Episode 337: Aging With MS with Dr. Aaron Boster
We're all living longer and that includes people living with MS. And as they age, people with MS are asking new questions. Is there a need to stay on disease-modifying therapy after the age of 60? Ho...
12 Feb 202439min
Episode 336: Applying for Social Security Disability Insurance with Jamie Hall, Esq.
When people living with MS find themselves unable to continue working due to disability, they turn to Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). And when they do, many are surprised to find the long...
5 Feb 202439min
Episode 335: Know Your Employment Rights If You're Living With MS with Christina Forster
How, and to whom, should you disclose your MS at your job? And if you decide to disclose, is that information confidential? What does reasonable accommodation mean? If you need a day or two to bounce ...
29 Jan 202432min
Episode 334: Managing Health Insurance When You're Living With MS with Carla Turechek
Living well with MS means learning to plan ahead. And, while planning ahead may not solve every issue that crosses your path, taking time to understand some of the details and making the right choices...
22 Jan 202428min
Episode 333: Improving Communication Between You and Your Neurologist with Dr. Luis Manrique-Trujillo
You've just had your appointment with your neurologist or MS Specialist and you're on your way home, feeling like you weren't heard. Maybe there wasn't sufficient time. Or it might feel like your opin...
15 Jan 202435min
Episode 332: Managing the Cost of Generic, Biosimilar, and Other Prescription Medications with Robin LaRue
If you remember your Economics 101 class, the introduction of generic and biosimilar drugs should cause prices to drop. Yet, when it comes to MS disease-modifying therapies that isn't always the case....
8 Jan 202429min
Episode 331: Becoming a Donor to the National MS Brain Bank with Dr. Claire Riley
This is the week that a lot of us make resolutions for the coming year. And I'm hoping that after you hear my conversation with Dr. Claire Riley, many of you will resolve to become donors to the Natio...
1 Jan 202430min
Episode 330: Revisiting How the Proposed Framework for Researching, Diagnosing, and Treating MS Will Affect You with Prof. Tanja Kuhlmann and Dr. Tim Coetzee
This week, I'm revisiting the proposal from the International Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials in MS that recommended adopting a new framework that leverages what scientists are continuing to lea...
25 Dec 202337min
