ECTRIMS in Lyon, France

[Lulu54]

This is not the week to need a neuro because over 6,500 of them are gathering in Lyon, France, for the ECTRIMS conference.

Watch for all the breaking news this week as the ECTRIMS convention proceeds - here's a headline or two to get you started -

Statin Slows Progressive MS
LYON, France -- High dose simvastatin (Zycor) significantly reduced brain atrophy and advancement of disability in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis in a phase II study, researchers reported here.
from Medpage Today

You can follow them on twitter  @ectrims

You can read press releases like this one from Biogen -
http://www.biogenidec.com/PRESS_RELEASE_DETAILS.aspx?ID=5981&ReqId=1743505

Convention information and links are at this url, including the program
http://www.congrex.ch/ectrims2012

I bet there will be lots of great things to talk about from this International meeting.

[sllowe]

LIke Lu, I encourage all to sign-in to this sight. It cost nothing. The webcasts link will bring you the whole line up. There you will see various topics like:

http://ectrims2012.eventresult.com/ .

PMS and IRIS

From Environment to MS

Genetics to MS

Inflammation to Neurodegeneration

Natural to treated History

Biology and Recovery

and, more.....

This is why we so encourage you to tune in. Sign-in is a snap. Just click one of those videos, and you will be prompted to register or sign-in.

So much can be learned from this. I highly recommend all MSers to tune in.

-Shell

[sllowe]

Skip the transcripts, here are the webcasts.

Enjoy.

http://ectrims2012.eventresult.com/

[sllowe]

I look forward to transcripts from this conference. Thanks for the links!
My specialist is always there too.
-shell

[SarahL2491]

I know!  MY neuro is there!!!  I can't wait to hear what he found out!