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Sip on some tea with California Tea House and Help Us Erase MS!
California Tea House is helping us erase MS, and this year they are participating in our annual Race to Erase MS Gala by donating delicious tea to our gift bags! We are so grateful for their support!
When Ani and ...
Paramount Farms is helping us Erase MS!
We are getting super excited for our 19th Annual Race to Erase MS Gala, taking place on May 18th, 2012! Our event includes a live and silent auction, fashion show, live entertainment, cocktail reception, and a gift bag passout. We ...
Diet and Lifestyle to Help You Thrive with MS, Part 11 – How Do I Get All Those Veggies?
Another outstanding installment from health and wellness expert, Laurie Erdman:
I have shared with you my discovery of eating an alkaline diet to reduce inflammation and help me thrive with multiple sclerosis. If you have done any research since then ...
Diet and Lifestyle to Help You Thrive with MS, Part 10 – Searching for Balance
We have another wonderful installment from the health and wellness guru, Laurie Erdman:
In my last installment, I wrote about the role of inflammation in multiple sclerosis. I promised to tell you how I determine which foods to eat and ...
Take Action - Van DiBernardo
Here is another incredible post from guest blogger, Van DiBernardo. He always has wonderful stories and inspirational dispositions to share on MS and the journey of life:
In the words of Stephen Hawking:
“My expectations were reduced to zero when ...
The Forcing Function - A Guest Blog By Gary Pinder
We met the awesome Gary Pinder through Twitter, and we are honored he is sharing his MS story with us. He is truly inspirational and despite having MS, he has been traveling the world with his family. He has hiked ...
Diet and Lifestyle to Help You Thrive with MS, Part 8 - It Starts With the Gut
We are happy to share another installment of Laurie Erdman’s diet and lifestyle series:
Sometimes I wish science would figure it all out and leave well enough alone. Every time I turn around, we are learning new and more ...
Diet and Lifestyle to Help You Thrive with MS, Part 7 - What are You Grateful For?
We are thrilled that our wellness hero, Laurie Erdman, is back to share her seventh installment of her diet and lifestyle series. She provides amazing support and strategies that help people make wellness a part of their everyday life:
Wouldn ...
August 12, 2009 - A Guest Blog
We were fortunate enough to be connected with this incredible young man, Tristan Williams, through one of our other fabulous guest bloggers. Our friend Tristan was diagnosed with MS at the age of 19, and decided to launch a support ...
Don't Rush the 2nd Act - Van DiBernardo
Words of wisdom and advice from our dear friend and guest blogger, Van DiBernardo. We are so thankful for him to share his positive, inspiring outlook on life and MS:
Michael J. Fox was 29 years old when he was ...
2 Degrees of Separation - A Guest Blog
We are excited to feature another post from our guest blogger, designer Van DiBernardo. Former DKNY shoe designer and inspiring MSer, he is in the process of designing a fashionable cooling vest which will help exacerbate MS heat intolerance. Van ...
Cross Channel Swim to Erase MS - A Guest Blog
The time is always right to go after a goal you wish to accomplish, whether it be for yourself or even in honor of a beloved one! In the midst of that goal, it is important to recognize we touch ...
MS Expressed Through Art - A Guest Blog
Art inspires people and allows us to share our emotions and experiences in a unique way. Our amazing guest blogger, Janelle Logan, shares with us a power piece of art that embodies her emotions and experiences of her MS diagnosis ...
Multiple Sclerosis, A Manly Disease? - A Guest Blog
We are happy to have Ricardo, one of our awesome guest bloggers, share his experience with MS through a male’s perspective:
Multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable neurological disease that affects an estimated 400,000 people in the United States ...
Sarah's Story - A Guest Blog
We met Sarah through Twitter and were very impressed with her own blog, so we asked her to share her story on our blog:
For me the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. has been anything but typical from what I understand ...
Diet and Lifestyle to Help You Thrive with MS, Part 5 - Breathing. - A Guest Blog
In August, we introduced you to Laurie, a health & wellness coach specializing in helping those with chronic illness and fatigue. This week we are so excited to share her fifth installment of her diet and lifestyle series:
A few weeks ...
Jennifer's Story - A Guest Blog
We first met Jennifer when she won one of our Facebook contests. (She won the shirt she is pictured wearing!) We were so impressed to learn she has Multiple Sclerosis but runs half marathons! We wanted to hear more of ...
FREE CLASS - Diet and Nutrition for Multiple Sclerosis
Our very own guest blogger, Laurie Erdman, will be teaching a FREE CLASS in which she will discuss how an anti-inflammatory diet can help reverse fatigue and create a thriving life with MS. She will also cover how to best ...
Polar Products is Helping Us ERASE MS!
If you have recently taken a look at our store you may have noticed a brand new item – the “Erase MS” Orange Paisley Quick Cool Scarf from our new Orange Campaign partner – Polar Products. They will be donating 20% of ...
Man Walks From Massachusetts to California to Raise MS Awareness!
Our readers brought it to our attention that a man is walking from Winchester, Massachusetts to San Diego to raise Multiple Sclerosis awareness! The man, Stephen Homesey, has already made it to Northwest Arkansas, where 40/29 News picked up ...
Driving Forces - A Guest Blog
In July, we introduced you to Van DiBernardo, a former DKNY designer & MS patient. Here is his second guest blog:
Driving Forces
Some of us are drivers, some are passengers – but in one way we are all the same: we ...
Diet and Lifestyle to Help You Thrive with MS, Part 3 - Meditation. A Guest Blog
This month we introduced you to Laurie, a health & wellness coach specializing in helping those with chronic illness and fatigue. This week we are so excited to share her third installment of her diet and lifestyle series:
When it comes ...
MS Minute 5 is Out!
We are so excited to share MS Minute 5 – Progressive MS & Viruses as MS Triggers, an interview with Dr. Dennis Bourdette! Dr. Dennis Bourdette serves as the chairman of the Department of Neurology and director of the Multiple Sclerosis and ...
Diet and Lifestyle to Help You Thrive with MS, Part 2 - Diet. A Guest Blog
Last week we introduced you to Laurie, a health & wellness coach specializing in helping those with chronic illness and fatigue. This week we are so excited to share her second installment of her diet and lifestyle series:
There are several ...
Optimize Your Diet AND Erase Multiple Sclerosis
On Friday we shared with you a post from Laurie, a chronic wellness coach. She touched on “food as medicine,” and soon she will thoroughly discuss diet as a way to manage Multiple Sclerosis symptoms.
We hope Laurie will inspire ...
Diet and Lifestyle to Help You Thrive with MS, Part 1 – Why? A Guest Blog
Last week we introduced you to Laurie, a health & wellness coach specializing in helping those with chronic illness and fatigue. This week we are so excited to share her first installment of her diet and lifestyle series:
Food as medicine ...
New Party Invitations to Erase MS!
We are ready for fall, now that the creative crew over at Invitation Consultants has released their latest seasonal designs! Order any of the party invites below and 100% of the proceeds will benefit the Nancy Davis Foundation! We hope ...
Orange Mojitos for Multiple Sclerosis
Mark it on your calendar…
We are so excited to share that our friends at Havana Central Restaurant will be helping us ERASE MS with Orange Mojitos September 5th – September 11th! During that week they will be donating 50% of ...
Laurie's Story - A Guest Blog
This is our first guest blog of many from Laurie, a health coach with MS. Hear her story here and come back as she’ll be sharing lifestyle and health tips for those with chronic illness. Now, onto Laurie’s ...
Give Your Jar of Pennies to Multiple Sclerosis Research
Do you put your daily loose change in a jar and watch it slowly add up? Or are you more likely to let it jingle around in the bottom of your purse, or even leave it in your jeans?
Regardless ...
"I Have MS, Janelle-Type" - A Guest Blog
It happened unexpectedly, as most revelations do. I was flipping through the TV channels and landed on a documentary of Charlotte Garside, the world’s smallest girl. Her parents were on a quest to learn what type of primordial dwarfism ...
Baking for Good is Baking for MS!
Your sweet tooth can now help fund Multiple Sclerosis research thanks to our partners at Baking for Good! How, you ask? Here’s how:
Baking for Good is an online bakery with a social mission: each purchase of its delicious ...
Invitation Consultants Supports MS Year Round!
The month of May is Multiple Sclerosis awareness month, but that’s not stopping our partners at Invitation Consultants from bringing (much needed) attention to the disease year-round.
Last week they all wore orange to show their support!
We love ...
Guest Blogging Series & "MS Under a Microscope"
We hope you have been enjoying our guest bloggers’ personal stories – we certainly have!
Keep checking back as we’ll have more authentic voices from the MS Community. Some upcoming entries will be from mothers with MS, mothers whose daughters ...
"Heat, Design, & Disease" - A Guest Blog
Our second guest blog post comes from Van DiBernardo, a former DKNY designer & MS patient. Here is his story:
Heat, Design, & Disease
As a shoe designer for Donna Karan, I was in perpetual motion: Designing, prototyping, overseeing the production of ...
"How I Got My Reading Groove Back" - A Guest Blog
Our first guest blog comes from Ricardo V. – we are so excited he shared his story with us. If anyone else is interested in being a guest blogger, please email social@erasems.org. Now onto Ricardo’s story:
How I ...
Winners of "I have MS, MS Does Have Me" Essay Contest Announced
The winners of our “I have MS, MS Does Not Have Me” essay contest are Jessica Riddle (1st), Ashley (2nd) and Amanda West (3rd) !! Big congrats to these lovely ladies and a big thank you to everyone who entered!
Jessica ...
Pushing Forward with Multiple Sclerosis
Our friends at Bioness brought this great article to our attention: Pushing Forward with Multiple Sclerosis. It shares the story of a woman who took back her life and mobility by overcoming foot drop. She now works out three times ...
Multiple Sclerosis is Like Improv
Our friends at WebMD have a great blog post our today titled, Cancer is Like Improv.. After reading it we think Multiple Sclerosis is a lot like improv too! We’re sharing Jennifer Goodman Linn’s post below, but replacing ...
Calling All MS Bloggers
Do you have Multiple Sclerosis, know someone who does, or have been affected by the disease? (I.e. if Multiple Sclerosis has touched your life in some form.) Then we want to hear from you! We are looking for guest ...
Vote for Your Favorite "I have MS, MS Does not Have Me" Essay!
This month we are letting our supporters share their personal stories of overcoming Multiple Sclerosis in the form of a short essay. Essays have been submitted through our Facebook page. We have enjoyed reading all of the entries – each and ...
Nancy Davis to be Featured in WebMD Magazine!
The April/May isse of WebMD magazine features the article, “Designs on a Cure.” The article discusses Tommy Hilfiger’s longstanding involvement with the Nancy Davis Foundation and the Race to Erase MS Gala. Hilfiger has been a board member ...
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Posted: May 13, 2012We are just a few days away from our Race to Erase MS Gala! To read all ...
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