RealTalk MS

Nov 04 2024 413 ep. 30 mins 707
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Jon Strum cuts through all the jargon and breaks down the latest multiple sclerosis news. You’ll meet the scientists who are creating tomorrow’s MS treatments today. You’ll hear from the experts discussing how the latest tweaks and changes to our healthcare laws will impact your MS treatment. And we’ll be talking to the courageous MS warriors who are out there advocating on behalf of the MS community every day, as well as the men and women who are committed to living their best lives with MS and living their best lives as MS caregivers. If you're dealing with multiple sclerosis in your life -- as a patient, caregiver, family member, or friend -- join us each week for RealTalk MS.

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Episode 375: Managing Teenage MS with Dr. Ann Yeh

Nov 04 2024 32 mins  
Being a teenager is hard. So, imagine for a moment that in addition to everything else that teenagers have to endure, you're a teenager who's been diagnosed with MS. Your ability to participate in after-school activities or just hang out with your friends is impacted by MS-related fatigue. The typical adolescent anxiety over something someone posted on social media evolves into dep

Episode 374: Grieving When You're Living With MS with Dr. Holly Hendin

Oct 28 2024 37 mins  
Learning to live with MS is learning to live with loss. For some, those losses may be minor and seem relatively insignificant. For others, those losses can be huge and life-altering. The definition of grief is an emotional response to a significant loss. It's not unusual to grieve over those things in your life that have been lost due to MS. In fact, healthy grieving is a necessary

Episode 373: ECTRIMS Research Roundup Part 2 with Dr. Bruce Bebo

Oct 21 2024 27 mins  
Now that he's had a chance to digest all of the research presented at ECTRIMS, Dr. Bruce Bebo, the National MS Society's Executive Vice President of Research, is back to share the key research presented at the largest MS research conference in the world. This episode of RealTalk MS is the perfect follow-up to my initial conversation with Bruce, which occurred just minutes after EC

Episode 372: Medicare Changes That Will Affect You in 2025 with Sarah Anderson

Oct 14 2024 29 mins  
Open enrollment is underway! And if you're one of the 25% of people living with MS who get their coverage through Medicare, there are some major changes coming in 2025. So, it's especially important that you review your prescription drug coverage to make sure you're enrolled in the Medicare Part D plan that's best for you. Sarah Anderson, pharmacist and senior director of clinica

Episode 371: A Difference-Making Mobility Device with Dee Ecklund and BE Alink

Oct 07 2024 38 mins  
In the seven years that I've been hosting RealTalk MS, no one has ever described a mobility device as life-changing. That is until listener Dee Ecklund reached out to tell me about her experience with the Alinker. One of my goals in producing this podcast is to introduce the RealTalk MS listener community to people who are difference-makers. And Dee's initial DM led to my conversa

ECTRIMS Extra: Results from the Tolebrutinib Phase 3 Clinical Trial for Relapsing MS with Dr. Jiwon Oh

Oct 03 2024 8 mins  
With more than 9,000 MS researchers and clinicians in attendance, the 2024 ECTRIMS meeting in Copenhagen was the largest MS research conference in the world. During the meeting, I had an opportunity to talk with some of the best and brightest minds in MS research and clinical practice. This is your invitation to listen in on my ECTRIMS EXTRA conversation with Dr. Jiwon Oh. Dr.

Episode 370: Understanding the Updated Pathways to Cures Research Roadmap with Dr. Bruce Bebo and Shawna Golden

Sep 30 2024 31 mins  
In 2020, the National MS Society convened the Pathways to Cures Think Tank. I shared news and interviews from what I considered a historic meeting back in Episode 125 of RealTalk MS. The information shared and the work generated by that Think Tank led to the Pathways to Cures Global Summit in 2023. In Episodes 297and 298 of RealTalk MS, I shared news and interviews from what I des

ECTRIMS Extra: Revisions to the Way MS is Diagnosed with Dr. Peter Calabresi

Sep 28 2024 9 mins  
With more than 9,000 MS researchers and clinicians in attendance, the 2024 ECTRIMS meeting in Copenhagen was the largest MS research conference in the world. During the meeting, I had an opportunity to talk with some of the best and brightest minds in MS research and clinical practice. This is your invitation to listen in on my ECTRIMS EXTRA conversation with Dr. Peter Calabresi.

ECTRIMS Extra: Rachel Horne and Professor Kerstin Helwig

Sep 25 2024 11 mins  
With more than 9,000 MS researchers and clinicians in attendance, the 2024 ECTRIMS meeting in Copenhagen was the largest MS research conference in the world. During the meeting, I had an opportunity to talk with some of the best and brightest minds in MS research and clinical practice. This is your invitation to listen in on my ECTRIMS EXTRA conversation with Rachel Horne and Prof

Episode 369: ECTRIMS 2024 with Kristine Werner Ozug and Dr. Bruce Bebo

Sep 23 2024 30 mins  
ECTRIMS 2024, the largest MS research conference in the world concluded last week, and in this week's episode, we'll be hearing two slightly different perspectives on which news, announcements, and presentations stood out at this year's meeting. The ECTRIMS conference can feel almost overwhelming. You find yourself among 9 or 10 thousand other attendees, trying to determine whic