Coffee as protection against MS
Two studies involving over 6,500 people found that those who drank coffee had a lower risk of developing MS than non coffee drinkers.
Medical Daily
Medical News Today
Latest MS Research Update (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - February 26, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Race Night at Marine Football Club
Long-term MS Trust supporter Rick Halsall is holding a fundraising race night at Marine Football Club in Crosby. (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - February 24, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Maximus plans for benefit assessments
Maximus, the company taking over assessments for employment and support allowance (ESA) claimants, explain how they plan to clear the backlog and reduce waiting times. They have recruited disability campaigner Sue Marsh as head of customer experience and Disability Rights UK to help with training.
BBC
Benefits - A to Z of MS (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - February 23, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Dancer with MS interviewed
Trishna Bharadia, who is taking part in The People's Strictly dance competition for Comic Relief, has been interviewed on BBC Three Counties radio. She mentions accommodating her MS in training and her work with MS charities.
BBC starts at 7:43 (8 minutes long)
Living life to the full
Trishna is one of the people featured in this video from Making Sense of MS, a resource for people recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - February 22, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
What MS looks like
Three artists with MS have created images and jewellery to illustrate their experiences of multiple sclerosis and to express the idea of finding something good out of something bad.
BBC
The art of movement (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - February 20, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
The People's Strictly will raise awareness of MS
MS awareness campaigner, Trishna Bharadia, is featuring in the new BBC series for Comic Relief (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - February 20, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Stumbling into bookshops
Barbara Stensland, author of the Stumbling In Flats blog, talks about how being diagnosed with MS affected her life and how her sense of humour has helped. She has now published a book (also called Stumbling in Flats).
Wales Online
Useful links to blogs and online support groups (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - February 18, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
The People's Strictly
The BBC has announced the partnerships in The People's Strictly, in which "six inspirational but everyday people" will compete as part of Comic Relief. Trishna Bharadia, who has MS, will dance with Aljaz Scorjanec.
Daily Telegraph
People share their experiences of diagnosis with MS
Trisna is one of the people sharing their thoughts in the video clip (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - February 17, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Exercise and cognition
A small American study explored the effects of 20 minutes of exercise and yoga on the speed and accuracy of completing a cognition test done before and after the intervention. Compared to a control group that had just had quiet rest, the exercise group did the task faster though no more accurately.
National MS Society (USA)
Exercise - A to Z of MS
Cognition and cognitive symptoms - A to Z of MS (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - February 16, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Support for people in West Wales
The MS team in Swansea is using tablet computers to help monitor people with MS in remoter parts of West Wales.
BBC
Map of MS services (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - February 15, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Tecfidera and lymphocytes
Research has shown that people taking dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera) have lower levels of subsets of lymphocytes (white blood cells). This may have a role in monitoring people on Tecfidera for risks of side effects.
MS Discovery Forum
Dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera) - A to Z of MS (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - February 12, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Do you have a place in the Great North Run?
The Great North Run public ballot was announced this week. Were you successful in getting a place in this iconic race? (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - February 12, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Stem cells more effective than mitoxantrone
A small Italian study found that of people who had continued to relapse on first line disease modifying drug, the group who were treated with their own bone marrow stem cells did better than a group taking mitoxantrone.
National MS Society (USA)
Bloomberg
Stem cells - A to Z of MS
Mitoxantrone - A to Z of MS (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - February 11, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Driving whilst taking prescription medication
Legislation to be introduced on 2 March will set very low levels for eight well known illegal drugs, including cannabis and also eight prescription drugs, including clonazepam and diazepam.
BBC
Clonazepam - A to Z of MS
Diazepam - A to Z of MS (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - February 10, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Interconnected symptoms
American research has looked at the connections between a number of symptoms experienced by people with MS, including sleep problems, fatigue, depression, anxiety and restless leg syndrome.
Neurology Advisor
Symptoms of MS - A to Z of MS (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - February 9, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
