Webinar Highlights: Your opportunity to speak to a Neurologist about Living Well with MS with Dr Aaron Boster | S6E19
Welcome to Living Well with MS, the podcast that empowers you to take control of your health and wellbeing. Today we’re sharing the highlights from our ‘Ask Aaron’ webinar, recorded in front of a global audience, with the incredible Dr Aaron Boster. Dr Boster is a board-certified neurologist who specialises in MS, and we’re delighted to have him answering a huge range of questions from our community! From medications to MRI’s and pregnancy to cold showers, Dr Boster gave us so many brilliantly informative answers - we hope you find this episode really useful. Let us know what you think!
Watch this episode on YouTube here. Keep reading for the key episode takeaways.
Topics and Timestamps:
01:49 Defining benign MS
05:05 How to get the most out of your time with your neurologist
09:32 The DMTs that help with brain atrophy
09:46 MRI’s as a way to show the rate of brain atrophy
18:20 Aubagio for secondary progressive MS
22:11 The future of Ocrevus dosing guidelines and becoming pregnant on ocrelizumab
26:31 Treating MS-relating dystonia
28:37 Treatments for MS-related bladder dysfunction
35:15 Low-dose Naltrexone for MS
39:00 The benefits of cold showers
39:38 Immune reconstitution therapies
43:22 Managing MS with diet and exercise
To join us live for the next webinar or watch the original presentation head to our website overcomingms.org
More info and links:Dr Boster was on five previous Living Well with MS episodes:
- S1E11: Making the Right Medication Choices
- S2E17: Lifestyle Choices and Their Impact on MS
- S3E43: Let’s Talk About Sex (and MS)
- S5E5 Webinar highlights from Ask Aaron with Dr. Aaron Boster
- S5E36 Webinar Highlights: Ask a Neurologist with Dr Aaron Boster
- Check out Dr Boster’s popular YouTube channel covering all aspects of MS
- New to Overcoming MS? Visit our introductory page
- Connect with others following Overcoming MS on the Live Well Hub
- Visit the Overcoming MS website
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