Special screening of Here's Johnny
The ArtHouse in Crouch End will be hosting a special screening of the Grierson Award winning film Here's Johnny about legendary graphic artist John Hicklenton. (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - March 11, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

Recognising, accepting and adapting how I manage my journey on Strictly
MS awareness campaigner, Trishna Bharadia, who is featuring in the new BBC series People's Strictly for Comic Relief, tells us about what it is like taking part of a big production like this when you have MS. (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - March 11, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

'Out of sight, but not out of mind' - an information day for people with Multiple Sclerosis
with bladder, bowel and sexual dysfunction (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - March 10, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

Fundraising events in Liverpool area
Long-term MS Trust supporter Rick Halsall is holding a series of fundraising events in the North West in aid of the MS Trust. (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - March 9, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

How do you raise awareness of multiple sclerosis, when MS varies so much from person to person?
Helena Jidborg Alexander who works in our MS Trust Web team and is a person with MS ponders the question of raising awareness of MS (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - March 6, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

MS Trust launches campaign to put MS specialists at the heart of MS care
The MS Trust has launched a new campaign to make sure that everyone affected by MS can access the best possible care. (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - March 5, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

Gene increases MS risk
US researchers have identified a gene variant that occurs 1.7 times as often in women with MS than in the general population. Included in the study of 1,400 people were five sisters, all of whom have MS and three of whom have this gene variant. Eureka Alert Risk of developing MS - A to Z of MS (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - March 4, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

Jiving and managing MS symptoms – on the People's Strictly
Being asked to be a participant in the first ever People's Strictly (Come Dancing) has got to be an amazing thing for any Strictly fan. This is what happened to six lucky people recently. One of them was Trishna Bharadia who was diagnosed with MS seven years ago. (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - March 4, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

Stem cells - hope for the future?
In the last couple of days, several of the national newspapers have reported "miraculous" results from stem cell treatments for people with MS. Headlines included "Stem cell reboot has MS patients dancing", "'Miracle' stem cell therapy reverses multiple sclerosis". But what are the facts behind these headlines? (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - March 3, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

Attitudes to MS and work
An American survey of 1,248 women with MS in employment found a mixed picture of support from colleagues and employers. Almost three quarters had worries about their ability to remain working, though two thirds were optimistic about their ability to continue in employment. National MS Society (USA) At work with MS (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - March 2, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

Rick Halsall wins award for fundraising work
MS Trust supporter Rick Halsall from Southport has been rewarded for his efforts to make a difference for a charity close to his heart. (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - March 2, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

Vaccines and fingolimod
A study of 136 people with MS found that those on fingolimod (Gilenya) were less likely to see the benefits of vaccinations against flu or tetanus, though around two in five people on the drug were protected. MS Research Australia Vaccination and immunisation - A to Z of MS (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - March 2, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

Stem cells
Coverage of the UK arm of an international stem cell study originally reported in January. The UK stories tend to focus on the treatment reversing MS with less reporting of the warning in the original coverage as to why this may be the case. Daily Mail Daily Telegraph Comment on the original trial from the MS Research Update (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - March 1, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

Jump in June is back!
Would you like to do something different and enjoy an experience of a lifetime this summer? The MS Trust's skydiving month, Jump in June, is back and this is your chance to experience the incredible feeling of flying through the air at 120 mph from about 10,000 feet high. (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - February 27, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

MS Trust support for MS specialist nurses and therapists gets national coverage
We are delighted that the MS Trust's support for specialist nurses has been recognised in today's Health Service Journal special supplement, Time for some advanced thinking: the benefits of specialist nurses. (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - February 27, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news