Managing MS

The most well-known type of Multiple Sclerosis is Relapsing-Remitting MS (RRMS) in which the patient experiences a distinct onset of symptoms and significant improvement of the symptoms as the flare remits.  As this is a chronic disorder, repeated flares can cause permanent damage and therefore long-term and permanent disability.  The longer someone lives with MS, […]

There has been a longstanding debate as to whether depression, which is noted exceedingly frequently in MS patients, is caused by the disease state (in other words biologically distinct from depression that occurs in other neurologic and psychiatric conditions) or is a co-morbidity of MS (meaning that MS and depression tend to occur together but

PET scans (Positron emission Tomography) is an imaging technique often used to detect the spread of cancer or changes in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s Disease. A recent publication reports that PET scans can reveal unsuspected smoldering inflammation in patients treated with disease-modifying treatments (DMT).  The existence of ongoing low-grade inflammation may help explain why

Healthcare costs are skyrocketing and are having a significant impact on society. People who are not feeling well, but do not know why, tend to seek medical care more often. It may take several visits and many imaging studies to arrive at the right diagnosis.  This is also a burden on the patients for whom

Patients with MS have long been observed to progress at different rates. Some patients have only one clinical MS flare in their lifetime while other patients have a rapid and brutal decline in a matter of months or years. Some patients harbor the radiologic findings of MS and never exhibit any symptoms of MS (RIS).