It’s MS Awareness Month, and this year, we’re focusing on how the condition affects pregnant women and their babies. Our partners at MotherToBaby recently shared an article that answers some of the questions that might come up for women who have MS and are thinking about having children. Check it out below… MS: The Diagnosis… Continue reading MS and Pregnancy – From our Partners at MotherToBaby for MS Awareness Month”
Tag: MS Awareness Month
Myths vs. facts about multiple sclerosis
Stop! What do you know about multiple sclerosis (MS)? That’s the question we’re asking during MS Awareness Month. We’ve heard from many community members that people don’t always get what it’s like to live with MS, and that there’s wrong information out there. So as part of ongoing awareness efforts, we created shareable photos that… Continue reading Myths vs. facts about multiple sclerosis
March is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects more than 2.5 million people worldwide, and in the United States alone, about 200 new people are diagnosed each week. Those are just a couple of the many reasons why the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA) recognizes March as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month. What more do we know about MS?… Continue reading March is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
Stand up and be counted during National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
Here at PatientsLikeMe, every experience counts, whether you’ve just been diagnosed, are trying a new treatment, or managing your symptoms. This month, we’re standing up and focusing on Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a neurological condition that affects 2,500,000 people around the globe—including more than 400,000 in the United States.1 To help raise awareness about MS,… Continue reading Stand up and be counted during National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
“We Keep Moving” with the National MS Society of Greater New England
Just on the heels of MS Awareness Month, here’s one more interview with one of PatientsLikeMe’s nonprofit partners. For this interview, Molly Cotter, who handles Nonprofit Partnership Development at PatientsLikeMe, sits down with National MS Society of Greater New England’s Development Director Todd Krohne to discuss exciting things happening with his chapter, including their new… Continue reading “We Keep Moving” with the National MS Society of Greater New England
Celebrating MS Awareness Month: Interview with Accelerated Cure’s Sara Loud
It’s MS Awareness Month and we’re excited to bring you information from our nonprofit partner, Accelerated Cure Project for MS. We briefly mentioned the Accelerated Cure Repository in our blog interview with Devic’s patient, Gracie. We thought we’d take the opportunity to ask The Accelerated Cure Project for MS a bit more about the repository… Continue reading Celebrating MS Awareness Month: Interview with Accelerated Cure’s Sara Loud
Raising MS Awareness: Meet Ramilla…
At PatientsLikeMe, we believe in getting to know the person, not just the “patient.” That’s why we interview members each month in our newsletter to find out more about how they approach life. In honor of MS Awareness Month, we are pleased to share with you our recent interview with Ramilla, a three-star member of… Continue reading Raising MS Awareness: Meet Ramilla…
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: Interview with Gardener
It’s National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Week. There are more than 17,400 patients in the PatientsLikeMe MS community sharing data about their symptoms, treatments and side effects, lifestyle modifications and overall health outcomes. In honor of the week, and March being National MS Awareness Month, we will be posting interviews with MS patients and nonprofit… Continue reading Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: Interview with Gardener