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Is Multiple Sclerosis (MS) a Disability?

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. It can cause fatigue, trouble with balance and coordination, muscle weakness, and vision problems. Having MS doesn’t ...
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Life stressors may contribute to multiple sclerosis flares, disability

A Michigan Medicine-led study finds that stressors across the lifespan — including poverty, abuse and divorce — are associated with worsening health and functional outcomes for people with multiple ...
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Roche says experimental drug helped slow disability in progressive multiple sclerosis study

Roche Holdings AG RHHBY on Monday shared new late-breaking data from the Phase 3 FENtrepid study of the investigational Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor fenebrutinib. Fenebrutinib is an ...
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Press Release: Tolebrutinib phase 3 data published in NEJM demonstrate benefit on disability progression in multiple sclerosis

Results from the HERCULES phase 3 study showed delay in disability progression in people living with non-relapsing secondary progressive multiple sclerosis Tolebrutinib has the potential to be the ...
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When covering disability, avoid ableist tropes like the 'pity trap'

JOE SHAPIRO, INVESTIGATIONS, NPR: My name is Joe Shapiro. I'm a correspondent at NPR. I work on the Investigations unit, but I've had a long interest in disability issues. I've been writing about this ...
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Roche’s fenebrutinib is the first investigational medicine in over a decade that reduces disability progression in primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS)

Late-breaking Phase III FENtrepid results presented at ACTRIMS show investigational fenebrutinib met its primary endpoint of non-inferiority compared to the current standard of care, OCREVUS, in ...