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From the MS Trust: ‘We live in an information age. Now more than ever before we have ready access to an enormous quantity of data about health, treatments and research – from the internet, though the press, and on social media. But how do we know who to trust and understand what all this information… Read more »
At Enable we pride ourselves on bringing exclusive, current content that is pertinent to the disabled community. And the latest issue is no different. You can read and share the latest issue by following this link: https://issuu.com/dcpublishing/docs/en_as20 We connected with many members of the disabled community to hear about their experiences in and out of lockdown…. Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 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-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