Multiple sclerosis (MS) landed in the spotlight earlier this month when actress Christina Applegate announced that she had been diagnosed with the disease.
Applegate, 49, rose to fame in the sitcom “Married with Children” and stars in the recent Netflix series “Dead to Me.”
She announced her diagnosis in an Aug. 10 tweet. “It’s been a strange journey,” she said. “But I have been so supported by people that I know who also have this condition. It’s been a tough road. But as we all know, the road keeps going.”
CU Anschutz Today reached out to Enrique Alvarez, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and clinical staff member at Rocky Mountain MS Center, for a Q&A about MS and how treatments are progressing for those with the disease.