Past Podcast Episodes

October 31, 2017
Last week, more than 9,000 MS research scientists, physicians, and pharmaceutical industry experts attended ECTRIMS-ACTRIMS, the largest annual international MS research conference in the world. And we're devoting this week's podcast episode to talking about what they were talking about! Welcome to the RealTalk MS ECTRIMS Round-Up!

You'll find out about how the “official” number of people with MS in the United States is now more than double what it was before last week. We'll talk about some of the sobering socio-economic effects of MS on women. We'll look at new data from studies on treating Progressive MS, and we'll discuss some of the cutting-edge research study results that were announced while we try to identify some of the most promising new information that was released at ECTRIMS.

And if you're ready to check out the webcast about Progressive MS research that I talk about in this episode, you can find it here.

We've got the news, views, interviews & breakthroughs that are important to you. So…are you ready for RealTalk MS?

October 24, 2017
This week, we're talking about MS Activism with the former mayor of Sacramento, California and current MS Activist, Heather Fargo. In last week's podcast, we talked about the prescription drug price transparency bill that was recently signed into law in California. Heather played an important role in the passage of that law, and we'll be talking to her about why that law is so important to the MS community. We're also going to talk about why it's important to use your power as an MS Activist, and how you can become an MS Activist, if you aren't one already.

The ECTRIMS-ACTRIMS joint conference starts tomorrow in Paris. It's the largest annual international MS research conference in the world, and the National MS Society and the International Progressive MS Alliance are hosting a webcast that you won't want to miss. We'll give you all the details and let you know how you can register for the webcast.

We're also talking about a newly announced national MS Registry that you and your neurologist can participate in. And we'll look at a new Lemtrada study that produced some really encouraging results.

We've got the news, views, interviews & breakthroughs that are important to you. So…are you ready for RealTalk MS?