Numb Hands
October 15, 2025
I have been experiencing numbness in the fingers of my right hand for a few years. I have also lost some dexterity. This is a sad situation because I make a lot of things with my hands—and I am right handed. One day I started making a large papier mache hand without thinking about it, without realizing that it was possibly to do with my struggles. It wasn’t until I made the fingers very blocky and large (the way mine feel) and added bumps to indicate my arthritis, that I realized it was a...
Bruton Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (BTKi) in Multiple Sclerosis
October 15, 2025
BTKis target a group of proteins found on a variety of immune cells involved in the pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), including mediators of inflammation locally in the Central Nervous System (CNS). By targeting these proteins, the hope is that these medications will be able to decrease the activation of immune cells within the central nervous system directly, and could prevent inflammatory activity in people with MS. BTKis have several theoretical advantages over some of the current...
Beat the Heat?
September 15, 2025
When I was a kid, I didn’t really like summer. I preferred the structure of school, soccer practices and games, and playing with my friends. Summer meant day camp, seemingly endless days of lanyards and Red Rover, while my friends mostly went to sleepaway, which I never wanted to do. My own middle-schooler doesn’t believe that I wrote long letters to my best friend at camp in the Catskills, and she wrote long letters back, often in alternating colorful inks. One problem I did NOT have in these...
