Posts By: Karen Jones

Easyfundraising – how to instructions

Either go to Easyfundraising.org.uk on web brower, or download Easy Fundraising App then click on Support a Cause, type Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre Oxfordshire into the search box.  Then click on Support this Cause (for the first time you will need to register a login, and then you can set up your favourites so you don’t have… Read more »

Wallingford Accessible Boat Club

We are looking forward to trying to organise something next year. Charity number: 1179179  Getting disabled and elderly people out on  the River Thames  For nature watching, picnicking, fishing or just leisure  boating on the Wallingford stretch.   Come and enjoy. Meet our Staff   Team – they couldn’t be friendlier.  A big welcome awaits you and… Read more »

NEW! UNLIMITED £15 bonus donations for your cause!

 For a limited time only, you’ll earn a £15 bonus donation for Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre Oxfordshire for every new supporter you help sign up*. You’ll qualify for the bonus as soon as they raise their first £15*.In the lead up to Christmas, more people are shopping online, this means more opportunities to raise FREE donations for… Read more »

Temelimab: Early clinical trial suggests potential for remyelination

Results from an early-stage clinical trial suggest that temelimab may promote remyelination and prevent loss of nerve cells. Information from the MS Trust website:  “The study in brief Current disease modifying drugs can reduce damage to myelin but can’t stop it completely or repair damage that has already happened. Laboratory studies have indicated that a potential… Read more »

New study shows link between smoking and MS

New research into the impact of smoking on multiple sclerosis (MS) has found that quitting smoking may cause a slowing of mobility deterioration to match the rate of progression in people who’ve never smoked. Previous studies have shown that smoking can make MS worse. It’s associated with a faster accumulation of disability and could accelerate… Read more »

Are you doing Lateral Flow Tests?

We are all encouraged to get tested frequently because it helps detect the most infectious Covid-19 cases and helps stop the virus spreading. About 1 in 3 people with Covid-19 do not have symptoms but can still infect others. You can get free regular Covid tests if you do not have symptoms of Covid-19.  It’s… Read more »

‘Introducing, Selma Blair’

‘Introducing, Selma Blair’ documents Selma Blair’s journey getting HSCT treatment for her MS. In the UK, the documentary is available for streaming on Discovery+ from 21 October. In her documentary, Selma has HSCT for MS. Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation is an intense chemotherapy treatment for MS. It aims to stop the damage MS causes by wiping out and… Read more »