Wednesday, February 15, 2012

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Gina Gunkel

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Author & Photographer

Meeting Author Richard Cohen and Discussing Our MS

This week I had the pleasure of meeting Richard Cohen, author of Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness: A Reluctant Memoir.  He is also the husband of  Today Show co-host, Meredith Viera.  I was at a sporting event with my family.  As I entered the arena, I exclaimed, “Oh my, there’s Richard!”  My... Read moreChevron
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Dr. Gross

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Neurologist

Movement Disorders and MS

Stumbling down the block, I landed on my hip and began jerking my arm; the event stressed me out. I grabbed for my wallet but found my tremoring hand unable to seize it from the grasp of a robber who had witnessed my tangled mass of taut muscles in a grounded heap.   A walking disorder leading to a fall An involuntary arm jerking Tremor... Read moreChevron
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Dr. Gross

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The Spinal Cord and MS

When people think about Multiple Sclerosis, there is often fixation on the brain. After all, the brain, characteristically struck by MS, is the organ that affords us the ability to think and to have self-awareness. Yet it is not uncommon to discover multiple silent brain lesions on MRI in MS and find the patient afflicted with only spinal... Read moreChevron