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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.
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 a second or even third or more time in the same year. Read on.
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 the underlying causes and targets for treatment development. Read on.
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.
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