RealTalk MS1 Apr 2019

Episode 84: A New Way of Measuring Mobility & Evaluating Disability with Dr. Valerie Block

If someone is being treated for MS, their neurologist is using the Expanded Disability Status Score, or EDSS, to indicate their level of disability. What if there were a better, easier, and more accurate way to measure mobility and evaluate disability? My guest today is Dr. Valerie Block, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Neurology at University of California San Francisco. As a physical therapist, Dr. Block is focused on MS rehabilitation. And we're talking about a just-published study that demonstrates that the way neurologists measure disability may not be providing a complete and accurate picture...and there may be a much better way to get that done. We're also talking about a new effort to eliminate the Affordable Care Act and strip away all of its protections for people living with MS and every other chronic illness -- and how the National MS Society and 25 other national patient organizations are fighting back by supporting new legislation designed to strengthen the ACA. We'll tell you about the TWO!!! MS prescription medications that just received FDA approval, and we'll even tell you about yet another MS prescription medication that's now awaiting FDA approval. We have a lot to talk about! Are you ready for RealTalk MS?! ___________

RealTalk MS Reaches a Milestone :26

Join the RealTalk MS Conversation :48

Living with MS? Your Access to Healthcare is Under Attack ...Again! 2:53

Mavenclad Receives FDA Approval for Treating Relapsing-Remitting and Active Secondary Progressive MS 11:37

Siponimod Receives FDA Approval for Treating Relapsing-Remitting and Active Secondary Progressive MS 15:01

Celgene Submits Application for FDA Approval of Ozanimod for Treating Relapsing-Remitting MS 16:41

My Interview with Dr. Valerie Block 19:16

Download the Free RealTalk MS App 34:04

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RealTalk MS Episode 84
Hosted By: Jon Strum
Guest: Dr. Valerie Block

Tags: MS, MultipleSclerosis, MSResearch, ProgressiveMS, Mavenclad, EMDSerono, Siponimod, Novartis, Celgene, RealTalkMS

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