Talk therapy found to ease fatigue in MS – with or without follow-up Benefits of cognitive behavioral therapy sustained to end of 1-year trial A 20-week talk therapy program led to significant reductions in fatigue for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) — benefits that were sustained to the end of the year-long trial regardless of whether patients participated in additional booster sessions. Such sessions were offered two and four months after the end of the initial cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, program. But researchers found that neither attending nor skipping these follow-ups had ..read more

New study suggests possible targets for multiple sclerosis vaccine development A team of scientists from the Center for Virology and the Department of Neurology at the Medical University of Vienna has now succeeded in identifying several mechanisms that protect people from an EBV-induced autoimmune reaction and thus potentially from MS. The study, recently published in the journal Cell, suggests possible targets for the development of a vaccine to protect against MS. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-...s-vaccine.html ..read more

Hello everyone! I'm hoping that everything is OK with Mamabug, as it's been a while since she's been around here (3 weeks?). We are missing you Mamabug! If anyone would like to check-in with your efforts at getting some physical activity or exercises achieved over the past few weeks, please feel free to share. Also, if you would like to make some exercise goals, let us know and check-in next week with your results. We support each other's efforts ..read more

This year has been terrible... my wife moved out back in May, I turned 61 and we 'observed' our 40th anniversary, and our eldest son died in October ..read more

Fatigue and cognitive issues are my most troublesome symptoms. I'm embarrassed to admit that I have the worst time trying to balance my checkbook. Can you relate or provide some tips for dealing with cognitive issues? Thanks ..read more

Good morning. This morning I did it again. I mixed up my meds and this time it means I doubled my usual tizanidine. I always think I’m taking the right pills, but sometimes I just mess up. Today, this affects not only me, but also my husband who now has to stay home from work and drive me to pick up our grandson from school this morning as it’s not safe for me to drive. I’m so frustrated with myself. So, I’m curious what everyone does to make sure they take the right meds at the right time. I’m currently using a morning and night pill box with the afternoon pill (the extra tizanidine) tucked ..read more

This came through my Instagram Feed today and appreciate the acknowledgement. Long, but worth the read: https://social.desa.un.org/issues/di...abilities-idpd ..read more

Woman sues hospital after she says doctors missed her MS diagnosis Sara Allison says she has filed a lawsuit against St. Luke's Health System and two neurologists. A Missouri woman says her multiple sclerosis diagnosis was a long one that has led to her filing a lawsuit against St. Luke’s Health System and two neurologists. “I started seeing a neurologist probably in 2007 for migraine headaches,” Sara Allison said. “But after a couple of years of treatment, she suspected something more was going on.” Her newly filed lawsuit describes a cluster of new symptoms that began emerging in 2012 ..read more

Biotechnology firm Tiziana Life Sciences Ltd (NASDAQ:TLSA) said it had successfully enrolled and dosed four new patients with non-active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (na-SPMS) in the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a key member of the Mass General Brigham Healthcare System Expanded Access (EA) Program. The news brings the total number of patients being followed in the EA Program to 10. Notably, two patients have been dosed for over a year, and an additional four for six months, all without experiencing serious side effects. These findings, combining imaging, immune-biomarkers, and ..read more

Does anyone else experience whole-body stiffness from their MS? I am postmenopausal so not sure if that's the issue. I do have lesions on my C1, C2, C5 & C6. It's the kind of stiffness that doesn't resolve with stretching. It seems like when I get a bout of this, I'm also really constipated. Don't want to be paranoid that it is Parkinson's...but I am 57 and my grandmother did have Parkinson's ..read more