We are desperate for people to help in the following Volunteering roles: Receptionist – This role is a front of house role. A receptionist is needed to help initially on a Tuesday morning from 9.30-12.30. Reception duties include: greeting people on arrival, answering the phone, making bookings in the diary, counting money, showing visitors around,… Read more »
Posts Categorized: MS News
Will you take part in this mindfulness study?
Helen Croxon is a member of the Beds and Northants MS Therapy Centre and is a student at De Montfont University. As part of her Masters degree, she is carrying out some research into the benefits of mindfulness in MS and needs your help. She has kindly laid everything out below. If you have any questions, feel… Read more »
Staying Healthy: MS and Diet
The government has recently launched a campaign to get everyone to be as healthy as they can be. A big part of this is diet. But for people with MS is following a special diet beneficial? This is quite a controversial area. Some people swear by the diet they follow or supplements that they take but… Read more »
MS research updates
Two interesting pieces of research this week to bring you: New research, part-funded by the MS Society, shows that an existing drug for diabetes has the potential to boost energy production and protect nerves from damage in MS. New research suggests the diabetes drug pioglitazone could be another piece in the puzzle of stopping MS, through… Read more »
Coronavirus Research and MS
The coronavirus pandemic has generated an enormous amount of research, with over 40,000 papers published in the first six months of 2020. The MS Trust has been sifting through the research up to the end of June to bring you a round-up of the studies that give an idea of what coronavirus means for people with… Read more »
Drug Rejected for Secondary Progressive MS patients
NICE* has announced it will not be recommending Siponimod (Mayzent) as an NHS treatment for active Secondary Progressive MS (SPMS) in England and Wales. NICE acknowledges that there are very limited treatment options for people with SPMS and clinical trials have shown that Siponimod can slow the worsening of disability. However, NICE has concluded that… Read more »
MS and the Menopause
MS and the menopause share some common symptoms including bladder weakness, hot flushes and difficulty sleeping. In fact, there are 20 widely recognised symptoms of menopause are also symptoms of MS. Over the last few weeks both the MS Trust and the MS Society have run articles about the menopause and MS and here we… Read more »
MS and Mental Health
MS-UK have produced a new Choices booklet focused on MS and Mental Health. They have a number of ways to view it, and all of the links are below:WebsitePDF
Reading University Study
Reading University are doing a study on psychological intervention for people with MS. Please share this link with your members and encourage them to help inform the study and path of research in this area going forward. https://research.reading.ac.uk/neurodegenerative-diseases/multiple-sclerosis/
Coronavirus
Coronavirus Public Information: Please follow all guidance being provided by HM Government and NHS regarding the containment of the virus. The news is changing rapidly, please keep up to date with the national and local developments. At the Centre we have provided additional hand sanitisers, tissues, waste bins, and displayed posters reminding people to regularly… Read more »
