More Inflammation Biomarkers in PPMS Patients & Brain Shrinkage and Other MS News
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reports on how individuals with PPMS have significantly higher concentrations of specific inflammation biomarkers in their spinal fluid than healthy people. 

He also reads MS News Notes: Climate Change, MS Progression, Brain Shrinkage” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire.” =================================== Are you...
10m Dec 09, 2022
10m
Add-on Supplement May Bolster Interferon Therapies & Amazon Does Medical Care
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on a dietary supplement called Neuroaspis plp10 that significantly lowered relapse rates and slowed disability progression among people with RRMS. He also reads “Dr. Amazon Takes a Third Jab at Medical Care” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire." =================================== Are you intere...
11m Dec 07, 2022
11m
NVG-291 Dosing Completes & Balancing Self-pity and Grace
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how a trial testing NVG-291 has completed dosing in a final group of healthy postmenopausal women. He also reads “Striking a Balance Between Self-pity and Giving Yourself Grace” by Benjamin Hofmeister, from his column “Chairborne.” =================================== Are you interested in learning m...
11m Dec 05, 2022
11m
Panel Calls for New Way to Classify MS & EBV Vaccine and Other MS News
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads about the calls for new methods to classify MS that reflect the disease's underlying biology. He also reads “MS News Notes: Stem Cell Therapy, EBV Vaccine, Diabetes, Diets” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire.” =================================== Are you interested in learning more about multiple sclerosis? If...
11m Dec 02, 2022
11m
Vidofludimus Calcium Thwarts Disability Progression & The MS Hug
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how relapsing-remitting MS patients have not had a confirmed disability progression following two years of treatment with vidofludimus calcium. He also reads “The MS Hug: A Frightening Embrace You’d Rather Not Have” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire.” =================================== Are...
9m Nov 30, 2022
9m
Life Expectancy Declines Linked to MS Disability & Managing an Urinary Tract Infection
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how MS patients without substantial disability live about 30 years past their diagnosis, while survival decreases as disability progresses. He also reads “How I Survived My Odyssey With a Urinary Tract Infection” by Stephen De Marzo, from his column “Goldilochs.” =================================== ...
12m Nov 28, 2022
12m
Stem Cell Transplant Can ‘Reset’ Immune System & Foralumab and Other MS News
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how researchers sought to understand what happens to the immune system after stem cell transplants in people with MS. He also reads “MS News Notes: Foralumab, ATA188, Precision Care, PoNS Trial” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire.” =================================== Are you interested in le...
12m Nov 25, 2022
12m
Jenn talks with Dr. Susan Payrovi, Stanford physician with MS
Dr. Payrovi is the founder of TRUE Medicine, an online wellness program for multiple sclerosis. She practices integrative and functional medicine at Stanford’s Center for Integrative Medicine. She also has multiple sclerosis. Join Jenn and Dr.Payrovi as they discuss the benefits of functional and integrative medicine, grieving the loss of a career in anesthesiology, the beauty of reinventing ...
39m Nov 24, 2022
39m
Dietary Changes Can Improve Quality of Life & Home Accommodations for Life With MS
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads about dietary interventions that may help ease fatigue and improve quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis. He also reads “These Home Accommodations Can Make Living With MS Easier” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire”. =================================== Are you interested in learning more about mult...
10m Nov 23, 2022
10m
Grant Supports Work Into Epstein-Barr Virus & Cancer Risk and Other MS News
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article about a grant supporting an Australian-led research team aiming to better understand how EBV may be acting as a trigger for MS. He also reads “MS News Notes: Stem Cell Transplant Versus DMTs, Treatment Efficacy, Cancer Risk, Employment” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire.” =====================...
11m Nov 21, 2022
11m
Stem Cell Transplant Versus DMTs & DMTs Ease SPMS Disability Early
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how stem cell transplant is superior to Gilenya and Tysabri at preventing relapses and easing disability in RRMS patients. 
He also reads another report on how early use of DMTs may lead to lower levels of disability but does not appear to slow disability progression over time. =====================...
15m Nov 18, 2022
15m
ATA188 ‘Game Changing’ for Progressive MS & Ublituximab Superior to Aubagio
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news report on ATA188, a treatment targeting the Epstein-Barr virus which could be integral in treating progressive MS. He also reads a news article reporting on how ublituximab works better than Aubagio at easing disability in patients with relapsing MS. =================================== Are you interested in le...
25m Nov 16, 2022
25m
DMTs Linked to Cervical Lesion Risk & Tecfidera Lowers Risk of 1st Symptoms in RIS
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article reporting on how exposure to high-efficacy DMTs is linked to an increased risk of cervical abnormalities in women with MS. He also reads another news article on Tecfidera reducing the risk of experiencing the first MS symptoms in adults with radiologically isolated syndrome. ===========================...
14m Nov 14, 2022
14m
Genetic Variants Tied to Worse MS & ATA188 Still Easing Disability in Progressive MS
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how genetic variants in genes mostly active in the central nervous system are linked to MS severity. He also reads a report on how the investigational immunotherapy ATA188 continues to ease disability and prevent brain tissue shrinkage in people with progressive forms of multiple sclerosis. ========...
14m Nov 11, 2022
14m
Poor Myelin Repair Offers Clues in Disease Progression & ECTRIMS and Other MS News
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads about a study that shows how new myelin production may be less efficient in late-onset multiple sclerosis patients, which could underlie more severe disease progression. He also reads “MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: ECTRIMS, Ocrevus, Kesimpta, Epstein-Barr, DMTs” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire”. ==...
13m Nov 09, 2022
13m
EBV Antibodies Precede Early Nerve Damage & Smartphone Tap Speed May Help Monitor MS
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how a prior Epstein-Barr virus infection may precede the emergence of a biomarker of nerve damage in presymptomatic MS patients. He also reads a second article about a study focusing on tap speed on a smartphone keyboard and how it is linked to greater disability and worse function in people with MS...
11m Nov 07, 2022
11m
Fertility Treatment Won’t Raise Relapse Risk & Ocrevus Use and Pregnancy
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how fertility treatments do not appear to significantly increase the risk of relapse in women with multiple sclerosis. He also reads a news article on how treatment with Ocrevus before or during pregnancy does not seem to increase the risk of major pregnancy or infant complications. =================...
14m Nov 04, 2022
14m
Risk of MS Activity After DMT Stop Greater With RRMS & 2-year Ocrevus Effective for Early MS
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article about a study showing that when MS patients stop their disease-modifying treatment, the risk of relapses and disease activity on MRI scans is higher among patients who have RRMS. He also reads an article on how Ocrevus safely and effectively reduced disease activity in people with early-stage relapsing...
14m Nov 02, 2022
14m
Biomarkers Best at Predicting Course of Relapsing MS & Long COVID and MS
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article reporting that the levels of two biomarkers were higher in people with relapsing and progressive MS and most likely to predict how relapsing MS will progress. He also reads “As Ever, I Prevaricate Before Taking On My Focus: Long COVID-19” by John Connor, from his column “Fall Down Get Up Again”. ======...
16m Oct 31, 2022
16m
Mediterranean Diet Linked To Lower Disability & New MRI Contrast Agent Available Soon
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how the Mediterranean diet is linked to a lower risk of disability outcomes and symptoms in people with MS. He also reads “New Gadolinium-based Contrast Agent Elucirem Will Soon Be Available for MRIs” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire”. =================================== Are you interested...
10m Oct 28, 2022
10m
Jenn sites with inventor of the Neural Sleeve, Jeremiah Robison
Jenn talks with Jeremiah Robison, founder of Cionic and their FDA-cleared Neural Sleeve, the first product to combine sensing, analysis and augmentation into a wearable garment for mobility. Join them as they discuss Jeremiah's primary reason in founding Cionic, his passion for seeing others succeed, and his future plans to support those with mobility issues due to a neurological disease. Joi...
30m Oct 27, 2022
30m
Low Cholesterol May Reflect More Aggressive Progression & Epstein-Barr and Other MS News
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article reporting that lower cholesterol levels in blood and cerebrospinal fluid might correlate with a more severe disease course in multiple sclerosis patients. He also reads “MS News Notes: Cholesterol and MS Progression, Fatigue, Epstein-Barr” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire”. ==================...
11m Oct 26, 2022
11m
Direct Electrical Stimulation of Brain Eases MS Spasticity & Iron Rim Lesions and Other MS News
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article about a clinical trial where electrical stimulation of the brain eased some measures of spasticity for people with relapsing-remitting MS. 
He also reads “MS News Notes: aHSCT, Iron Rim Lesions, Smell Test, Electrical Brain Stimulation” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire”. ====================...
9m Oct 24, 2022
9m
Sexual Dysfunction in MS Often Ignored & Is Your Disability Emergency Ready?
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how neurologists in Colombia agree that sexual dysfunction affects quality of life in major ways for people with multiple sclerosis, but some still don’t ask their patients about it. He also reads “Is Your Disability Ready for an Emergency Like Hurricane Ian?” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS W...
12m Oct 21, 2022
12m
Smell Test to Monitor MS Disease Progression & Managing the Past and Future With MS
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how evaluating a person’s sense of smell may help monitor disease progression in people with multiple sclerosis. 

He also reads “Don’t Let the Past and Future Be Obstacles While Living With MS” by Benjamin Hofmeister, from his column “Chairborne”. =================================== Are you interest...
10m Oct 19, 2022
10m
Stem Cell Transplant May Halt Nerve Fiber Damage & Accessibility Issues at a Concert
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how stem cell transplant reduced markers of nerve fiber and myelin damage in people with RRMS. He also reads “My Wife and I Hit Some Bumps on Elton John’s Yellow Brick Road” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire.” =================================== Are you interested in learning more about mul...
12m Oct 17, 2022
12m
Iron Rim Lesions in Brain Linked to More Severe Disease & Kesimpta and Other MS News
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads an article on how the presence of iron rim lesions, which are regions of chronic inflammation seen on MRI scans, may be linked to a more severe disease course in people with multiple sclerosis. He also reads “MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: ODRS Test, Kesimpta, Coping Strategies, Dual Tasking” by Ed Tobias, fro...
11m Oct 14, 2022
11m
Guar Gum Eases MS Severity & My Faith Journey With PPMS
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article reporting on how guar gum, a type of dietary fiber that can be taken as a supplement, lessened inflammation and disease severity in a mouse model of MS. He also reads “My Faith Journey With Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis” by Stephen De Marzo, from his column “Goldilochs”. ======================...
12m Oct 12, 2022
12m
Second Foralumab SPMS Patient Continues to Improve & Functional Medicine for MS
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how six months of treatment with foralumab nasal spray led to significant functional improvements in the second patient with non-active SPMS. He also reads the latest installment of our “Expert Voices” series, where Dr. Susan Payrovi, MD, answers questions about functional medicine care with MS. ====...
11m Oct 12, 2022
11m
Survival Much Higher for Patients Who Take DMTs as Directed & Taxes and MS.
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how the likelihood of survival is about 7.5 times higher for people with multiple sclerosis who take their disease-modifying treatments as directed. He also reads “The Smog of Tax Returns: An MS Fairy Tale” by John Connor, from his column “Fall Down, Get Up Again”. =================================...
9m Oct 10, 2022
9m
Dual Cognitive, Motor Tasks Harder in Early MS Stages & Gut Bacteria and Other MS News.
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article about a study with people with mild and moderate multiple sclerosis that performed worse than healthy people during dual walking or standing and reasoning tasks. 
He also reads the column “MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: Gut Bacteria, Strength Training, Robots, Gilenya Patent” by Ed Tobias, from ...
11m Oct 07, 2022
11m
Kesimpta More Cost-Effective for RRMS & Following My Own (MS) Advice.
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a new analysis regarding the fact that in Canada, Kesimpta is more cost-effective than other DMTs for treating relapsing-remitting MS. He also reads “My Wife Says I Should Follow My Own (MS) Advice” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire”. =================================== Are you interested in learning more ab...
12m Oct 05, 2022
12m
More Microscopic Brain Damage in SPMS Than in RRMS & A Quiet MS Week
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article about a study that uncovered how people with SPMS have more microscopic damage in normal-appearing brain tissue than do patients with RRMS. He also reads the column “All Quiet on the MS Front - Well, Nearly” by John Connor, from his column “Fall Down, Get Up Again”. =================================== ...
9m Oct 03, 2022
9m
Lower Limb Resistance Training Gains & Interpreting MS Dreams
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how ten weeks of lower limb fast-velocity concentric resistance training led to muscle strength gains in both the upper and lower limbs in people with MS. He also reads “An Interpretation of My MS Dreams: What Freud Might Say” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire”. ============================...
9m Sep 30, 2022
9m
Jenn Talks to Dan and Jennifer Digmann, a Couple With MS
Michigan couple Dan and Jennifer Digmann both have MS. Life with Dan’s RRMS and Jen’s SPMS can be tough, but so are the Digmanns. Listen in as they speak candidly with Jenn about marriage, navigating and overcoming obstacles, and how advocating for award-winning legislative change fueled a desire to help others do the same. Check out their blog and podcast, ACoupleTakesOnMS.com. Join the conv...
43m Sep 29, 2022
43m
Second Foralumab SPMS Patient Continues to Improve & Stem Cell Transplant and Other MS News
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how six months of treatment with foralumab nasal spray led to significant functional improvements in the second patient with non-active SPMS. He also reads “MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: EBV, Stem Cell Transplant, NurOwn, Progression Without Relapse” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire...
12m Sep 28, 2022
12m
Off-label DMT for Progressive MS as Effective as On-label & Functional Medicine for MS
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how off-label high-efficacy DMTs for people with progressive forms of MS appear to be as effective as on-label, or approved, DMTs. He also reads the latest installment of our “Expert Voices” series, where Dr. Susan Payrovi, MD, answers questions about functional medicine care with MS. ===============...
17m Sep 26, 2022
17m
Soft Inner Layer Surrounding Brain May Be MS Target & Stubbornness and Life With MS.
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads the news article covering a study about the protective soft membranes covering the brain and spinal cord that could be a target for disease-causing T-cells in MS. He also reads “My Stubbornness Has Helped and Hindered Me in Life With MS” by Benjamin Hofmeister, from his column “Chairborne”. ===========================...
12m Sep 23, 2022
12m
T-cells Targeting EBV at High Levels in MS Patients & Choosing the Right Medication to Treat Your MS
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article regarding a study that finds that T-cells equipped with receptors primed to recognize the Epstein–Barr virus, leading to attacks, are excessive in people with MS. He also reads a column by Ed Tobias entitled “Need Help Choosing the Right Medication to Treat Your MS?” =================================== ...
11m Sep 21, 2022
11m
Approved Corticosteroid Prompts Myelin Repair & Program Prescribes Medicine From the Great Outdoors
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how treatment with medrysone improved repair of myelin in a preclinical study. He also reads a report by Hawken Miller, “First Descents Prescribes Good Medicine From the Great Outdoors”. =================================== Are you interested in learning more about multiple sclerosis? If so, please v...
12m Sep 19, 2022
12m
Delayed Ocrevus Infusion May Increase RRMS Risk & A Bump on the BTK Inhibitor Road
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article reporting that an interval dosing of Ocrevus of one month or longer was linked to a fivefold higher risk of MRI-based disease activity. He also reads “Researchers Hit a Bump on the BTK Inhibitor Road” by Ed Tobias, from his column "The MS Wire". =================================== Are you interested in...
11m Sep 16, 2022
11m
Stem Cell Transplant: Patients Support, Neurologists Hesitant & MS Progression and Weight
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article regarding MS patients who had a blood stem cell transplant support. He also reads the column by John Connor, Fall Down, Get Up again, “Thanks to MS Progression, My Weight Became a Problem”. =================================== Are you interested in learning more about multiple sclerosis? If so, please v...
13m Sep 14, 2022
13m
Algorithm May Help Define SPMS & Do You Cry and Don’t Know Why? It Might Be PBA
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article about a data-driven algorithm that may help predict when patients convert to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis from a relapsing form of the disease. He also reads “Do You Cry and Don’t Know Why? It Might Be PBA” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire.” =================================== Are...
10m Sep 12, 2022
10m
Epstein-Barr Virus and MS Risk: New Mono Link & Living and Existing After a PPMS Diagnosis
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads a news article on how MS incidence was higher among patients with a prior mono diagnosis, usually caused by the Epstein-Barr virus. He also reads “The Difference Between Living and Existing After My PPMS Diagnosis” by Stephen De Marzo. =================================== Are you interested in learning more about mult...
12m Sep 09, 2022
12m
Aquatic Exercise Eases Fatigue, Improve Balance in MS & Epstein-Barr and Other MS News
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads about a study that shows how aquatic exercise can help ease fatigue and improve balance in MS patients. He also reads “MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: Epstein-Barr, Aqua Exercise, Diagnosing SPMS, Myelin Repair” by Ed Tobias, from his column “The MS Wire.” =================================== Are you interested ...
10m Sep 07, 2022
10m
Early Factors Predict Health-related Quality of Life & MS Makes a Viral Infection 10 Times Worse
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, discusses how researchers have identified early factors that may affect the trajectory of an MS patient’s long-term quality of life following diagnosis. He also reads “My MS Makes Getting Sick With a Viral Infection 10 Times Worse”, a column by Benjamin Hofmeister. =================================== Are you interested in...
12m Sep 05, 2022
12m
MS Spasticity Therapy Baclofen Helps Myelin Repair & MS and Sex
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, discusses how Baclofen, an approved therapy for spasticity in multiple sclerosis patients, promoted myelin repair in preclinical models of the disease. He also reads “MS and Sex: Everything You Wanted to Know but Were Never Told to Ask”, a column by John Connor. =================================== Are you interested in ...
12m Sep 02, 2022
12m
CNM-Au8 Lessens Vision Problems in RRMS Patients & Overcoming MS Setbacks to Find Abundant Love
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, reads an article on how Clene Nanomedicine’s oral therapy CNM-Au8 eased vision problems and improved neurological function in adults with relapsing-remitting MS. He also reads “Overcoming MS Setbacks to Find Abundant Love on a Special Day”, a column by Beth Ullah. =================================== Are you interested in ...
13m Aug 31, 2022
13m
PAS002 Vaccine Shows Efficacy in MS Mouse Model & Seeing Double, and I’m Not Even Drunk!
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, discusses how an experimental multiple sclerosis vaccine, PAS002 by Pasithea Therapeutics, is designed to prevent autoimmune attacks against myelin. He also reads “Seeing Double, and I’m Not Even Drunk”, a column by John Connor. =================================== Are you interested in learning more about multiple scler...
11m Aug 29, 2022
11m
Early Detection of Pseudobulbar Affect May Ease Symptoms & COVID-19 Vaccines and Other MS News
Multiple Sclerosis News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge, discusses how a newsletter’s first issue is providing information on ways to manage pseudobulbar affect, one of the most underrecognized MS symptoms. He also reads “MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: COVID-19 Vaccines, Robot Training, Bladder Treatment, Tysabri”, a column by Ed Tobias. ==================================...
11m Aug 26, 2022
11m