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Sep 17, 2020

ABC Executive, Magazine Publisher, and MS Conqueror: John Shuff, April 27, 1940 – June 29, 2020

I was wondering why I hadn’t received one of John’s funny emails in a while.When I received my issue of Boca Raton magazine.

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Apr 27, 2020

Does MS Make You Susceptible to COVID-19?

One thing that has bothered me in the 20 years since being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis is that people think of MS as an...

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Nov 20, 2019

Tackling Multiple Sclerosis: Sleep It Off!

Ever since being diagnosed with MS in October 2000, one of my key mantras has been to sleeeep iiiiit ooooofff!!! The careless but straigh...

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Oct 1, 2019

Does Chocolate Help Solve Multiple Sclerosis?

Maintaining a “healthy gut” is all the rage these days among health experts, both the loud and cray-cray types and the more serious, sobe...

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Aug 19, 2019

Evening Primrose Oil and Treating Multiple Sclerosis

That little feature Amazon has, “You might also like,” suggested a book for me early on in my MS journey – in the early 2000s, not long a...

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Jul 24, 2019

Why Did Annette Funicello Have MS?

You probably know of Annette Funicello (10/22/1942 – 4/8/2013), the fun, pretty, happy actress who was probably the most famous Mousekete...

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Jul 10, 2019

How Can I Avoid Stress?

Life is naturally stressful, right? First we need to get good grades in school. Then we need to get into a good college or trade school –...

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Jun 27, 2019

Important MS Info I Forgot to Include in the Book: Flu Shots

One thing I forgot to mention in my book “Game Over, MS” is whether or not to get a flu shot every year if you have MS. After all, when y...

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Jun 3, 2019

What’s the Best Diet for Multiple Sclerosis?

The first thing you need in a diet is whether it works. The second thing is whether it’s doable! I feel very fortunate that I happened up...

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May 19, 2019

What Are the First Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis?

I hate to say it, but things were much simpler in the good ol’ days of the early internet in the late 1990s and the first decade of the 2...

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Apr 28, 2019

Did Mary Ingalls Have Multiple Sclerosis?

Remember the 1970s/’80s TV show “Little House on the Prairie,” based on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House” book series? The story is b...

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