Broadcast date: 4/7/16
Every hour in the United States, someone is newly diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a disease of the central nervous system.
There are more than 1,000 individuals living with MS on the Central Coast alone. Multiple sclerosis interrupts the flow of information between the brain and the body and it stops people from moving.
Millions of people are affected by MS and the challenges of living with its unpredictable symptoms, which range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS.
Join host Fred Munroe as he speaks with Fotini Alfieris, Director of the Central California Chapter of the National MS Society, and April Nordyke, living with MS as they discuss how MS affects those diagnosed with the disease, how to access resources and information, and the society’s focus on research and treatment to stop disease progression, restore function, and end MS forever.
Central Coast Voices is sponsored by ACTION for Healthy Communities in collaboration with KCBX and made possible through underwriting by Joan Gellert-Sargen.
