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RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that affects nearly 2.3 million people worldwide. MS is triggered when the immune system attacks the protective covering around nerve fibers, called the myelin sheath. The “demyelination” that follows damages nerve cells and causes impaired exchange of information between the brain and body as well as within the brain itself. Read on.
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We have 2 spaces on hold for anyone interested in the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 on Sunday 30th July. MS National centre have a number of places, cost: £270. For more info on the event https://www.
New THURSDAY AQUA Classes
Trial starting in March. Third Thursday of the Month 2.00 – 2.45
(March 16th, April 20th, May 18th, June 15th )
If you can’t make First Friday sessions, this is your chance to see what you have been missing.
All welcome. Free entry to Milton Park Pool with OMSTC membership card. A small financial donation will be requested if you sign up with our Aqua group on Thursday and/or Friday afternoons! Talk to Jon if interested.
MS National Therapy Centre have some places available. If you would like one contact me asap as they will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. The cost per place is £270.
Sue
Sense of Smell, Women, Biomarkers and More. Read on.
Dog, cat, chinchilla, hamster, ferret, fish, bearded dragon, parakeet, pig, monkey – whatever your choice, pets really make us feel good, better even, as we live with chronic illness and disability. Not only can they provide physical assistance, they also warm our hearts and make living with MS a bit easier. Read on.
New clinical trial results provide evidence that high-dose immunosuppressive therapy followed by transplantation of a person’s own blood-forming stem cells can induce sustained remission of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system. Read on.
Although there is no known cure for multiple sclerosis (MS), there are treatments that can help prevent new attacks and improve function after an attack. However, there are three subtypes of the disease and determining this, as well as the appropriateness and effectiveness of a patient’s current treatment, involves an array of expensive, time-consuming tests. Now, after a search lasting 12 years, an international team of researchers has identified a biomarker that would allow MS subtypes to be determined with a simple blood test. Read on.
The man opposite you on the train has one leg in plaster and one arm in a sling. Each time he moves, he grimaces with pain. Few of us could fail to have a degree of sympathy for his suffering. The apparently normal man seated next to him may be experiencing excruciating burning and stabbing pain in his legs and feet as a result of his MS. Who is to know, though? There is nothing to see to explain his pain. Neuropathic pain is truly an invisible illness.