Conversations on MS with the MS Center’s Dr. Enrique Alvarez, recorded live in Pueblo, Colorado on March 19, 2024.
TOPICS ADDRESSED IN THIS SESSION
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- 2:55 Correlation between MS and dementia?
- 5:45 Cognitive testing in MS
- 8:36 Possible causes of MS
- 9:58 EBV and MS
- 10:50 Genetics and environmental factors
- 14:35 Vitamin D
- 15:45 Barometric pressure effects
- 16:57 Pediatric MS / Age-effects
- 18:55 Odds of “passing down” MS to children
- 21:31 Pregnancy, breastfeeding, and anti CD20 medications
- 25:16 B-cell lymphoma and MS
- 26:57 Dawsons fingers / locations of lesions to symptoms
- 30:55 Sleep trouble
- 33:44 COVID (boosters)
- 38:22 Other vaccine recommendations
- 39:22 Discontinuing treatment due to age / natural history of MS
- 45:28 RSV vaccine
- 47:15 Brain atrophy
- 50:38 BTKi update
- 52:30 Other MS treatments in pipeline
- 53:50 Remyelination update
- 56:05 Stem cells and car-t
- 1:00:00 IVIG
- 1:02:39 Spinal MRI / contrast
- 1:08:50 Progression independent of relapse activity (PIRA)
- 1:12:10 Increasing cognitive reserve/brain health (diet, movement, sleep, mental engagement)
- 1:18:08 Fatigue
- 1:22:29 Balance and exercise
- 1:31:39 Why did you choose MS as your career?
- 1:33:40 Alpha lipoic acid