<![CDATA[MS Trust Recent Story List]]><![CDATA[Living with the uncertainty of multiple sclerosis]]><![CDATA[Social care under-funded and rationed, say MPs]]><![CDATA[Call for employers to be 'carer friendly']]><![CDATA[The opportunity that wasn't]]><![CDATA[Is pain all in the mind?]]><![CDATA[Risks 'taken' in illegal cord blood collections]]><![CDATA[Botox receives FDA approval for treatment of upper limb spasticity in adults]]><![CDATA[Immune system boost from Vitamin D?]]>The Daily Telegraph has reported that "vitamin D 'triggers and arms' the immune system". It said that researchers believe that vitamin D plays a key role in boosting the immune system.]]><![CDATA[Vitamin D 'triggers and arms' the immune system]]><![CDATA[Scientists find why "sunshine" vitamin D is crucial]]><![CDATA[Success for pilot scheme]]><![CDATA['It has absolutely changed my life']]><![CDATA[Researchers find further evidence linking Epstein-Barr virus and risk of multiple sclerosis]]><![CDATA[Laws on mobility vehicles to be tightened]]><![CDATA[Chronic pain is a disease experts argue]]><![CDATA[LDN study results published]]><![CDATA[Stanford University halts CCSVI treatments after two serious incidents]]>Annals of Neurology. ]]><![CDATA[MS trial alert: study of oral teriflunomide (HMR1726) recruiting people at high risk for MS worldwide]]><![CDATA[Infection 'could trigger MS in those susceptible to the disease']]><![CDATA[Specialist nurse role 'critical to care']]><![CDATA['It's a comfort to have the choice']]><![CDATA[Motivation key over assisted death prosecutions]]><![CDATA[DPP publishes assisted suicide policy]]><![CDATA[Call to invest in specialist nurses]]><![CDATA[Cutting specialist nurses could cost NHS millions, warns RCN]]><![CDATA[Migraine linked to MS in women]]><![CDATA[Villagers find therapeutic riding program alleviates multiple sclerosis symptoms]]><![CDATA[Doctors should say what work staff can do instead of signing off sick: ministers]]><![CDATA[Problem with postal delivery to the MHRA of completed Yellow Cards]]><![CDATA[Studies show marijuana has 'therapeutic value']]><![CDATA[Exercise helps protect brain of multiple sclerosis patients]]><![CDATA[Lourdes a modest miracle]]>Lourdes takes viewers deep inside one of the world's most popular religious shrines. Writer-director Jessica Hausner uses a multiple sclerosis patient as a sort of case study to show how the site operates as well as to question the sources of religious faith.]]><![CDATA[Drug linked to 35 brain-disease cases]]><![CDATA[Migraine tied to raised multiple sclerosis risk]]><![CDATA[Add-on daclizumab may reduce MS disease activity more than interferon beta alone]]>The Lancet Neurology. ]]><![CDATA[Jimmie Heuga, an early US ski medalist, dies at 66]]><![CDATA[Region handed key role in MS drug trial]]><![CDATA[Health and social care services need to be more integrated and personalised says Care Quality Commission]]><![CDATA[MS study links narrow veins to disease]]><![CDATA[Schoolboy's petition prompts move on MS link to vitamin D]]><![CDATA[First blinded study of venous insufficiency prevalence in MS shows promising results]]><![CDATA[Blocking cell movement for cancer, multiple sclerosis treatment]]><![CDATA[Test theory, but treat MS patients, doctor says]]><![CDATA[Doctor says stem cell treatment for MS was 'worth a try' despite no evidence it worked]]><![CDATA[Drinking milk while pregnant may lower kids' MS risk]]><![CDATA[Stem cells 'weren't for human use']]><![CDATA[Woman with MS finds strength, friendship in Pilates sessions]]><![CDATA[Hamilton researchers to test Italian scientist's MS theory]]><![CDATA[Italian doctor heightens interest in MS cause]]><![CDATA[Study to look at earlier use of MS drug Tysabri]]><![CDATA[CCSVI or blood flow in the brain and venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis]]><![CDATA[Study of oral teriflunomide (HMR1726) recruiting people with relapsing forms of MS worldwide]]><![CDATA[Blacks with MS have more severe symptoms, decline faster than whites, new study shows]]><![CDATA[More doses of MS drug raise risk of brain infection]]><![CDATA[US warns of risk rise with more Tysabri infusions]]><![CDATA[Innovation to be at the heart of care and support services]]><![CDATA[Three-quarters of Britons 'suffer from depression']]><![CDATA[Should we all be taking vitamin D?]]><![CDATA[Three out of four support change in assisted suicide laws]]><![CDATA[Gordon Brown receives prescription promise 'wake-up call']]><![CDATA[Financial lifeline for long-term ill]]><![CDATA[Assisted suicide - for and against]]><![CDATA[Multiple sclerosis risk changes with the season]]><![CDATA[Lifetime achievement award for Cawston nurse]]><![CDATA[Magnetic resonance imaging examined in multiple sclerosis]]><![CDATA[Breaking the fall]]><![CDATA[Biogen Idec advances first regenerative MS medicine into human study]]><![CDATA[Give patients guaranteed 24/7 care at the end of life]]><![CDATA[Little pill means big news in the treatment of multiple sclerosis]]><![CDATA[Free from pain but not prosecution]]><![CDATA[Two-year results from CLARITY study with cladribine tablets in multiple sclerosis]]>New England Journal of Medicine] was a two-year (96-week), randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III trial of Cladribine Tablets in 1,326 people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS). ]]><![CDATA[Is new MS research the real thing, or a media-driven frenzy?]]><![CDATA[US approves Acorda MS drug to help with walking]]><![CDATA[First tablets to fight multiple sclerosis 'dramatically reduce relapse']]><![CDATA[BTG commences phase IIa study of Pleneva for multiple sclerosis - quick facts]]><![CDATA[Low vitamin D levels are associated with greater risk of relapse in childhood-onset multiple sclerosis]]><![CDATA[European Medicines Agency recommends additional measures to better manage risk of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) with Tysabri]]><![CDATA[European regulators recommend Tysabri label update]]><![CDATA[New pills for MS tested]]>The Daily Telegraph has reported.]]><![CDATA[Hope for MS pill after cladribine and fingolimod trials]]><![CDATA[MS pills show promise and risk, studies say]]><![CDATA[Foreign clinics making wild claims and growing fears of cancer]]><![CDATA[Young people with MS in film project]]><![CDATA[New ways to treat multiple sclerosis]]><![CDATA[Have doctors found a cure for MS?]]><![CDATA[MS therapy centre nears completion]]><![CDATA[UK Stem Cell Foundation & MS Society stem cell research collaboration]]><![CDATA[Experimental cancer drugs could offer effective treatments for MS]]><![CDATA[Biogen Idec submits application in Europe for the approval of Fampridine-PR tablets to improve walking ability in people with multiple sclerosis]]><![CDATA[Could multiple sclerosis by caused by blocked veins?]]><![CDATA[MS carers not alone thanks to new group]]><![CDATA[Stem cell doctor GMC hearing begins]]><![CDATA[Imagine the most excruciating pain any human being can experience...]]><![CDATA[Patients being tube-fed 'to save time']]><![CDATA[Four more PML cases in Tysabri users in November]]><![CDATA[Investigators in Ohio recruiting 24 people for study of autologous mesenchymal stem cell transplantation]]><![CDATA[Research into using acupuncture to treat urinary incontinence]]><![CDATA[Approval for MS centre near Norwich]]><![CDATA[Meditation 'should be routinely available on NHS']]><![CDATA[UK faster-access drug scheme "this year"]]><![CDATA[Babies born in April have 'higher MS risk']]><![CDATA[Self-efficacy may affect patients' levels of fatigue]]><![CDATA[Eight-month wait for a wheelchair]]><![CDATA[Widely used device for pain therapy not recommended for chronic low back pain]]><![CDATA[Vitamin D can reduce number of falls and fractures in elderly]]><![CDATA[GWAS meta-analysis supports existence of autoimmune disease clusters]]>PLoS Genetics today suggests the same genetic variants that increase an individual's risk for one set of autoimmune diseases may actually make them less susceptible to others.]]><![CDATA[National MS Society flags CCSVI hypothesis a top research priority in 2010]]><![CDATA[Being ill has turned me into a daredevil]]><![CDATA[No one-shot wonder]]><![CDATA[Physical activity reduces disease-related fatigue and depression by increasing self-efficacy or mastery]]>