What I want the world to know about my MS is…
MS Awareness Month is coming to a close with World MS Day – a day for global solidarity in the fight against MS.…
Faces Behind the Science: Asanga Weliwitigoda
Name: Asanga Weliwitigoda Affiliation: Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason Stage of research: Postdoctoral fellowship Focus on: Mechanisms of disease How I’m involved…
Faces Behind the Science: Marc-André Lécuyer
Name: Marc-André Lécuyer Affiliation: University of Gottingen Stage of research: Postdoctoral fellowship Focus on: Mechanisms of disease How I’m involved with MS research:…
Understanding the Canadian Proactive Cohort Study for People Living with MS: a conversation with Dr. Jiwon Oh
As one of the leading MS researchers in the country, researcher and clinician Dr. Jiwon Oh is ambitious to say the least. In…
Making the Right Call
Guest post by Frances Bartlett “We get calls from newly diagnosed people and their family members–often, they’re in shock and looking for reassurance,”…
Women in the changing world: International Women’s Day 2017
Women in Canada are three times more likely to develop MS than men. Women also face significant barriers to finding reliable information about…
Why are people having so much trouble getting help?
Today is trigeminal neuralgia awareness day – take a moment to educate yourself about the rare but exceptionally painful condition at http://tnac.org/tnac/ By…
Making a difference in MS research
This summer was a memorable one for MS research. In June, we saw the results of the Canadian Bone Marrow Transplantation trial, which…
“MS changed our families. Now we’re going to end MS”
Nearly 100,000 Canadians live with MS, but it also affects the children of those who live with the disease. A generation of young people…