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Source Multiple Sclerosis Net: Being diagnosed with an incurable, chronic illness such as Multiple Sclerosis is never a pleasant experience. However, for many people, getting that final confirmation creates an extreme sense of relief.
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One of our members, Louise Carr, had a short film made about her, she was happy to share this with you.
Watch a short film about one of our members, Louise Carr Read More »
Source Multiple Sclerosis News Today: Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who began treatment with Gilenya (fingolimod) and stayed with it continuously showed a more than 50 percent reduction in annual relapse rates, a real-world study following these people for up to three years found.
Source Science Daily: Scientists have discovered a critical part of the body’s immune system with potentially major implications for the treatment of some of the most devastating diseases affecting humans.
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Source Multiple Sclerosis News Today: Stem cells tweaked in the laboratory have allowed researchers, reportedly for a first time, to generate and maintain ball-shaped cultures — called spheroids — of human brain cells in 3D that contain oligodendrocytes, the cells that produce myelin, along with neurons and the astrocytes that are essential to nerve cell health. These long-surviving
Source MS Trust: A letter signed by the MS Society, MS Trust, Shift MS and leading neurologists calls on NICE, NHS England and drug manufacturer Roche to make ocrelizumab available for people with primary progressive MS. Back in September, NICE announced that it would not be recommending ocrelizumab as an NHS treatment for early primary progressive MS.
Letter calls for ocrelizumab to be made available for people with PPMS Read More »
Mindfulness has been shown to help people cope better with chronic health conditions, including MS, and improve their quality of life.
A Virtual Mindfulness Course for people living with MS Read More »
Source Multiple Sclerosis News Today: Multiple sclerosis (MS) experts in the United Kingdom have proposed consensus guidelines for the management and treatment of pregnant women with the disease, and couples affected by MS who are planning a pregnancy.
UK Experts Propose New Guidelines to Treat Women with MS Before, During, After Pregnancy Read More »
Source MS Society: The Government has today changed the law to make cannabis for medicinal use legal under prescription.
Source MS Trust: NICE has announced that it is pausing the publication of final guidance for ocrelizumab for primary progressive multiple sclerosis.
NICE pauses final decision on ocrelizumab for primary progressive MS Read More »
