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CLINICAL CASES IN MS – CASE 5: A CLINICALLY STABLE PATIENT PLANNING A PREGNANCY

 

Click here to watch Dr. Courtney Casserly discuss the case and the responses to the survey.

Alison, 31, is a lawyer, married with no children. She was diagnosed with RRMS in 2014. Her initial presentation was vertigo, diplopia and mild ataxia. EDSS score was 2.0. She was started on glatiramer acetate but was switched to fingolimod in 2016 after experiencing two relapses. Read More

Revisions proposed for McDonald criteria

 

A fourth revision of the McDonald diagnostic criteria is currently underway to address some of the conceptual and practical difficulties in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, according to Dr. Jeffrey Cohen, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. His remarks were made at the 43rd International Neuroscience Symposium of the Université de Montréal, held May 3-5, 2022, in Montreal. Read More

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Excess mortality during pandemic tops 14 million

 

The World Health Organization estimates that excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021) globally was 14.91 million. Excess mortality includes reported COVID deaths (5.42 million) as well as unreported COVID deaths, all-cause mortality where COVID played a role, and excess deaths related to healthcare delivery. This methodology was used to more accurately reflect deaths directly and indirectly related to the pandemic. Read More