Source MS Trust: Do you want to talk to your kids about MS but are not sure where to start? Our resources for children and young people can make those family conversations a little bit easier. As well as explaining such a complicated condition in simple terms (very useful for grown-ups too!), the books feature… Read more »
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12 Ways Amazon’s Alexa Can Help People With Multiple Sclerosis
“Alexa” is Amazon’s talking service that acts as a virtual personal assistant. According to tomsguide.com, as part of the company’s Echo speaker system, the voice-activated device can pick out music tracks for you, operate other electical devices, create to-do lists, and of course help you shop. MORE: Acorda launches interactive MS awareness facts for Alexa As part of Multiple Sclerosis… Read more »
18 Common Home Modifications to Improve Life With MS
As your MS progresses, you may find it necessary to make some modifications to your home to make it safer and more accessible. Such alterations can vastly improve the quality of life for people living with the disease, allowing them to regain some independence and making life more comfortable. Here are some common home modifications you may want… Read more »
Important Things to Remember If You Have MS
If you or a loved one is living with multiple sclerosis (MS), it’s important to remember that you can always try to make your situation better. If your doctor says something like “there’s no other option” or “we have nothing more to offer you,” find another doctor. Doctors are humans, too, and they make mistakes and have differing… Read more »
Christmas Cards
Our new 2017 Christmas Card Selection. All cards have the MS logo inside. 10 cards for £3. Available now. We also have a few from the 2016 Card selection.
Cladribine: NICE looking at new treatment for MS
Source MS Society: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has licensed cladribine (also known as Mavenclad) to treat people with highly active relapsing MS. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) will now decide whether to make it available on the NHS in England and Wales. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) will decide for Scotland. How does it… Read more »
Drugs in development
Source MS Trust: The development of new drugs is a long and difficult process. Fewer than one or two compounds in 10,000 tested actually make it through to being licensed treatments with many being rejected on safety, efficacy or quality grounds. On average it will take 10-15 years for a new compound to get from… Read more »
DWP spends £39m defending decisions to strip benefits from sick and disabled people
Source Independent: Ministers have spent almost £40m in an “appalling” attempt to stop sick and disabled people receiving the financial help they are entitled to, The Independent can reveal. Freedom of Information requests have exposed how taxpayers’ money has been spent on futile legal battles to prevent vulnerable people receiving help. The hit to the public purse… Read more »
Pancreas Secretes Factor That Can Rejuvenate Damaged Neuron Coating, Mouse Study Reports
Source Multiple Sclerosis News Today: A substance that the pancreas secretes can promote the regeneration of the protective nerve-cell coating that is damaged in multiple sclerosis, a mouse study shows. The substance is fibroblast growth factor 21, or FGF21. It promotes remyelination, the renewal of the myelin sheath protecting the central nervous system, according to the… Read more »
