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Learning about FSA and HSA Cards for healthcare savings

What Are FSA & HSA cards? A FSA Debit Card is a type of debit card issued in the United States. It can access tax-favored spending…

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Multiple Sclerosis and Social Isolation: 10 Tips

Click HERE to Register for the MS Beacon Newsletter Social Isolation is all too common among people with Multiple Sclerosis…

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Holiday Gift Guide for People With MS

By Cathy Cassata Medically Reviewed by Samuel Mackenzie, MD, PhD Finding the perfect gift for your friend with MS makes…

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Pharmacy Benefit Managers and Their Role in Drug Spending – Are they the Good Guys or Bad Guys

April 2019 Pharmacy benefit manager have a significant behind-the-scenes impact in determining drug costs and patients’ access to medications. Some experts…

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MS & Socializing: A Few Things to Remember

#MS&Socializing By Devin Garlit · September 17, 2019 While a disease like multiple sclerosis has a different effect on everyone…

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Sleep and Mental Health: Why Our Brains Need Sleep

Understanding how sleep impacts the mind and the link between sleep disorders and mental illness. IN THIS ARTICLE How Sleep…

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AAN issues guideline on vaccines and MS

source: MS Foundation August 29, 2019 Can a person with multiple sclerosis get regular vaccines? According to a new guideline,…

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Does Anesthesia, Invasive Surgery Increase Multiple Sclerosis Relapse Risk?

Hesitation to put MS patients on the operating table, due to relapse risk, may have physicians delaying important surgeries unnecessarily.…

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MS Drug Costs Spike After Medicare Change

By Robert Preidt                  HealthDay Reporter         WEDNESDAY, Feb. 6, 2019…

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WARNING: FDA Warns Against Plasma Transfusions Being Used to Treat MS and Other Diseases at Sites in US

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned against the use of plasma transfusions from young donors to alleviate or…

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