Boma All Terrain Wheelchair will be on display at the centre on Friday 4th December from 11am and a representative will be available to ask questions.
Posts By: Sue
Happy Days! Chocolate could ease MS symptoms
Source The Scotsman: EXPERTS are to look at the impact of chocolate on multiple sclerosis (MS). The MS Society will fund researchers at Oxford Brookes University to see whether chocolate can reduce fatigue, one of the most common symptoms of MS, in people with the condition. Read on.
New report highlights the costs of emergency hospital care for people with MS
Source MS Trust: Measuring the Burden of Hospitalisation in Multiple Sclerosis shows that nearly 15,000 people with MS in England were admitted to hospital as an emergency in 2013/14. That’s around 17% of everyone with MS in England. Of the 23,700 emergency admissions, 8700 were repeat admissions – where the person with MS was admitted for… Read more »
MS Society invests another £1.98 million in research
Source MS Society: Sixteen projects have made it through the rigorous review process to secure funding from the MS Society’s 2015 grant round. Of the 16 applications awarded, five were for care and services projects, focusing mainly on symptom management and best approaches to service provision. The other 11 were biomedical projects which focus on… Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms Reduced with Experimental Cancer Drug
Source MD In mouse models of multiple sclerosis (MS), experimental cancer drugs have shown therapeutic promise, according to findings published in the journal Nature. Read on.
Footcare appointments 2016
Footcare appointments 2016: 5 January 9-12.45 26 January 9-1.30 16 Feb 9-12.45 15 March 9-1.30 5 April 9-12.45 26 April 9-1.30 24 May 9-12.00 14 June 9-12.45
Tysabri unsuccessful in secondary progressive MS trial
Source MS Trust: Preliminary results announced in a press release (link is external) report that treatment with Tysabri did not slow down the gradual increase in disability experienced by people with secondary progressive MS. Read on.
Progressive MS receives latest funding boost
Source MS Society: Eleven projects have received funding in the next step to find the most promising collaborative progressive MS research projects in the world. The progressive MS Alliance is a growing global collaboration committed to speeding up the development of treatment for progressive MS. Read on.
Multiple sclerosis patient walks after taking HIV drugs
Source BBC: A woman with multiple sclerosis (MS) says her symptoms improved so dramatically she was able to walk again after being prescribed HIV drugs. Shana Pezaro, 36, from Hove, East Sussex, was given antiretroviral drugs after fearing she may have contracted HIV. Read on.
ECTRIMS 2015 round up
Source MS Trust ECTRIMS (European Committee for Treatment and Research In Multiple Sclerosis) hosts the world’s largest conference devoted to basic and clinical research in MS. This year’s meeting took place in Barcelona from 7-10 October and featured a wide range of presentations, posters and reports of new and on-going research. Read on.
