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The Loaded Question: ‘How Are You?’

by | 2026-01-31 | Depression and Anxiety and MS, MS Medications, MS TODAY, Not Treating MS | 0 Comments

Last week was a long, hard week. I pushed through pain, frustrations, difficulties, weariness, weakness, emotional stress, financial strain, the unexpected, and loneliness. If I was to list everything I dealt with the list would actually take pages and pages of...
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Managing Chronic Pain with MS A Practical Guide for Canadians

by | 2026-01-19 | MS Medications, MS TODAY, MS Treatments | 0 Comments

For Canadians newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and chronic pain, along with the family members trying to support them, the early weeks can feel like living with a moving target. Pain may show up alongside fatigue, spasticity, or nerve symptoms, and the...
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Finding Work That Fits: Job Search Strategies for People With Disabilities

by | 2025-12-24 | Job Search | 0 Comments

People with disabilities often enter the job market with talent, motivation, and experience, yet still encounter barriers that have nothing to do with their ability to do the work. Job listings may be unclear about accessibility, application systems can be...
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MS Spinal Cord Lesions: Everything You Need to Know

by | 2025-07-10 | Cognitive Issues with MS, MS TODAY, MS Treatments | 0 Comments

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease of the central nervous system (CNS). The most common forms of MS are relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), secondary-progressive MS (SPMS), and primary-progressive MS (PPMS).  In relapsing-remitting MS, which 80 to 85 percent of...
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MS charity calls City of Richmond Hill’s actions ‘vindictive’ after bingo permit blocked over hospital donations and paperwork

by | 2025-06-26 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Richmond Hill’s mayor says the city won’t reconsider a decision to strip the bingo permit from a charity supporting York Region residents with multiple sclerosis. Twice-monthly bingo sessions raised nearly $120,000 for My MS Family last year. They were the largest...
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Unusual Symptoms of MS

by | 2025-03-19 | MS Meds and your skin conditions, MS TODAY | 0 Comments

MS: Strangest Symptoms From Head to Toe Extreme fatigue, clumsiness, weird prickly sensations, sluggish thinking, wonky vision -- these are classic and common first symptoms of multiple sclerosis, or MS. But the expected stops here. Damage to the central nervous...
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The Amazing Power of Microbiota

by | 2025-03-11 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Inside your gut lies an unexpected world, teeming with microorganisms. This tiny universe, invisible to our eyes, plays an immense role in our health. In this article, we explain what the microbiota really is and why it deserves your full attention. What is the...
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Common MS Drug Causes Rare but Potentially Deadly Allergic Reactions, FDA Warns

by | 2025-01-29 | MS Medications, MS Treatments | 0 Comments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added a so-called “black box” (“boxed warning”) alert to the multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone (glatiramer acetate) and its generic version, Glatopa, because of rare but potentially fatal allergic...
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How vitamin B12 deficiency can affect adults dangerously

by | 2025-01-19 | VIABILITY | 0 Comments

Vitamin B12 is an essential nutrient that is involved in numerous bodily functions. Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, plays a vital role in red blood cell formation, DNA synthesis, neurological health, and energy production. However, despite being such an...
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FOX Meteorologist Janice Dean’s Forecast for Life with MS is Bright

by | 2024-12-29 | My Story to Tell | 0 Comments

Thanks to advances in multiple sclerosis research and treatments, Dean is confident that the future for patients like her is sunny. Janice Dean has been nicknamed "The Weather Machine" and "Weather Queen" by her FOX News colleagues as a testament to her tenacious...
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