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Posts Categorized: MS News
Mouse model helps explain why some patients with multiple sclerosis have seizures
Source EurekAlert: RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that affects nearly 2.3 million people worldwide. MS is triggered when the immune system attacks the protective covering around nerve fibers, called the myelin sheath. The “demyelination” that follows damages nerve cells and causes impaired exchange of information… Read more »
Money Box Live: Self-employment and disability
Source BBC: There are a record 5m self-employed workers in the UK.They account for the 45 per cent of the growth in total employment since 2008. Analysis of the figures show that 16% of working disabled people identify as being their own boss, compared with 13% of the non-disabled population. Read on and listen here.
Unexpected changes to PIP assessment
Source MS Society: On Thursday night the Government announced surprise changes to the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment. We didn’t expect these changes and are working hard to understand their potential impact. They follow proposals last year, which we and other disability charities sent a strong message against. Read on.
Caroline Wyatt: MS ‘brain fog’ lifted after stem cell treatment
Source BBC: BBC journalist Caroline Wyatt has spoken of how the “brain fog began to lift” after she had pioneering treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS). The former BBC defence correspondent was deemed unsuitable for an NHS trial and paid $60,000 (£48,000) for a stem cell transplant in Mexico in January. Wyatt, 49, told BBC Radio… Read more »
#ACTRIMS2017 – There is Increased Evidence Linking Viruses to MS Risk
Source Multiple Sclerosis News Today: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is thought to be caused by genetic factors, but environmental cues are increasingly recognized to have an impact on disease onset and development. One environmental factor suggested to play a role in MS is infectious agents, such as viruses. Now, different teams of scientists have explored the… Read more »
Disability benefits: Number 10 defends changes to PIPs
Source BBC: Downing Street has defended plans to change access to disability benefits, saying that “nobody is losing out”. The government wants to reverse the effects of a court ruling which expands the number of people who can claim Personal Independence Payments. The PM’s official spokesman said the welfare system was a “strong safety net… Read more »
First blood biomarker for multiple sclerosis discovered
Source New Atlas: Although there is no known cure for multiple sclerosis (MS), there are treatments that can help prevent new attacks and improve function after an attack. However, there are three subtypes of the disease and determining this, as well as the appropriateness and effectiveness of a patient’s current treatment, involves an array of… Read more »
Stem cell transplants may induce long-term remission of multiple sclerosis
Source: NIH Gov New clinical trial results provide evidence that high-dose immunosuppressive therapy followed by transplantation of a person’s own blood-forming stem cells can induce sustained remission of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system. Read on.
MS Society Campaign: Our Green Paper response: some people with MS can’t work, don’t put more pressure on them
Source MS Society: We’re really concerned about changes to disability benefits proposed in the Government’s Green Paper on work, health and disability. And we let them know in our detailed response. We’re urging them to scrap plans to introduce ‘mandatory activity’ for people in the support group of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). These plans… Read more »
