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 a second or even third or more time in the same year.  Read on. 

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 the underlying causes and targets for treatment development.  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

Caroline’s Classes

Meditation – last Friday of the month – 27/11 2.00
Aqua Exercise – first Friday of the month – 04/12 2.00

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.