Conversations on MS with Dr. Ryan Kammeyer, live on Zoom. Recorded on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025.
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TOPICS ADDRESSED IN THIS SESSION:
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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
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