Overcoming Sleep Issues When You're Living with MS with Dr. Katie Siengsukon

Getting a good night's sleep is something that benefits everyone. And if you're someone who's living with MS, it's perhaps even more important. But research suggests that more than half the people living with MS experience poor sleep.    Dr. Katie Siengsukon, the Director of the Sleep, Health, and Wellness Lab at the University of Kansas Medical Center Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, returns to the podcast to discuss the importance of good sleep hygiene, along with steps you can take to improve the quality of your sleep. We're also explaining how changes in U.S. public policy will impact people with MS. We'll tell you about an algorithm developed at Duke University that can predict (with 80-90% accuracy!) whether someone's MS symptoms will worsen in the weeks ahead. We'll share study results that show MS accelerates biological aging among children and teens with MS. We'll explain why this finding can also be applied to adults with MS, and what it means. And we'll tell you about the biotech start-up that has succeeded at bringing the brains of people who have passed away back to life, and we'll explain why that can have a major impact on CNS disease research. We have a lot to talk about! Are you ready for RealTalk MS??! This Week: Sleep Hygiene and MS  :22 How public policy changes in the U.S. will impact people with MS  1:18 What if you knew when an MS symptom was going to worsen?  6:18 Study results show MS accelerates biological aging in children  9:04 How re-animated human brains could accelerate CNS research (And which company is doing it!)  12:00 Dr. Katie Siengsukon discusses the importance of good sleep hygiene for people living with MS  15:37 Share this episode  33:32 Have you downloaded the free RealTalk MS app?  33:52 SHARE THIS EPISODE OF REALTALK MS Just copy this link & paste it into your text or email: https://realtalkms.com/407 ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE CONVERSATION I've always thought about the RealTalk MS podcast as a conversation. And this is your opportunity to join the conversation by sharing your feedback, questions, and suggestions for topics that we can discuss in future podcast episodes. Please shoot me an email or call the RealTalk MS Listener Hotline and share your thoughts! Email: jon@realtalkms.com Phone: (310) 526-2283 And don't forget to join us in the RealTalk MS Facebook group! LINKS If your podcast app doesn't allow you to click on these links, you'll find them in the show notes in the RealTalk MS app or at www.RealTalkMS.com Become an MS Activist https://nationalmssociety.org/advocacy Act Now! Contact Your Senators About Medicaid and Health Coverage https://nmss.quorum.us/campaign/127768 STUDY: Performance of Machine Learning Models for Predicting High-Severity Symptoms in Multiple Sclerosis https://nature.com/articles/s41598-024-63888-x STUDY: Epigenetic Aging in Pediatric-Onset Multiple Sclerosis https://neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000213673 Bexorg https://bexorg.com Join the RealTalk MS Facebook Group https://facebook.com/groups/realtalkms Download the RealTalk MS App for iOS Devices https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/realtalk-ms/id1436917200 Download the RealTalk MS App for Android Devices https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.wizzard.android.realtalk Give RealTalk MS a rating and review http://www.realtalkms.com/review Follow RealTalk MS on Twitter, @RealTalkMS_jon, and subscribe to our newsletter at our website, RealTalkMS.com. RealTalk MS Episode 407 Guest: Dr. Katie Siengsukon Privacy Policy