my daily life and caused significant stress. I’m a college student and remote employee, so I spend a lot of time typing, which is considered a fine motor…

Monitoring Natalizumab Post-Dosing. Is it necessary?

Tweet Natalizumab is a migration inhibitor that works because it blocks lymphocytes and monocytes from migrating into the CNS and other tissues. It has been given as an intravenous infusion and more recently, as the patent runs out, as an injection under the skin. These…