Ask Aaron - Your Opportunity to speak to a Neurologist about Living Well with MS

Welcome to the "Living Well with MS" webinar series, where we bring together a panel of expert guests and community members who bring to life the Overcoming MS Program.

For our fifth webinar of season 6, we are delighted to welcome back award-winning, highly published, board-certified Neurologist Dr. Aaron Boster, for an extended session where the community ask him their questions about MS.
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Topics and Timestamps:
04:09 Understanding supplements for MS

10:52 Managing fatigue in MS

14:14 Exploring disease activity tests

17:25 Clinical trials for older patients

21:27 Menopause and hormone replacement therapy (HRT)

25:46 Tinnitus and MS

27:06 What is inflammation?

31:03 Gut health and MS

38:34 Remyelination drug trials

39:09 Red light therapy

42:07 DMTs for older patients

48:00 Neurologist testing

56:02 Pharmaceutical companies and DMTs

01:05:40 The impact of weather on MS symptoms

01:09:11 Neuroplasticity

01:12:39 Medication or treatments for incontinence

01:13:16 Swallowing

01:13:49 MS diet

01:16:46 Fermented foods

01:17:31 JC virus and natalizumab

01:19:32 MS and the Epstein-Barr virus

01:20:33 Ocrevus

01:25:19 MS and living further away from the equator

01:28:46 Paradigm shifting
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Speaker Bios:

Dr. Aaron Boster

Dr Aaron Boster is award-winning, widely published, and board-certified neurologist specialising in multiple sclerosis (MS) and related CNS inflammatory disorders.

Witnessing his uncle’s diagnosis with MS when he was 12, he and his family came to see a lack of coherence in the way MS was treated at the time. That experience informed Dr Boster’s drive to do things differently. Dr Boster has been intimately involved in the care of people impacted by MS; he has been a principal investigator in numerous clinical trials, trained multiple MS doctors and nurse practitioners, and has been published extensively in medical journals.

He lectures to both patients and providers worldwide with a mission to educate, energise and empower people impacted by MS.

Gina Beach

Regina “Gina” Beach is the producer of the Living Well with MS podcast.

She was diagnosed with Relapsing-Remitting MS with incomplete remission in 2021 and has been following the Overcoming MS Program ever since.

Gina teaches virtual accessible yoga and meditation and runs retreats in the UK and abroad.

Lyndsey Housden

Lyndsey Housden has a background spanning health and wellbeing coaching, academic coaching and teaching in the creative arts and design.

After being diagnosed with MS in 2010, whilst living in the Netherlands, she discovered the Overcoming MS Program, which inspired her to pivot her work toward coaching and supporting others on their own health and wellbeing journeys.

Lyndsey brings a holistic approach to helping others thrive. As a qualified health and wellbeing coach and academic coach, Lyndsey works with individuals and groups, to support personal growth, resilience, and sustainable wellbeing —both in life and learning. Lyndsey teaches accessible yoga, with a focus on inclusivity and adapting movement to suit all bodies.

Lyndsey is also an artist and creative producer, which continues to shape her approach, encouraging creativity, connection, and empowerment in every aspect of her work.
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