Conversations on MS with Dr. Ryan Kammeyer, December 3, 2025

Conversations on MS with Dr. Ryan Kammeyer, live on Zoom. Recorded on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025.

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• 4:18 Getting an advanced degree with MS
• 6:02 How to gauge disability
• 8:23 Communication strategies with support partners
• 10:36 Is MS terminal?
• 11:46 Secondary Progressive MS (SPMS)
• 13:56 Heat intolerance and fatigue
• 15:58 Autonomic temperature dysfunction
• 18:48 Figuring out what’s MS and what’s something else
• 21:01 Menopause and early menopause
• 22:06 Slurring or slowed speech
• 23:51 Helping with walking difficulties
• 28:15 Long-term risks of Tecfidera, PML
• 30:46 Is rituximab chemotherapy?
• 32:37 Discontinuation of DMTs
• 37:25 Trials for relapsing MS vs. progressive MS
• 39:17 New research focused on progressive MS (CAR-T)
• 41:58 Stem cells
• 46:16 Being immunocompromised, avoiding illness
• 51:58 MS and lupus overlapping treatments
• 53:58 Non-medicine things that help / brain health
• 54:21 Diet and nutrition (dairy)
• 57:11 Physical activity / exercise
• 58:42 Fatigue
• 1:01:30 Recommended supplements
• 1:05:35 Perspective on the number of MS studies
• 1:07:08 Why do more women develop MS?
• 1:09:43 Repair and remyelination, restoring function
• 1:14:06 Postpartum advice to avoid a relapse