When it comes to living your best life when you're living with MS, the first step is to make smart lifestyle choices. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle doesn't require pills, injections, or infusions. And making smart lifestyle choices can make a real, measurable difference in your quality of life.
Joining me to talk about the benefits of maintaining a healthy lifestyle and share some tips and strategies for living your best life when you're living with MS is Dr. Lisa Doggett, a family and lifestyle medicine physician at the MS and Neuroimmunology Center at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Doggett was diagnosed with MS in 2009, and she's the author of the memoir, ‘Up the Down Escalator: Medicine, Motherhood, and Multiple Sclerosis‘.
We'll also tell you about a research team that's looking to improve the way that stem cells are transplanted — and why that's a good thing for people with MS.
We'll share the details behind the European Union's approval of a new Ocrevus formulation that makes the DMT much more patient-friendly.
You'll hear about the blood test for measuring a biomarker that can predict future MS disease worsening that has just gained approval in the European Union.
And we'll tell you where to find the video replay of Mobility Challenges in Progressive MS, the most recent webcast hosted by the International Progressive MS Alliance.
We have a lot to talk about! Are you ready for RealTalk MS??!
This Week: Lifestyle changes that will improve your quality of life :22
Researchers receive a grant to develop a better way to transplant stem cells 1:30
Subcutaneous Ocrevus has been approved in the European Union 3:50
Blood test to measure a biomarker that can predict future MS disease worsening receives approval in the European Union 5:35
Catch the video replay of the latest Progressive MS Alliance webcast 7:13
Dr. Lisa Doggett offers strategies for making lifestyle choices that will make a difference in your quality of life 8:20
Share this episode 26:50
Next Week: Dr. Jaime Imitola introduces us to VISIBL-MS 27:10
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RealTalk MS Episode 357
Guests: Dr. Lisa Doggett