ON DEMAND: 2021 Update: What's New in the Field of Multiple Sclerosis

Yale Continuing Medical Education, ON DEMAND: 2021 Update: What's New in the Field of Multiple Sclerosis, 6/1/2021 12:17:37 PM - 5/31/2024 1:17:00 PM, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most frequent non-traumatic cause for disability among young adults in North America and Europe. Worldwide, about 2.5 million people are affected. In the United States alone, almost 1 million individuals suffer from MS. There have been tremendous strides taken in the field of multiple sclerosis over the past several years including new diagnostic criteria & new treatment strategies.  This on demand webinar is designed to educate clinicians and other health care professionals on advances in the diagnosis and management of patients with multiple sclerosis. Lectures Included:  Overview of MS Pathophysiology and How Therapies Work - David Hafler MD   A Unified View of MS - David Pitt MD MS Genetics - Matthew Lincoln MD, PhD  MRI Update - Christina Azevedo MD  Vaccines in MS, Known and Unknown - Jeffrey Gross, MD  NMO: A Medication Update - Brian Weinshenker MD  Living with MS during Times of COVID - Erin Longbrake MD, PhD  Technological Advances in MS: How Apps and Telehealth  Could Improve Patient Care -  Sharon S. Stoll DO, MS  Covid-19 in MS Methodological Issues in the Interpretation of the Italian Registry Data - Maria Pia Sormani MD