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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5898]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["The best thing I have ever done" Clare Wallace blogs about her 3 Cities Cycle Ride]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/the-best-thing-i-have-ever-done/]]></link><description><![CDATA[18 months ago Clare Wallace lost feeling in a leg and got the first inkling that she might have MS. A couple of weeks ago she cycled over 300 miles raising over &#163;5,000 to support the work of the MS Trust. Here she explains how and why the journey began.
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/the-best-thing-i-have-ever-done/]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No evidence of disease activity - new treatment goal]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5893]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the introduction of new, more effective drugs for relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis, there has been a shift in treatment expectations from one of partial response to one of potential remission.
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5893]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Carers Week: 10-16 June]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today saw the release of a new report 'Prepared to care?' to coincide with the launch of National Carers Week.
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 7 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5874]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The value of specialist nurses]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5875]]></link><description><![CDATA[The benefits of specialist nurses have been highlighted in two recent studies.<br />

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		]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 7 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5875]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Triathlon gold for Trish Deykin ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Triathlete Trish Deykin, who has MS, won a gold medal in the British Sprint Distance Triathlon Championships in Nottingham last weekend. 
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 6 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5866]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small trial suppressing anti-myelin immune responses shows promise]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5871]]></link><description><![CDATA[An initial safety study in nine people with MS indicates that this novel approach could be developed further.
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 6 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5871]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volunteering for the MS Trust: get involved and help us support everyone affected by MS!]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/volunteering-for-the-ms-trust-get-involved-and-help-us-support-everyone-affected-by-ms/]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mark volunteers week 2013 by volunteering for the MS Trust at a Cards for Good Causes shop this Christmas
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/volunteering-for-the-ms-trust-get-involved-and-help-us-support-everyone-affected-by-ms/]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today is World MS Day: help spread the word!]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/today-is-world-ms-day-help-spread-the-word-2/]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not so long ago that we were busy spreading the word about MS Awareness Week in the UK. But today is our chance to lend our voices to the global chorus of World MS Day.
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/today-is-world-ms-day-help-spread-the-word-2/]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can you help name our resource for people newly diagnosed with MS?]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/can-you-help-name-our-resource-for-people-newly-diagnosed-with-ms/]]></link><description><![CDATA[The MS Trust is developing a new way to provide information about MS to people who have just been diagnosed. Can you help us name it?
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5845]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NHS physiotherapy provision is not meeting the needs of people with MS]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5846]]></link><description><![CDATA[A recently published study carried out an in-depth analysis of the views of people with MS on physiotherapy services.  The researchers evaluated comments made on physiotherapy provision from the 2008 MS Trust/Royal College of Physicians audit of MS services in England and Wales. 
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 1 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5821]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disparities across the UK in access to MS services]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5817]]></link><description><![CDATA[A new report published this week to coincide with <a href="/msawareness/"><strong>MS Awareness Week</strong></a> has once again highlighted the major disparities that people with MS face across the UK when it comes to accessing services.
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		]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5817]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog: Being Bold in Blue for MS Awareness Week]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/being-bold-in-blue-for-ms-awareness-week/]]></link><description><![CDATA[This MS Awareness Week, we are encouraging our supporters to Be Bold in Blue to help us raise awareness and vital funds. What are you doing to Be Bold in Blue this week? Please let us know and send in your photos so that we can share them at the end of the week.
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		]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5811]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog: Jayne Roberts on being nominated as a Super Nurse]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/its-the-best-job-ive-ever-had-no-question-the-hardest-job-but-the-best-job/]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our latest Super Nurse nominee is Jayne Roberts, MS specialist nurse at Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust. 
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/its-the-best-job-ive-ever-had-no-question-the-hardest-job-but-the-best-job/]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog: Margaret Topping on being nominated as a Super Nurse]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/a-truly-remarkable-lady/]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the lead up to MS Awareness Week 2013, which runs from 29 April&#150;2 May, we're  focusing on some of the people who are contenders to become this year's MS Super Nurse.
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/a-truly-remarkable-lady/]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MS Trust funds research into the transition to secondary progressive MS]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5785]]></link><description><![CDATA[The MS Trust is putting out a call for research proposals that will examine people's experiences of the change to secondary progressive MS.
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 3 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5779]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog: Pauline Shaw on being nominated as a Super Nurse]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/its-a-privilege-to-be-part-of-peoples-journey/]]></link><description><![CDATA[With just over a month to go before MS Awareness Week (29 April-2 May) our Super Nurse campaign is hotting up. We've been blown away by the response. <a href="http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/its-a-privilege-to-be-part-of-peoples-journey/"><h3>Read the full article</h3></a>
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		]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5763]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog: Super Nurse nominee to pedal to Paris]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/super-nurse-nominee-to-pedal-to-paris/]]></link><description><![CDATA[An MS Nurse from Sheffield who is in training for a sponsored cycle from London to Paris, has been nominated for our Super Nurse Award. This award recognises nurses who make a real difference for people with multiple sclerosis. 
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]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/interactive/mstrust/2013/super-nurse-nominee-to-pedal-to-paris/]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over &#163;300,000 raised last year by our runners]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=5666]]></link><description><![CDATA[In 2012, 555 of our supporters took part in sponsored runs and collectively raised &#163;308,186 for the MS Trust. This is enough to cover the cost of all the <a href="/publications">publications</a> we sent out last year to people with MS and health professionals. Thank you to all our runners, your hard work really does make a difference! 


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