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RealTalk MS — 512 episodes
Episode 458 -- From the 2026 CMSC Annual Meeting: Part Two with Dr. Stephen Krieger
Episode 457: From the 2026 CMSC Annual Meeting with Dr. Kathy Zackowski, Dr. Valerie Block, and Dr. Riley Bove
Episode 456:The First 100 Days Following Your MS Diagnosis with Dr. Nancy Sicotte
Episode 455: MS and Your Oral Health with Dr. Ann Spolarich
Episode 454: Managing MS-Related Depression with Dr. Anthony Feinstein
Episode 453: MS and Pregnancy with Dr. Riley Bove
Episode 452: Why Natural Myelin Repair Stops Working for People with MS (And How It Could Be Re-Started!) with Dr. Larry Sherman
Episode 451: Meet the 2026 Winner of the John Dystel Prize for MS Research with Dr. Ludwig Kappos
Episode 450: Exercise is Medicine for People with MS with Dr. Robert Motl
Episode 449: Putting People Affected by MS at the Center of MS Research with Sara Loud, Stephanie Buxhoeveden, and Hollie Schmidt
Episode 448: At the National MS Society's Public Policy Conference with David, Cliff, and Michelle
Episode 447: Walking with Many Sisters Toward a Cure with Brigitte Delaney
Episode 446: MS Advocacy and the National MS Society's Public Policy Conference with Steffany Stern
Episode 445: It's MS Awareness Week with Kristine Werner Ozug and Kim, Kim, and Kim
Episode 444: Treating MS with a GLP-1 with Dr. Ellen Mowry
Episode 443: The 2026 ACTRIMS Forum (Part 3) with Dr. Helen Tremlett, Dr. Ilana Katz Sand, and Kathy Smith
Episode 442: The 2026 ACTRIMS Forum (Part 2) with Dr. Jeffrey Cohen, Dr. Daniel Ontaneda, and Kristine Werner Ozug
Episode 441: The 2026 ACTRIMS Forum with Dr. Manuel Friese, Dr. Amit Bar-Or, and Dr. Haritha Desu
Episode 440: An MS Specialist's Response to the FDA with Dr. William Conte
Episode 439: Preventing MS with Dr. Bruce Bebo
Episode 438: The Discovery of 2 MS Subtypes with Dr. Arman Eshaghi
Episode 437: Remembering David Mitchell
Episode 436: 3 Questions Your Neurologist Should Be Asking Themselves with Dr. Leorah Freeman
Episode 435: Revisiting ECTRIMS 2025 with Dr. Bruce Bebo and Kristine Werner Ozug
Episode 434: Revisiting Managing Menopause While You're Managing MS with Dr. Riley Bove
Episode 433: Our Most Important Conversations of 2025 with Dr. John Corboy, Dr. Mikael Simons, Dr. John DeLuca, and Dr. Stehen Krieger
Special Episode: Guiding the Future of MS Care: MS21 Consensus Recommendations for Improving MS Care to Relieve the Burden of Disease
Episode 432: Working With a Health & Wellness Coach with Amy Behimer
Special Episode: I'm the First Participant in a CAR-T Cell Therapy Clinical Trial with Jan Janisch-Hanzlik
Episode 431: When a Teenager Becomes a Caregiver For a Parent With MS with Michaela Janssen Pohl
Episode 430: Navigating Winter Weather When You're Living with MS with Dr. James Stark
Special Episode: Participating in MS Research with Chiquita Shepard-Knight and Earl Sneed
Episode 429: Caring for Your Partner with MS While Holding Down a Full-Time Job with Diana Grazio
Episode 428: The Effects of Smoking, Consuming Alcohol, and Consuming Caffeine on Your MS with Dr. Barbara Giesser
Episode 427: Science-Based Vaccine Guidance for People Living with MS with Dr. Lisa Doggett
Episode 426: Fighting Her Way Through the Health Insurance Maze with Cassandra Ashby
Episode 425: The ECTRIMS 2025 Deep Dive with Dr. Bruce Bebo
Episode 424: I'm a Participant in a Clinical Trial for CAR-T Cell Therapy and MS with Jan Janisch-Hanzlik
Special Episode: The Risks and Rewards of Participating in Clinical Trials with Dr. Kathy Zackowski and Mimi Brown
Episode 423: Understanding Infections and MS with Dr. Robert Fox
Episode 422: From ECTRIMS 2025 with Dr. Bruce Bebo and Kristine Werner Ozug
Episode 421: Optimizing Your Brain Health with Nurse Practitioner Erin Wilkinson
Special Episode: Dr. Aaron Boster Explains MS Clinical Trials
Episode 420: A DIY Kit for Improving Your MS Journey with Julie Polisena
Episode 419: A Whole-Person Health Approach to MS Care with Dr. Lynne Shinto
Episode 418: The Importance of Developing a Growth Mindset When You're Living With MS with Dr. Mirian Franco
Episode 417: Music and the Body with Emmy Award-Winning Composer Jeff Beal
Episode 416: The Updated McDonald Diagnostic Criteria for MS with Dr. Andrew Solomon
Episode 415: Your Money -- Ways to Earn and Hold Onto More of It When You're Living with MS with Beth Scott and Paula Cole
Episode 414: Finding Peace in the Midst of Uncertainty with Andrea Arzt, LCSW, MSCS
Episode 413: How AI Will Impact MS Patient Care with Dr. Brad Willingham
Episode 412: Understanding Late-Onset MS with Dr. Jacqueline Nicholas
Episode 411: An Encouraging Clinical Trial for Progressive MS with Jason Tardio
Episode 410: From the International Progressive MS Alliance Digital Tools Workshop -- Part Two
Episode 409: From the International Progressive MS Alliance Digital Tools Workshop
Episode 408: Explaining Your MS to All Those Well-Meaning Family Members and Friends Who Get It Wrong with Kris Inman
Episode 407: Overcoming Sleep Issues When You're Living with MS with Dr. Katie Siengsukon
Episode 406: From the 2025 Consortium of MS Centers Annual Meeting: Part Two with Dr. John DeLuca, Dr. Brian Sandroff, and Kristine Werner Ozug
Episode 405: From the 2025 Consortium of MS Centers Annual Meeting -- Part One with Dr. Kathy Zackowski and Dr. Stephen Krieger
Episode 404: World MS Day 2025 with Meredith O'Brien
Episode 403: Moving Toward a Biologically Based Description of MS with Dr. Bruce Bebo, Dr. Daniel Ontaneda, and Kathy Smith
Episode 402: The Importance of Asserting Your Personal Style When You're Living with MS with Jeri Zink Denz
Episode 401: The Things That (Should) Happen at Your Appointment With Your Neurologist with Dr. Barbara Giesser
Episode 400: The President and CEO of the National MS Society Looks Back at the Past and Shares a Vision of the Future with Dr. Tim Coetzee
Episode 399: How Spirituality Can Make a Difference If You're Living with MS with Dr. Mana Ali Carter
Episode 398: How Breakthrough Discoveries in MS Research Will Impact MS Care with Dr. Amit Bar-Or
Episode 397: Managing Grief and MS with Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor
Episode 396: The Importance of Cancer Screenings for People Living with MS With Dr. Ruth Ann Marrie
Episode 395: Things You Need to Know When You're Managing MS While You're Managing Menopause with Dr. Riley Bove
Episode 394: Probably The Most Important Conversation About MS Advocacy That We Will Ever Have with Steffany Stern
Bonus: An ACTRIMS Forum Conversation with Kristine Werner Ozug
Bonus: An ACTRIMS Forum Conversation with Dr. Emanuelle Waubant
Bonus: An ACTRIMS Forum Conversation with Dr. Mikael Simons
Bonus: An ACTRIMS Conversation with Dr. Daniel Reich
Bonus: An ACTRIMS Forum Conversation with Dr. Christina Azevedo
Bonus: An ACTRIMS Forum Conversation with Dr. Peter Calabresi
Episode 393: MS Awareness Week with Case Jernigan and Suni Conway
An ACTRIMS Forum Conversation with Dr. Nara Michaelson
An ACTRIMS Forum Conversation with Dr. Darin Okuda
Episode 392: From the 2025 ACTRIMS Forum with Dr. Lilyana Amezcua and Dr. John Corboy
Episode 391: Choosing the Right Mobility Device with Dr. Evan Cohen
Special Episode: A Consensus Paper on Smoldering MS with Dr. Antonio Scalfari
Episode 390: Managing MS Pain with Dr. Bianca Weinstock-Guttman
Episode 389: Overcoming the Stigma of MS with Denise Schnieders and Fox Rigney
Episode 388: Understanding Gut Health and MS with Dr. Ashutosh Mangalam
Episode 387: Inside the TEAAMS Study with Ashli and Victoria
Episode 386: When to Seek Immediate Medical Care for MS with Dr. Kalina Sanders
Bonus Episode: Understanding Healthcare Provider Burnout -- How Patients and HCPs Can Work Together to Support Each Other
Episode 385: A New Year Means New Benefits for Many People Affected by MS
Episode 384: Behavioral and Lifestyle Risk Factors for MS with Dr. Jared Bruce and Dr. Amanda Bruce
Episode 383: Revisiting ECTRIMS 2024 with Dr. Bruce Bebo and Kristine Werner Ozug
Episode 382: Revisiting Women's Health Issues and MS with Dr. Anna Shah and Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl
Episode 381: Measuring Your MS Disease Status? There's an Evidence-Based App for That! with Dr. Charisse Lichtman
Episode 380: Thriving in Cold Weather with MS with Dr. Lisa Doggett
Special Episode: Aging with MS with Dr. Leorah Freeman
Episode 379: The Pros and Cons of Participating in MS Research with Dr. Kathy Zackowski and Mimi Brown
Episode 378: An MS Care Partners Roundtable with Barbara, Marina, Matt, and Maiya
Episode 377: The Art of Hope with Lydia Emily
Special Episode: Pregnancy and MS with Dr. Riley Bove
Episode 376: Adding Dance, Music, and Art Therapy to Your MS Treatment Plan with Dr. Francois Bethoux
Episode 375: Managing Teenage MS with Dr. Ann Yeh
Episode 374: Grieving When You're Living With MS with Dr. Holly Hendin
Episode 373: ECTRIMS Research Roundup Part 2 with Dr. Bruce Bebo
Episode 372: Medicare Changes That Will Affect You in 2025 with Sarah Anderson
Episode 371: A Difference-Making Mobility Device with Dee Ecklund and BE Alink
ECTRIMS Extra: Results from the Tolebrutinib Phase 3 Clinical Trial for Relapsing MS with Dr. Jiwon Oh
Episode 370: Understanding the Updated Pathways to Cures Research Roadmap with Dr. Bruce Bebo and Shawna Golden
ECTRIMS Extra: Revisions to the Way MS is Diagnosed with Dr. Peter Calabresi
ECTRIMS Extra: Rachel Horne and Professor Kerstin Helwig
Episode 369: ECTRIMS 2024 with Kristine Werner Ozug and Dr. Bruce Bebo
ECTRIMS EXTRA: New Course Descriptors for MS with Dr. Fred Lublin
Episode 368: Living a More Purposeful Life with MS with Dr. Evan Smith
Episode 367: Budgeting for Living with MS with Bruce McClary
Episode 366: Medicare and MS -- Getting Your Ducks In a Row with Laquel Thomas
Episode 365: It's the Episode Where I Get Interviewed with Jon Strum
Episode 364: Understanding the Signs and Symptoms of MS with Dr. Leorah Freeman
Episode 363: Safe Driving When You're Living with MS with Jenny Nordine, OTL, CDRS
Episode 362: The Role of Integrative Medicine in Treating MS with Dr. Lynne Shinto
Episode 361: Meet the new President and CEO of the National MS Society with Dr. Tim Coetzee
Episode 360: How Digital Technology Is Changing the Diagnosis and Treatment of MS with Dr. Riley Bove
Episode 359: The Unraveling with Dr. Nara Michaelson
Episode 358: VISIBL-MS with Dr. Jaime Imitola
Episode 357: Living Your Best Life When You're Living with MS with Dr. Lisa Doggett
Episode 356: A Final Conversation with National MS Society President and CEO, Cyndi Zagieboylo
Episode 355: The NARCOMS Patient Registry with Dr. Robert Fox
Episode 354: From the Consortium of MS Centers 38th Annual Meeting -- Part 2
Episode 353: From the Consortium of MS Centers Annual Meeting with Dr. Kathy Zackowski and Dr. Stephen Krieger
Episode 352: World MS Day with Rachel Horne
Episode 351: Managing Stress When You're Living with MS with Dr. Grace Tworek
Episode 350: Choosing Your MS Disease-Modifying Therapy with Dr. Barbara Giesser
Episode 349: From the International Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials in Multiple Sclerosis Aging and MS Workshop (Part 2)
Episode 348: From the International Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials in Multiple Sclerosis Aging and MS Workshop (Part 1)
Episode 347: Vitamin D and MS with Dr. Ellen Mowry
Episode 346: Why Members of Minority Communities May Face A More Severe MS Disease Course with Dr. Annette Langer-Gould
Episode 345: A Deep Dive into Women's Health and MS with Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl and Dr. Anna Shah
Episode 344: Big Data Leads to Big Breakthroughs in MS with Professor Sergio Baranzini
Episode 343: Progressive MS Day with Kevin Reid
Episode 342: Behind the Scenes of an MS Research Study with Chiquita Shepard-Knight and Earl Sneed
Episode 341: How MS Can Impact Vision with Dr. Shiv Saidha
Episode 340: This Is Not Your Father's MS Rehabilitation with Dr. Deborah Backus and Dr. Brad Willingham
Episode 339: Understanding Progression Independent of Relapse Activity with Professor Alan Thompson
Episode 338: Inside MS Advocacy and This Year's Public Policy Conference with Steffany Stern
Episode 337: Aging With MS with Dr. Aaron Boster
Episode 336: Applying for Social Security Disability Insurance with Jamie Hall, Esq.
Episode 335: Know Your Employment Rights If You're Living With MS with Christina Forster
Episode 334: Managing Health Insurance When You're Living With MS with Carla Turechek
Episode 333: Improving Communication Between You and Your Neurologist with Dr. Luis Manrique-Trujillo
Episode 332: Managing the Cost of Generic, Biosimilar, and Other Prescription Medications with Robin LaRue
Episode 331: Becoming a Donor to the National MS Brain Bank with Dr. Claire Riley
Episode 330: Revisiting How the Proposed Framework for Researching, Diagnosing, and Treating MS Will Affect You with Prof. Tanja Kuhlmann and Dr. Tim Coetzee
Episode 329: Revisiting the Pathways To Cures Global Summit
Bonus Episode -- MS21: Patient Empowerment: Invisible Symptoms of MS with Professor Klaus Schmierer and Jane Shanahan
Episode 328: Cognitive Rehabilitation and MS with Dr. Nancy Chiaravalloti
Episode 327: Cannabis and MS with Dr. Michelle Cameron
Episode 326: A Happy Ending That Almost Wasn't with Chris Holland
Episode 325: Making Your Home Safe and Accessible with Tracy Carrasco
Episode 324: Avoiding the Risks of Misdiagnosing MS with Dr. Andrew Solomon
Episode 323: Support for Veterans with MS with Izzy Abbass and a New Project for Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Episode 322: Women's Research in MS with Rachel Horne and Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl
ECTRIMS EXTRA: Dr. Robert Motl
ECTRIMS EXTRA with Dr. Daniel Ontaneda
ECTRIMS EXTRA: Dr. Annette Langer-Gould
ECTRIMS EXTRA with Dr. Anthony Feinstein
Episode 321: More from the 2023 Joint ECTRIMS-ACTRIMS Meeting with Dr. Helen Tremlett
ECTRIMS EXTRA with Dr. Jiwon Oh
Episode 320: From ECTRIMS-ACTRIMS 2023 with Bonnie Higgins and Dr. Tim Coetzee
Episode 319: Global Survey Results Support a New Framework for Describing MS with Dr. Tim Coetzee
Episode 318: Understanding Shared-Decision Making with Dr. Lilyana Amezcua
Episode 317: It's Our 6th Anniversary! These Are the Most Impactful Conversations We've Had Over the Past Six Years
Episode 316: Sex and MS with Madelyn Esposito
Episode 315: Understanding Generic and Biosimilar Drugs for MS with Dr. Jiwon Oh
Episode 314: Pelvic Floor Health and MS with Jill Ehrmantraut
Episode 313: Disaster Preparedness for People Affected by MS with Mary Casey-Lockyer
Episode 312: Adapting Exercise for MS with Dr. Gretchen Hawley
Episode 311: Prehabilitation with Dr. Kathy Zackowski
Episode 310: The Face Laughs While the Brain Cries with Dr. Stephen Hauser
Episode 309: Solving Speech and Swallowing Problems in MS with Dr. Marissa Barrera
Bonus Episode: Everything You Need to Know About Clinical Trials with Dr. Aaron Boster
Episode 308: Improving Your Balance and Walking When You're Living With MS with Dr. Nora Fritz
Episode 307: Managing Stress and Anxiety When You're Living With MS with Dr. Bree Wannamaker
Episode 306: Making Meal Planning and Prep Easier When You're Living with MS with Trevis Gleason
Episode 305: 30 Years Later -- Looking Back (and Ahead) with Dr. Fred Lublin and Dr. Stephen Krieger
Episode 304: The International Progressive MS Alliance Scientific Congress (Part 2)
Episode 303: The International Progressive MS Alliance Scientific Congress (Part 1)
Episode 302: De-Stressing Air Travel If You're Living With MS with Dr. Scott Crawford
Episode 301: From the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers Annual Meeting
Episode 300: Healthcare Disparities Among Minority Populations with Dr. Lilyana Amezcua
Episode 299: Update on the Prevalence of MS in the United States with Dr. Bruce Bebo
Episode 298: From the Pathways To Cures Global Summit (Part 2)
Episode 297: From the Pathways to Cures Global Summit (Part1)
Episode 296: Everything You Should Know About MS Relapses with Dr. Sam Hooshmand
Episode 295: Numbness, Tingling, Pain, Itch -- Managing Common MS Sensory Symptoms with Dr. Jeffrey Hernandez
Special Episode: Barancik Prize Conversations -- Part 2
Episode 294: Disclosing Your MS in the Workplace with Christina Forster
Special Episode: Barancik Prize Conversations -- Part 1
Episode 293: An Update on Diet and MS with Dr. Ilana Katz Sand
Episode 292: Could This Be the Cause of MS? With Dr. Richard Rudick and Dr. Timothy Vartanian
Episode 291: Disclosing Your MS to Friends and Family with Dr. Victoria Leavitt
Episode 290: Creating Change Through MS Advocacy with Holly Pendell and Angel Hardy Heinz
Episode 289: Living with the Uncertainty of MS with Sarah Wolfe and Dr. Laura Hancock
Episode 288: Oceans of Hope with Robert Munns
Episode 287: Meet the Winner of the 2023 Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research with Dr. Ruth Ann Marrie
Episode 286: Embedding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Into the MS Movement with Neisha Fredericks
Episode 285: MS in Kids and Teens with Dr. Brenda Banwell
Episode 284: Finding Support When You're Living with MS with Debby Bennett and Ricky Maxwell
Episode 283:12 Years Old and Diagnosed with MS with Faith Bigam
Episode 282: Preventing Falls (And Staying Safe When You Can't!) with Dr. Sara Migliarese
Episode 281: Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (aHSCT) for MS with Dr. Richard Burt
Episode 280: How the Proposed Framework for Diagnosing and Treating MS Will Affect You with Dr. Tim Coetzee
Episode 279: A New Framework for Researching, Diagnosing, and Treating MS with Professor Tanja Kuhlmann
Episode 278: Re-Visiting My Conversation with Tyler Campbell
Episode 277: Re-Visiting Pathways to Cures with Dr. Carol Whitacre and Professor Alan Thompson
Bonus Episode: MS in the 21st Century -- Are We Nearly There Yet? Achieving Freedom from Disease
Episode 276: ECTRIMS Research Update Part 2 with Dr. Bruce Bebo
Episode 275: Choosing the Right Disease-Modifying Therapy with Ross Tingen, PharmD, BCPS, MSCS
Bonus Episode: MS in the 21st Century -- The Impact of Cognitive Symptoms on Employment
Episode 274: Disaster Preparedness for People Living with MS with Mary Casey-Lockyer
Episode 273: Spasticity and MS with Dr. Michelle Cameron
Episode 272: Live from the National MS Society Leadership Conference with Lori Turley and Dr. Brad Zuchero
Episode 271: Acupuncture and MS with Jennifer Mohr-Boscaino and Ken Bandler
Episode 270: From the 2022 ECTRIMS Congress with Dr. Bruce Bebo
Episode 269: How and When the Inflation Reduction Act Will Affect The Price of Your MS Medications with Steffany Stern and Judy Wilson
Episode 268: What You Need to Know About Open Enrollment with Nicole Vasquez
Episode 267: All You Need to Know About Vaccines and MS with Dr. Lisa Doggett
Episode 266: Making Life with MS Easier with Dr. Kathy Zackowski
Episode 265: Making MS Research Accessible to People Affected by MS and Why That Matters with Sharon Roman
Episode 264: It's Our 5-Year Anniversary with CNN's John King and a Dawnia Baynes Takeover
Episode 263: Managing Your Mental Health When You're Living With MS with Dr. Dawn Ehde
Episode 262: Making Shared Decision-Making Work For You with Dr. Marijean Buhse
Episode 261: Service Dogs for People Living With MS with Trevor Hardy
Episode 260: MS and Men with Dr. Robert Shin
Episode 259: How Lack of Sleep Affects MS (and What You Can Do About it!) with Dr. Katie Siengsukon
Episode 258: Living with the Invisible Symptoms of MS with Kathy Costello
Episode 257: Dating With MS with Alaya McKinney and Akeem McMichael
Episode 256: How NeuraLight May Revolutionize Drug Development and MS Care with Co-Founder and CEO Micha Breakstone
Episode 255: Aging With MS with Dr. John Corboy
Episode 254: Talking to Kids About MS with Erin Martin
Episode 253: Managing Grief and MS with Dr. Rosalind Kalb
Episode 252: The Journey from MS Diagnosis to Podcaster to Patients Getting Paid with Kathy Reagan Young
Episode 251: MS in the LGBTQ+ Community with Dr. William Conte, Payshunz Nagashima, and Andreina Barnola
Episode 250: At the Consortium of MS Centers Annual Meeting with Dr. Saud Sadiq, Dr. Kathy Zackowski and Marijean Buhse, PhD, RN, NP-C, MSCN
Episode 249: The Ball Came Out with Tyler Campbell
Episode 248: Pregnancy and MS with Dr. Annette Langer-Gould
Episode 247: Biomarkers Can Help Diagnose MS, Predict MS, and Telegraph MS Progression with Dr. Tanuja Chitnis
Episode 246: The High Cost of MS Medications with Steffany Stern
Episode 245: The Journey to an MS Diagnosis with Dr. Michael Robers
Episode 244: Financial Planning For People Living with MS with Financial Advisor Dick Bell
Episode 243: The Economic Burden of MS with Dr. Bruce Bebo and Bari Talente
Episode 242: No Masks or Proof of Vax? Staying Safe in the Next Normal If You're Living with MS with Dr. Nancy Sicotte
Episode 241: American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting Recap with Prof. Xavier Montalban
Episode 240: Hypnosis and MS with Dr. Mark Jensen
Episode 239: New Research Goals Set by the International Progressive MS Alliance with Dr. Robert Fox
Episode 238: The Pathways to Cures Research Roadmap with Dr. Carol Whitacre and Prof. Alan Thompson
Episode 237: Raising MS Awareness with Marti Hines
Episode 236: How MS Affects Mind, Mood, and Memory with Dr. Anthony Feinstein
Episode 235: National MS Society Public Policy Conference Preview with Bari Talente
Episode 234: Managing Your Emotional Health As COVID-19 Becomes Endemic with Dr. Meghan Beier and Emily Reilly
Episode 233: COVID-19: Going from Pandemic to Endemic When You're Living with MS with Dr. Nancy Sicotte
Episode 232: Managing MS and Comorbidities with Dr. Ruth Ann Marrie
Episode 231: Evidence Shows EBV Triggers MS -- Understanding the Impact of This Breakthrough Research with Dr. Bruce Bebo
Episode 230: Managing MS Fatigue with Dr. Elizabeth Gromisch
Bonus Episode: MS In the 21st Century -- Challenges of Communicating About MS Progression With Your Healthcare Provider
Episode 229: Evidence Shows MS is Triggered by the Epstein-Barr Virus with Dr. Kassandra Munger and Dr. AJ Joshi
Bonus Episode: MS in the 21st Century --The Impact of Cognitive Symptoms on Patient Engagement with Care with Dr. Sarah Morrow and Paola Kruger
Episode 228: Headaches and MS with Meagan Adamson, DNP, FNP-BC, MSCN
Episode 227: Why Your New Year Resolutions Matter if You're Living with MS (And How To Keep Them!) With Dr. Brooks Wingo
Episode 226: Re-Visiting Our ECTRIMS 2021 Research Review with Dr. Bruce Bebo
Episode 225: Two of This Year's Most Important Conversations on RealTalk MS
Episode 224: The Secrets to Having a Low-Stress/No-Stress Holiday Season with Megan Weigel, DNP
Episode 223: Assistive Technology for People with MS with Alex Burnham and Bill Binko
Episode 222: The Poetry of MS with Tamara Kaye Sellman
Episode 221: Diet, Nutrition, and MS with Mona Bostick, RDN
Episode 220: New MRI Recommendations for MS with Dr. Scott Newsome
Episode 219: Update on an Investigational T Cell Therapy with Dr. AJ Joshi
Episode 218: ECTRIMS 2021 Research Wrap-Up with Dr. Bruce Bebo
Episode 217: Living with MS and Managing Comorbidities with Dr. Alissa Willis
Episode 216: Open Enrollment with Nicole Vasquez
Episode 215: Stem Cell Therapy for MS with Dr. Jeffrey Cohen
Episode 214: Managing Sleep and MS with Dr. Abbey Hughes
Bonus Episode: MS in the 21st Century -- Family Involvement in MS Care with Dr. Alice Laroni and Trishna Bharadia
Episode 213: COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Update for People Living with MS with Dr. Amit Bar-Or
Episode 212: Mobility Rehabilitation Early and Late in Your MS Journey with Dr. Herb Karpatkin and Cinda Hugos
Episode 211: The Ins and Outs of Employment and MS with Dr. Phillip Rumrill
Episode 210: Getting that Cognitive Assessment with Cathy Chester
Episode 209: MS Superheroes with Madison Copot
Episode 208: COVID-19 Vaccine Update: The Third Dose and MS with Dr. Nancy Sicotte and Victoria Holmes
Episode 207: The Benefits of Art and Music Therapy in MS with Dr. Meera Rastogi, Veronica DeNoma, and Betsy Hartman
Episode 206: The Importance of Advocacy with MS Activist Jenna Green
Episode 205: A Potentially Transformational Therapy for Progressive MS with Samantha Singer and Dr. Richard Ransohoff
Episode 204: Creating Greater Diversity and Ensuring Patient-Centricity in MS Clinical Research with Tanja Keiper
Episode 203: How To Enjoy Summer Activities While Staying Safe and Keeping Cool with Dr. Colin Lenington
Episode 202: The MS Prodrome with Dr. Helen Tremlett
Episode 201: Our Conversation with Charcot Award Recipient Professor Alan Thompson
Episode 200: Celebrating 200 Episodes of RealTalk MS with National MS Society CEO Cyndi Zagieboylo
Episode 199: MS and the LGBTQ+ Community with Matoaka Kipp
Episode 198: Anxiety and Depression in MS with Dr. Anthony Feinstein
Episode 197: Everything You Need to Know About MS Relapses with Dr. Michelle Cameron
Episode 196: Diagnosing and Misdiagnosing MS with Dr. Andrew Solomon
Episode 195: Dr. Nancy Sicotte Shares an Update About Vaccines and DMTs, Variants, Masks, and More
Episode 194: Innovation in MS Rehabilitation with Pierluigi Montovani
Episode 193: Managing the Emotional Fallout of the Pandemic with Dr. Gayle Lewis
RealTalk MS Bonus: MS in the 21st Century with Dr. Mitzi Joi Williams and Carolyn Kaufman
Episode 192: Next-Generation MS Therapies with Dr. Michael Kornberg
Episode 191: COVID-19 Vaccines and MS -- What You Need to Know Before You Go with Dr. Dorlan Kimbrough
Episode 190: MS Rehab in the Real World with Sally McAllister and Dr. Carol-Ann Nelson
Episode 189: Research on Sex Differences in MS Leads to Potential Treatment with Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl
Episode 188: Managing Your Cognitive Health in MS with Dr. Victoria Leavitt
Episode 187: Progressive MS Research, Treatment, and Rehabilitation with Dr. Kathy Zackowski and Dr. Daniel Ontaneda
Episode 186: Building Your Resilience with Dr. Meghan Beier
Episode 185: MS Advocacy and the 2021 Virtual Public Policy Conference with Bari Talente
Episode 184: MS Awareness Week with Tracey Cooper-Harris and Sarah Quezada
Episode 183: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in MS with Dr. Mitzi Joi Williams
Bonus Episode: ACTRIMS 2021
Episode 182: COVID-19 Vaccine Myth-Busting with Dr. Scott Newsome
Episode 181: Sex and MS with Dr. Linda Mona
Episode 180: Dr. Jaime Imitola Explains Timing Your MS Medications with the COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines
Episode 179: The Importance of Exercise in MS with Dr. Nora Fritz and Judy Boone
Episode 178: Diet and MS with Dr. Ilana Katz Sand
Episode 177: Dr. Nancy Sicotte Answers Your Questions About the COVID-19 Vaccines and MS
Episode 176: The National MS Society Issues a COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance
Episode 175: People-Powered MS Research with the CEO of iConquerMS Sara Loud
Episode 174: MSVirtual2020 Research Recap with Dr. Bruce Bebo
Episode 173: Creating the COVID Vaccine Guidance for People with MS with Dr. Nancy Sicotte
Episode 172: Preventing Holiday (and Pandemic) Stress with Megan Weigel, DNP, ARNP-C
Episode 171: The Country with One of the Highest Rates of MS in the World with Dr. Pamela Valentine
Episode 170: Managing MS Pain with Dr. Dawn Ehde and Dr. Heidi Maloni
Episode 169: MSTranslate with Brett Drummond
Episode 168: Remyelination in MS with Dr. Jeffrey Cohen and Dr. Ian Duncan
Episode 167: A Veteran's MS Journey with Karla Clay, Capt USAF
Episode 166: Managing MS-Related Fatigue with Dr. Bardia Nourbakhsh and Dr. Kathy Zackowski
Episode 165: Understanding MS Clinical Research with Dr. Sandi Cassard and Diane Kramer
Episode 164: Understanding Pediatric MS with Hannah Schnitzler, Melissa Fisher, and Dr. Brenda Banwell
Episode 163: MSVirtual2020 Research Wrap-Up with MS Society Executive VP of Research Dr. Bruce Bebo
Episode 162: MS Conference Updates with EJ Levy and Dr. Kathy Zackowski
Episode 161: Sleep Issues and MS with Dr. Katie Siengsukon
Episode 160: The Emotional Impact of the Pandemic on People Living with Progressive MS with Dr. Anthony Feinstein
Bonus: The MSVirtual2020 Conference
Episode 159: Resilience and MS with Dr. Dawn Ehde
Episode 158: A Deep Dive Into MS Disease-Modifying Therapies with Dr. Scott Newsome
Episode 157: The Future of Telehealth with Mei Wa Kwong
Episode 156: Managing Cognitive Dysfunction in MS with Dr. Meghan Beier
Episode 155: Managing Caregiver Stress with MaryAnne Sterling
Episode 154: Vaccinations for People Living with MS with Dr. John Ciotti
Episode 153: Improving Your Health Literacy with Dr. Kalina Sanders and Managing MS with Wellness Coach Kate Costello
Episode 152: Managing MS-Related Cognitive Issues and Depression with Dr. Meghan Beier
Episode 151: Managing MS Pain and Fatigue with Dr. Heidi Maloni
Episode 150: The Cost of MS Medications, Drug Development, and More: My Conversation with Genentech CEO Alexander Hardy
Episode 149: A Biomarker to Predict MS Progression with Dr. Robert Fox and Caroline Sincock
Episode 148: New Guidance for MS Disease-Modifying Therapies with Dr. Aaron Miller
Episode 146: An Integrative Medicine Approach to Treating MS with Dr. Allen Bowling
Episode 147: Racial Disparities in MS Care with Dr. Jackie Bhattarai
Episode 145: Managing MS Through Different Stages of Life with Dr. Jennifer Graves
Special Episode: CMSC 2020 Virtual Meeting Recap with Cherie Binns
Episode 144: Emotional Wellness and MS: A Check-In with Dr. Amy Sullivan
Episode 143: MS Research Update with Dr. Ellen Mowry
Episode 142: An MS Research Update with Dr. Bruce Bebo
Episode 141: How COVID-19 Affects People With MS with Dr. Robert Shin
Episode 140: Vitamins, Nutrition & Stress Reduction -- Managing MS Symptoms with Dr. Elizabeth Crabtree
Episode 139: She's Living with MS and Diagnosed with COVID-19 with Nancy Guerrera
Episode 138: COVID-19 & MS In Minority Populations with Dr. Mitzi Joi Williams
Episode 137: COVID-19 & MS Update with Dr. Tanuja Chitnis
Episode 135: Coping With the Uncertainty of MS and COVID-19 with Dr. Kevin Alschuler
Episode 134: COVID-19 and MS Updates with Dr. Aaron Miller
Episode 133: The Coronavirus (COVID-19) and MS Disease-Modifying Therapies
Bonus Episode: MS Awareness Week with Damian Washington and Dan & Jen Digmann
Episode 132: The Coronavirus (COVID-19) and MS with Dr. Abbey Hughes
Episode 131: Racial Disparity in MS Symptomatology with Dr. Jackie Bhattarai
Bonus Episode: ACTRIMS 2020
Episode 130: MS Advocacy with MS Activist Diane Kramer
Episode 129: MS Advocacy in 2020 with Bari Talente
Episode 128: Pregnancy & MS with Dr. Riley Bove
Episode 127: MS Activism with California Assemblymember Jim Wood
Episode 126: Access to MS Medications with Tim Coetzee and Bari Talente
Episode 125: The Pathways to Cures Think Tank
Episode 124: First Descents with Brad Ludden
Episode 123: My MS Toolkit with Dr. Anna Kratz
Episode 122: An Epic Bike Ride Across Canada for MS with Marc Boyer
Episode 121: ECTRIMS 2019 Research Recap With Dr. Bruce Bebo
Episode 120: Closing Out 2019 with Prof. Gavin Giovannoni
RealTalk MS Bonus: MS Mindshift with Cathy Chester
Episode 119: Gaining Access to MS Medications with Lisa Aquillano, PharmD, BCPS, MSCS
RealTalk MS Bonus: MS MindShift with Jodi Johnson
Episode 118: MS Sucks: Singing for a Cure with Stubhy Pandav
Episode 117: Caregiver Strategies with Penny Patnaude
RealTalk MS Bonus: MS MindShift with Caroline Craven
Episode 116: Dual-Tasking & MS with Dr. Soha Saleh
Episode 115: Secondary-Progressive MS with Dr. Mary Bailey
RealTalk MS Bonus: MS MindShift with Yvonne DeSousa
Episode 114: Understanding & Treating Cognitive Impairment in MS with Dr. Silvana Costa
Episode 113: The Things You Should Be Doing When You've Been Diagnosed with MS with Montel Williams
RealTalk MS Bonus: MS MindShift with Ashley Ringstaff
Episode 112: The MSIF People with MS Forum with Dr. Laura Musambayi and Gabriela Hidalgo
Episode 111: The Changing Face of MS Over 20 Years -- The CLIMB Study with Dr. Tanuja Chitnis
Episode 110: Coping with MS & Work Stress with Dr. Lauren Strober
Episode 109: On Becoming an MS Research Scientist with Dr. Anisha Doshi
Episode 108: Social Cognition & MS with Dr. Helen Genova
Episode 107: Resilience in the Face of MS with Dr. Brandon Beaber
Bonus Episode: ECTRIMS 2019 Day Three
Bonus Episode: ECTRIMS 2019 Day Two
Bonus Episode: ECTRIMS 2019 Day 1
Episode 106: Palliative Care for MS with Cherie Binns
Episode 105: BBQ For MS? It's the Southern Smoke Festival with Chris Shepherd
Episode 104: MS Fatigue with Dr. Ekaterina Dobryakova
Episode 103: Kyra Millich's MS Journey
Episode 102: MS Disability Progression & Socioeconomic Status with Professor Helen Tremlett
Episode 101: With Charcot Award Recipient Professor Catherine Lubetzki
Episode 100: Some of the Best Moments From Our Last 100 Episodes
Episode 99: Standing Up in MS with Professor Jenny Freeman
Episode 98: Navigating Social Security Disability Benefits with Jamie Hall, Esq.
Episode 97: The Power of the Bike with Mike Zimits & Cat Tsigakos
Episode 96: The TREAT-MS Clinical Trial (and why it's so important) with Dr. Ellen Mowry
Episode 95: Ambiguous Loss with Dr. Pauline Boss
Episode 94: Shady Stem Cell Clinics And Their Shady "Clinical Trials" & An MS Rehab Study with Dr. Laura Rice
Episode 93: Stem Cells Are In the News & A Research Update from Dr. Karen Lee, V.P. of Research at the MS Society of Canada
Episode 92: MS Research with Dr. Jeffrey Huang
Bonus: From the CMSC Annual Meeting Day 3 (5/31/2019)
Bonus: From the CMSC Annual Meeting Day 2 (5/30/2019)
Bonus: From the CMSC Meeting Day 1 (5/29/2019)
Episode 91: International Progressive MS Alliance Research Update
Episode 90: The MS Association of America with President & CEO Gina Murdoch
Episode 89: Exercise & MS with Dr. Lara Pilutti
Bonus: From the AAN Annual Meeting (Tues 5/07)
Bonus: From the AAN Annual Meeting (Mon. 5/06)
Bonus: From the AAN Annual Meeting (Sun. 5/05)
Episode 88: Fighting for A Cure with MS Activist Yvette Brisco
Episode 87: Robots & MS Rehabilitation with Dr. Maja Mataric
Episode 86: Cannabis & MS with Aryn Sieber
Episode 85: Meat Fight with MS Warrior Alice Laussade
Episode 84: A New Way of Measuring Mobility & Evaluating Disability with Dr. Valerie Block
Episode 83: Progressive MS Day with MS Warrior Kevin Reid
Episode 82: Minority Participation in MS Clinical Research with Dr. Mitzi Joi Williams
Episode 81: Almost One Million! The Prevalence of MS with National MS Society CEO Cyndi Zagieboylo, Dr. Bruce Bebo, & Dr. Ruth Ann Marrie
Episode 80: Access to Affordable MS Medications with MS Activist Diane Whitcraft
Episode 79: Caregiver Assurance -- A Better Way of Connecting Caregivers to the Support They Need
Episode 78: The Importance of MS Advocacy with Bari Talente
Episode 77: Shift.ms with Founder George Pepper & Aoife Kirwan
Episode 76: MS Rehabilitation With Dr. Deborah Backus
Episode 75: MS Risk Factors with Epidemiologist Dr. Farren Briggs
Episode 74: How Your Neurologist's Treatment "Style" Affects Your MS Treatment Plan with Dr. Aaron Boster
Episode 73: Making Connections with MSPals Mary Pettigrew
Episode 72: MS Cognitive Rehabilitation with Dr. Nancy Chiaravalloti
Episode 71: Our Look Back at 2018
Episode 70: When A Couple Is Living With MS with Dan & Jennifer Digmann
Episode 69: MS & Travel with Tarita Davenock, CEO of Travel For All
Episode 68: MS & AI with Dr. Chase Spurlock, CEO of iQuity
Episode 67: MS Research with Dr. Larry Sherman
Episode 66: Embracing Carers with EMD Serono's Scott Williams
Episode 65: Answering Listener Questions with Certified MS Nurse Cherie Binns
Episode 64: Patient-Driven MS Drug Development with Laura Kolaczkowski
Episode 63: Overcoming Caregiving Challenges with Dr. Amy Sullivan
Episode 62: New Guidelines for Managing MS Cognitive Dysfunction with Dr. John DeLuca
Episode 61: Voting IS MS Advocacy with MS Activist Karen Jackson
Episode 60: ECTRIMS Wrap-Up
Episode 59: Live from Day 3 of ECTRIMS 2018
Episode 58: Live from Day 2 of ECTRIMS 2018
Episode 57: Live from Day 1 at ECTRIMS 2018
Episode 56: On the Road to ECTRIMS
Episode 55: Minority Inclusion & MS -- We are illmatic with Victoria Reese
Episode 54: MS & Wellness -- A Paradigm Shift with Dr. Aaron Boster
Episode 53: iConquer MS with Dr. Robert McBurney & David Gwynne
Episode 52: Enjoying the Ride with MS Activist & Author Mitch Sturgeon
Episode 51: MS Research From Australia with Dr. Lisa Melton
Episode 50: The MS Comprehensive Care Model with Dr. Jacqueline Nicholas
Episode 49: Taking On a Challenge with MS Warrior Shawn Feliciano
Episode 48: The Intersection of Art & Science with Elizabeth Jameson
Episode 47: Mental Health Technology & MS Depression
Episode 46: Using Data & Technology to Improve MS Care with Michelle Mitchell, CEO of MS Society UK
Episode 45: Building Better Caregivers with Dr. Kate Lorig
Gender Differences & MS
Episode 43: Cannabis & MS
Episode 42: Stem Cell Therapy & MS
Episode 41: Becoming an MS Research Fellow with Dr. Elisabeth Mari
Episode 40: An MS Activist Is Running for Office with Marques Jones
Episode 39: MS & Depression with Dr. Amy Sullivan
Episode 38: The CMSC Annual Meeting with Dr. Rosalind Kalb, Marques Jones, Jill Blackburn & More
Episode 37: MS & Sexual Function with Stuart Nixon, MBE
Episode 36: Day Two From the International Progressive MS Alliance Scientific Congress on MS Rehabilitation & Symptom Management
Episode 35: Day One of the International Progressive MS Alliance Scientific Congress on MS Rehabilitation & Symptom Management
Episode 34: From the International Progressive MS Alliance Scientific Congress on MS Rehabilitation & Symptom Management
Episode 33: From the International Progressive MS Alliance Scientific Congress on Rehabilitation & Symptom Management
Episode 32: MS Rehabilitation & Symptom Management
Episode 31: David Mitchell & Patients For Affordable Drugs
Episode 30: Dr. Matthew Miles & MS Research Australia
RealTalk MS Episode 29: New Treatment Guidelines For MS Announced
RealTalk MS Episode 28: Pediatric MS With Dr. Emmanuelle Waubant
RealTalk MS Episode 27: Tech Tools To Manage MS
RealTalk MS Episode 26: Stephanie Buxhoeveden Is An MS Nurse Who Also Happens To Have MS
RealTalk MS Episode 25: Progressive MS Day With Dan & Jennifer Digmann
RealTalk Episode 24: MS & Depression? There's An App For That!
RealTalk MS Episode 23: Accelerating the Cure for MS
RealTalk MS Episode 22: All-Star MS Researchers & Their Work
RealTalk MS Episode 21: MS Advocacy: What It Is & Why It's So Important
RealTalk MS Episode 20: Help at Home From Helping Hands
RealTalk MS Episode 19: MS Navigators - A Seriously Remarkable Service You Need To Know About
RealTalk MS Episode 18: Meet the MS International Federation
RealTalk MS Episode 17: Open Sesame -- A Life-Changing App
RealTalk MS Episode 16: Robots & Rehabilitation With Dr. Maja Mataric
RealTalk MS Episode 15: We Are Illmatic
RealTalk MS Episode 14: New Year News Roundup
RealTalk MS Episode 13: The International Progressive MS Alliance With Prof. Alan Thompson
RealTalk MS Episode 12: The Difference Between Men and Women With MS
RealTalk MS Episode 11
RealTalk MS Episode 10: Caregiving
RealTalk MS Episode 9: MS & Depression
RealTalk MS Episode 8: The MS MOSAIC Study
RealTalk MS Episode 7: ECTRIMS Round-Up
RealTalk MS Episode 6: Being an MS Activist with Heather Fargo
RealTalk MS Episode 5: It's All About MS Research
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