Hello friends --Hope this finds you enjoying some beautiful weather - like I have been here in Virginia! 🍁 I had both of my daughters home last weekend and I'm on happiness overload right now!!  Wish I could share it with each of you.  So - want to know what's shakin' in the MS world this week??  I got choo -- 1.  I just published a new FUMS Podcast episode today.  My guest was Dr. Anthony Feinstein, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, where he runs an MS neuropsychiatry clinic and research team. His MS research has focused on MRI-visualized brain changes associated with depression, the development of fully-automated cognitive tests for people with MS, and much more. He is also the author of Mind, Mood, and Memory: The Neurobehavioral Consequences of Multiple Sclerosis.  This one is all about the noggin and how it affects us - and what we can do about it!  Have a listen - right here:  Dr. Anthony Feinstein2.  Electronic enrollment that can mean faster, more efficient prescribing to  avoid treatment delays?  Why yes, please!  What a novel idea!  GoodRx, in collaboration with Biogen, has made the enrollment form for starting an MS patient on Vumerity (diroximel fumarate) available on its new “Provider Mode” digital platform.  GoodRx Offers MS Patients Digital Vumerity Enrollment Form3.  High adherence to a Mediterranean diet is associated with a lower risk of disability outcomes, as well as reported disease symptoms, in people with MS, a new study shows.  Plus - we all know - everything's betta with Feta!  😉  Mediterranean Diet Associated With Lower Disability Risk in MS Study4.  A research team at Marquette University has received a $3.34 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to test whether high-intensity exercise on a “shaky” treadmill — one that moves unexpectedly — can help people with multiple sclerosis (MS) retain a sense of balance and walk faster.  What could go wrong???  🤪  NIH Grant to Test ‘Shaky’ Treadmill Training to Prevent Falls With MS5.  In the "congratulations, you're screwed" department - this just in:  People with RRMS or CIS have lower cholesterol levels in their blood and cerebrospinal fluid the fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord, compared with those without MS, a study reports. YAY - 🥳 WOOT WOOT - finally - this damned disease has an advantage.  But wait - there's more: these lower cholesterol levels might correlate with a more severe disease course, the researchers said, noting more studies are needed.  What in the actual F-bomb??  Low Cholesterol May Reflect More Aggressive Disease Progression6.  If you've been watching actress and MS warrior Selma Blair on "Dancing with the Stars" I'm sure you've been inspired by her tenacity, grit and grace.  It felt like she was dancing for all of us.  Unfortunately, she announced earlier today that she has to leave the competition due to health issues.  Selma Blair suddenly departs "Dancing with the Stars" after MRI results show she "can't go on" with competition

Well - that's all folks.  Hope you learned something and maybe got a little giggle in as well.  If there's anything I can do to help you - drop me an email and let me know at [email protected] or meet me over in the FUMS Facebook community and let's chat!  Thanks.Warmly -- Kathy#FUMS 

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