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Dr. Brandon Beaber

@Brandon_Beaber

Neurologist and MS specialist. YouTube creator. Author of "Resilience in the Face of Multiple Sclerosis". Father of 2. Tweets my own & not medical advice.
Los Angeles, CA youtube.com/channel/UC3645… Joined January 2018
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Dr. Brandon Beaber @Brandon_Beaber
I’m giving away 50 FREE review copies of my new audiobook “Resilience in the Face of Multiple Sclerosis” narrated by @daniel_pagone. It’s about 5 incredible people with MS, the science of resilience, mindfulness, and ho’oponopono. Respond here and I’ll send you a promo code.
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Is epstein barr virus really a "necessary but not sufficient" cause of multiple sclerosis? In this study in pediatric MS, "only" 94.6% tested positive for antibodies against EBV, indicating prior infection (Waubant et al 2024) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38332747/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Gene-environment interactions: Epstein-Barr virus infection and risk of pediatric-onset multiple... We report evidence for interactions between childhood EBV infection and DRB1*15 and the GG genotype of CD86 POMS risk variant. Our results suggest an important role of antigen-presenting cells (APCs)...
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In this publication, Dr. John Kurtzke (of EDSS fame) reported skyrocketing incidence of MS in the Faroe Islands in the 1940s and 1950s, attributing it to the arrival of British troops and some putative infectious cause. The MS "cluster" remains unexplained onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…
onlinelibrary.wiley.com Multiple sclerosis in the faroe islands: I. Clinical and epidemiological features Intensive search over the past five years for all cases of multiple sclerosis (MS) on the Faroe Islands since about 1920 has revealed 25 cases among native-born resident Faroese up to 1977. All but...
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Kesimpta vs. ocrevus in multiple sclerosis. This observational study from the Danish MS registry found they were about equally effective. Ocrevus was associated with marginally fewer relapses but similar rates of progression and MRI activity. neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WN…
www.neurology.org Ofatumumab vs Ocrelizumab in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis | Neurology Background and ObjectivesB-cell–depleting therapy with anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies is a highly effective and increasingly used treatment strategy for multiple sclerosis (MS); however, comparative...