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...
Managing Chronic Pain with MS A Practical Guide for Canadians
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...
MS Spinal Cord Lesions: Everything You Need to Know
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...
Common MS Drug Causes Rare but Potentially Deadly Allergic Reactions, FDA Warns
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...
Incremental Upgrades to Help Manage MS: Boost Your Lifestyle with Simple Changes
Navigating the complexities of multiple sclerosis (MS) often makes adopting a healthy lifestyle feel overwhelming. However, by embracing small, achievable modifications, you can improve your well-being without a radical overhaul of your entire lifestyle. This approach...
‘It’s time’: York Region residents with multiple sclerosis want satellite rehab centre and end to barriers
From the moment someone is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a maze of barriers awaits. But in York Region, such people aren’t alone. Other residents who also have MS, an auto-immune disease affecting the central nervous system, volunteer to help them buy...








