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Blogs | 21 Apr 2014

MS Patient, Ph.D.: A Pregnant Pause

My own experience suggests that awareness of MS’s impact on pregnancy is either low or outdated within the obstetrics community

Griselda Zuccarino-Catania

One of the first people I told that I was pregnant, aside from my parents and in-laws, was...

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Blogs | 17 Apr 2014

Heartbleed Bug

Please consider changing your MSDF password.

Bob Finn

Regarding the Heartbleed Bug: Pantheon, our web host, patched their platform on Monday, April 7, shortly after the public announcement of the vulnerability.

People

Blogs | 11 Apr 2014

MS Patient, Ph.D.: Can We Separate Anxiety and Gender in MS?

Do physicians ask women about anxiety more often than men? The evidence might back up that practice, but MS confounds.

Emily Willingham, Ph.D.

Neurologists ask me about anxiety a lot. The first question is, “Do you have children?” Following that is...

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Blogs | 7 Apr 2014

MS Patient, Ph.D.: When Old Symptoms Resurface

Pseudoexacerbations might not cause new nerve damage, but quality of life means more than just disease progression

Griselda Zuccarino-Catania

It wasn’t my first time going out to lunch with my 2-month-old daughter, but it was the first time...

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Blogs | 25 Mar 2014

MS Patient, Ph.D.: Neuroradiology Reader Roulette

Neuroradiology readings: How often do they miss the gorilla in the film?

Emily Willingham, Ph.D.

The lung CT scan is infamous: Right there in plain sight stands...

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Blogs | 24 Mar 2014

MS Patient, Ph.D.: Hoping New Biomarkers Make MS More Predictable

Recent research on various biomarkers might improve the accuracy of diagnosis, the accuracy of predicting progression to MS, and correct treatment choice

Griselda Zuccarino-Catania, Ph.D.

Patients are told that MS is unpredictable. It is something we learn firsthand, even before we get a clear-cut diagnosis...

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Blogs | 21 Mar 2014

Demyelination and Remyelination: From Mechanism to Therapy

A meeting sponsored by The New York Academy of Sciences

Bob Finn

Demyelination and Remyelination: From Mechanism to Therapy

June 26, 2014

The New York Academy of Sciences

New York, NY

Meetings

Blogs | 12 Mar 2014

MS Patient, Ph.D.: The Diagnostic Saga of PPMS—A Tale of Seven Neurologists

How can so many people trained in the same profession reach such totally variable conclusions?

Emily Willingham, Ph.D.

I’ve seen no fewer than seven neurologists in the past 6 years, often for...

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Blogs | 10 Mar 2014

American Society for Neurochemistry 2014

Robert Finn

The American Society for Neurochemistry is meeting in Long Beach, California, 8-12 March 2014. Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Forum staffer Carol Cruzan Morton will be live tweeting from the event. Follow her tweets here or at @MSDForum.

Clinical Research, Drug Development, Laboratory Research, Meetings

Blogs | 27 Feb 2014

MS Patient, Ph.D.: Patience, the Rusty Adjective

I had a hard time dealing with the bureaucracy in healthcare first, before I could start treatment against MS

Griselda Zuccarino-Catania

Because I have a unique name, when I introduce myself, people are sometimes reminded of...

People