Bruce F Bebo

1 week ago | neurologylive.com | Bruce F Bebo |Isabella Ciccone

WATCH TIME: 5 minutes “I think we’ll look back—when the cures are found for MS—and we’ll see these lectures at the Academy meeting as milestones and significant jumps in our understanding of MS that led to those cures.” The John Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research, presented by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (the Society) in partnership with the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), honors exceptional research that has significantly advanced the understanding, prevention,...

1 month ago | neurologylive.com | Bruce F Bebo |Isabella Ciccone

WATCH TIME: 5 minutes"Studies published just a year or so ago queried electronic medical records using AI algorithms to look for patterns in healthcare utilization and groups of people who went on to develop MS compared [with] those who did not.

1 month ago | neurologylive.com | Bruce F Bebo |Isabella Ciccone

WATCH TIME: 4 minutes "Even when you have [patients] on these high-efficacy therapies and almost completely suppressing relapses, you still notice this slow progression." The 2025 Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS) Forum, held February 27 to March 1, in West Palm Beach, Florida, spotlights the latest breakthroughs in MS research, with a strong focus on smoldering neuroinflammation, progression independent of relapse activity (PIRA), and innovative...

Apr 15, 2024 | neurologylive.com | Bruce F Bebo

WATCH TIME: 3 minutes"Prizes like the Dystel Prize help elevate and recognize excellence in MS research and create excitement and interest, promoting MS as a specialty that deserves to be studied and investigated."Rhonda Voskuhl, MD, director of the Multiple Sclerosis Program at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), received the 2024 John Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research.

Oct 27, 2023 | todayschronic.com | Bruce F Bebo |Margaret Jenner

By Bruce Bebo, PhD, as told to Hallie LevineI've been part of the leadership team for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for a decade. I was inspired to pursue this advocacy work because my mother was diagnosed with the disease when I was a child. Back then, there were virtually no treatments for her, and she suffered unnecessarily. As a kid, I vowed I'd do everything in my power to change that. Today, the outlook for people diagnosed with MS is much different.