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Prof Philip James – Article in the telegraph about the healing powers of Oxygen Therapy
Source The Telegraph:The miraculous healing powers of oxygen.Brain injured veteran Ben Parkinson has started the controversial hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Cherrill Hicks talks to Prof Philip James, author of a new book on the subject. Read on
MS-SMART trial for secondary progressive MS underway
Source MS Society:
MS-SMART, a phase 2 clinical trial into progressive MS, has begun. It will investigate whether treatments that are already being used for other conditions could slow or halt disability progression in people with secondary progressive MS. Read on.
Promising results for stem cell therapy in MS
Source News-medical.net:Preliminary findings suggest that nonmyeloablative haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) may arrest, or even reverse, the progress of disease among patients with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (MS). Read on.
Winter Ready – Older people are entitled to help with energy bill payments over winter.
Source www.gov.uk:You could get between £100 and £300 tax-free to help pay your heating bills if you were born on or before 5 July 1952. This is known as a ‘Winter Fuel Payment’. Read on.
Delays and disarray shatter lives of new disability claimants
Source The Guardian:
Mark Harper, the minister for disabled people, appeared in front of the work and pensions select committee on Wednesday 28th January to defend the government’s troubled record on implementation of the new disability benefit, the personal independence payment (PIP). Read on.
Philip James’ book – The miraculous healing powers of oxygen
The following publication of Philip James’ book last summer, it has been featured in an article in today’s Daily Telegraph. Follow the link below if you would prefer not to buy the paper!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/11376969/The-miraculous-healing-powers-of-oxygen.html
January 100 club winners
January 100 club winners:
Julia Gower, Tony Ball, Beryl Slater
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Stem cell study: positive results for relapsing remitting MS
Source MS Society:
Treating people with relapsing remitting MS with stem cell transplantation therapy might help prevent relapses and prevent disability progression, according to a smallclinical trial carried out in the US. Read on
