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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" title="XSL_formatting" href="http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/rss/rss.xsl"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[MS Trust Recent Story List]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://2008.mstrust.org.uk]]></link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><language><![CDATA[en-us]]></language><lastBuildDate><![CDATA[Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:01:02 +0100]]></lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Multiple Sclerosis Trust, Spirella Building, Letchworth Garden City, Herts SG6 4ET]]></copyright><docs><![CDATA[http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss]]></docs><generator><![CDATA[www.idnet.net]]></generator><ttl><![CDATA[60]]></ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Alastair Hignell: How MS has changed by life]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2514]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the bleakest of times in Alastair Hignell's life. A consultant had just confirmed the diagnosis he had been dreading. He did, indeed, have multiple sclerosis.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2514]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tysabri patients recovering after infection]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two Tysabri patients with brain infection now recovering - Cases show need for vigilance, no need to change use, researcher says]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2517]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poison warning over popular Indian herbal medicines]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Popular Indian herbal medicines used to treat illnesses ranging from depression to high blood pressure may contain toxic levels of poison, new research shows.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2518]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biogen says revises MS drug warning]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2509]]></link><description><![CDATA[A warning on Biogen Idec and Elan Corp's drug, Tysabri, has been revised following two recent reports of a potentially fatal brain infection, Biogen said on Monday.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2509]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could low doses of a drug for alcoholics ease the agony for sufferers of MS?]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2511]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man's experience of low dose naltrexone and a possible clinical trial.

]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2511]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fears grow over Metro ban on mobility scooters]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2508]]></link><description><![CDATA[ANY plans to extend a ban on mobility scooters on the Metro system [in Tyne and Wear] would be viewed as blatant discrimination of the disabled, a charity has warned transport bosses.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2508]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study highlights link between vitamin D and multiple sclerosis]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vitamin D, the principal regulator of calcium in the body, may prevent the production of malignant cells such as breast and prostate cancer cells and protect against specific autoimmune disorders including multiple sclerosis (MS) according to an article by Sylvia Christakos, PhD, of the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2513]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[&#163;1m new funding for world's first end of life care research institute]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Care Services Minister Ivan Lewis today announced a &#163;1millon grant to help build the world's first purpose-built institute for research into end of life care.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2512]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Remote nurse' aids home patients]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2506]]></link><description><![CDATA[A "remote nurse" system which allows patients to monitor their own health at home is being tested in Cornwall.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2506]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NICE chairman hits back at critics]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some recent criticisms of NICE's work ignore the realities of modern healthcare and misrepresent the facts. Institute chairman Sir Michael Rawlins sets the record straight.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2502]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicines watchdog attacks NHS 'postcode lottery' and drug costs]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2501]]></link><description><![CDATA[The head of the NHS drug approval body today calls on healthcare trusts to end Britain's "postcode lottery" for prescribing drugs.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2501]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NHS branded chronic failure over 900,000 patients in agony]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patients suffering chronic pain in Scotland are being failed by the NHS due to a lack of specialist services, experts warned yesterday.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2504]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pharma industry rejects NICE chief's profiteering claims]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2505]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chief of the UK's drug cost-effectiveness watchdog has torn a strip off the pharmaceutical industry saying that the latter's desire for higher profits are driving up prices, a claim drugmakers have been quick to deny.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2505]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tysabri label update]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Changes include clarification on who is a candidate for the drug.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2503]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darzi review: Up to 5000 patients with long term conditions will have their own personal budgets next year]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2499]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patients with long term conditions are to have their own personal health budgets under the government's plans for the NHS in England.
]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2499]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Impax reports positive results in phase III trial]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2492]]></link><description><![CDATA[IPX056 has met its clinical endpoints in Impax Laboratories' Phase III study of spasticity in multiple sclerosis patients.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2492]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Medicines Agency Update on progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) and Tysabri]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2496]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the end of July 2008, the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) received two reports of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) who have been treated with Tysabri.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2496]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watchdog chair to get tough on obeying NICE rules]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Care Quality Commission chair Baroness Young has pledged to crack down on NHS organisations that fail to adopt National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2494]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NICE "set to publish guidance on non-NHS drugs"]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2497]]></link><description><![CDATA[The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is preparing to launch a new service, providing patients with independent, impartial advice on drugs and other treatments, including those which it has already said are not sufficiently cost-effective to be made available on the National Health Service (NHS).]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2497]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High-dose cyclophosphamide shows promise for aggressive multiple sclerosis]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2495]]></link><description><![CDATA[High-dose cyclophosphamide, aimed at immune system ablation, is a safe and well-tolerated treatment for aggressive multiple sclerosis that can markedly reduce disease activity and disability, according to the results of a small, open-label trial.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2495]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard being Nice]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Michael White comments on the difficult decisions faced when deciding what drugs can be paid for by the NHS.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2498]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High risk of conversion to multiple sclerosis predicted by gene activity]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scientists have identified a pattern of gene activity that predicts which patients who experience the first clinical symptoms of multiple sclerosis - known as clinically isolated syndrome - are at high risk of converting to the full blown disease.


]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2485]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neurologist shares his week - and worries]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dr Trevor Pickersgill's week will be featured in a forthcoming British Medical Association Wales publication Dear Diary

]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2486]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arrogant, illogical and totally out of touch, NICE must be scrapped ...it's killing too many people]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patronising. Bullying. Intimidating. That is how the body which makes life-and-death decisions on the rationing of NHS drugs was described in yesterday's Daily Mail - by two of the very experts who advise it.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2493]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World-class MS information at the touch of a button]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2487]]></link><description><![CDATA[People affected by the debilitating neurological condition multiple sclerosis (MS) now have world-class information at their fingertips.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2487]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NHS hospitals to forge &#163;2bn research link-up with university]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Four NHS hospitals and a university last night disclosed plans for a &#163;2bn business partnership to create the largest biomedical research organisation in Europe.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 7 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2488]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[National MS Society makes recommendations regarding therapeutic use of cannabis]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cannabis has the potential to treat symptoms of multiple sclerosis as well as limit the progression of the disease, according to an expert opinion paper published by the US National Multiple Sclerosis Society. However, the Society stopped short of recommending that MS patients use the drug medicinally.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 5 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2480]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two fresh cases of brain infection linked to Tysabri]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2476]]></link><description><![CDATA[Biogen Idec and Elan Corp have suffered a stock slide in after-hours trading after the firms revealed two new cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, in multiple sclerosis patients being treated with Tysabri, the brain infection that led to the drug being withdrawn in 2005.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 1 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2476]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New cases of PML reported with Tysabri]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those taking Tysabri who have questions about the news are urged to talk to their doctors.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 1 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2478]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Companies report brain infection in Tysabri users]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Biogen Idec Inc and Elan Corp reported two confirmed cases of a deadly brain infection in patients taking the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri, the first since the drug was reintroduced in the US in 2006.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2475]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope for MS sufferers as city scientist nears breakthrough]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2468]]></link><description><![CDATA[[report on stem cell research in Edinburgh - the researchers are more cautious in their expectations than the journalist]]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2468]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New EU air travel regulations for people with disabilities ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disabled air passengers experience discrimination and EDF - the European Disability Forum - intensive mobilisation has impacted the new EU regulation.  EMSP embarks with a fact sheet for PwMS!]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2470]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is pain all in the mind?]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2469]]></link><description><![CDATA[New research shows why some people are better at coping with pain than others]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2469]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research suggest brain cells may come back after damage from multiple sclerosis]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brian cells in areas targeted by multiple sclerosis may regenerate - often years after the initial injury, according to research by a team of Cleveland Clinic neuroscientists.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2465]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living life with multiple sclerosis]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Four people with multiple sclerosis tell their stories about the condition. MS affects the central nervous system and is most common in the Northern Hemisphere.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2463]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who'll be first to offer disabled people a job?]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2464]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we want to get claimants off incapacity benefit, we had better come up with some proper work for them, writes Alice Miles.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2464]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can cannabis compounds slow the progression of multiple sclerosis?]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2461]]></link><description><![CDATA[The CUPID (Cannabinoid Use in Progressive Inflammatory brain Disease) study at the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth has reached an important milestone with the news that the full cohort of 493 people with multiple sclerosis (MS) has been recruited to the study.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2461]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Important vitamin D does the body good]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2457]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's being hailed as a protection against a plethora of cancers, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes and even chronic back pain.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2457]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Work for benefits' plan unveiled]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unemployed people will be forced to work for their benefits, as part of welfare reforms unveiled by Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2458]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['I'm just another Scot with MS']]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Quigley, the political correspondent for BBC Scotland, was diagnosed with MS in 2000.  Now she has made a documentary about the condition in Scotland.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2459]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acupuncture comes to the aid of multiple sclerosis patients]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acupuncture has dramatically improved the lives of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients at a treatment centre in Nailsea.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2456]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gene map charts spinal cord mysteries]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Online mouse atlas could lead to new treatments for humans, scientists say.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2455]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health 2.0 empowers plugged-in patients]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consumers are well ahead of the health service in using the web, with patient opinion leaders emerging in many disease areas. Should the NHS engage the public in online dialogue, asks Daloni Carlisle.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2453]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Providing information for patients is insufficient on its own to improve clinical outcomes]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2454]]></link><description><![CDATA[A study in this week's BMJ reports a systematic review shows that coaching patients to ask questions during consultations has relatively little effect]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2454]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[North Wales neurology unit within five years]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neurosurgery patients in north Wales will continue to receive treatment in Liverpool, Health Minister Edwina Hart has confirmed.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2452]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patient voice improving GP access]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2451]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Government today welcomed the results of the second annual GP Patient Access Survey which reveals improvements in patient satisfaction and experience.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2451]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researchers reprogram adult stem cells in mouse brain to become myelin-making cells]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2477]]></link><description><![CDATA[After much further research, a similar approach may someday be used to repair myelin lost in MS.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2477]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statutory regulation of Traditional world medicines in the UK]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2445]]></link><description><![CDATA[A range of traditional world medicines may become statutorily regulated in the UK.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2445]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctors support NHS patients on paying for drugs]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doctors made a landmark decision yesterday to support patients' rights to receive NHS care while paying for private treatment.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2444]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patients' 'second class NHS' fear]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rows over funding treatment for Welsh patients across the border has left some feeling like "second-class citizens" a report from MPs is warning.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2443]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NHS 'failing' multiple sclerosis patients]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just over a third of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) have access to the recommended rehabilitation services, according to a study published today.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2438]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Multiple sclerosis sufferers getting 'postcode lottery' treatment]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Multiple sclerosis sufferers are getting poor NHS care five years after a drive to improve treatment, doctors claim.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2437]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MS guidelines 'are being missed']]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2439]]></link><description><![CDATA[The NHS is failing to meet national guidelines issued five years ago to improve the diagnosis and care of people with multiple sclerosis.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2439]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctors call for top-ups review]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doctors have called for a thorough and independent review of the ban on NHS patients paying to top up their care.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2442]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NICE recommendations have had little effect on multiple sclerosis services five years on]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nearly two thirds of patients with multiple sclerosis in England and Wales are unable to access neurological rehabilitation services, an audit shows.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2440]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debate call over NHS top-up care]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2431]]></link><description><![CDATA[There must be a thorough debate on whether to let patients top up NHS care with private treatment, the head of the British Medical Association has said.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2431]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patients will be able to book appointments online and have phone consultations]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Funding of general practices in England will be reformed to reward GPs for taking on new patients, a new Department of Health policy document says.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2446]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A four-way split on the NHS]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2432]]></link><description><![CDATA[The NHS was set up as a universal health service for the UK, but post devolution it has become clear that very different paths are being followed by England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2432]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darzi review: Up to 5000 patients with long term conditions will have their own personal budgets next year]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patients with long term conditions are to have their own personal health budgets under the government's plans for the NHS in England.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2441]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minister says GPs blocking choice]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2430]]></link><description><![CDATA[GPs have been attacked by a minister for operating "gentlemen's agreements" whereby they promise not to accept other doctors' patients.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2430]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Access to NHS care records may be widened]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2433]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Department of Health is to review the scope of access to the NHS Care Records Service, including possibly of making them available to non-NHS staff.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2433]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Individual taste]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despite fears that the system could be open to abuse, the government this week made it clear that personal budgets for care are the key to providing services that people really need. Alison Benjamin reports.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2428]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The NHS constitution: an irresponsible document]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2429]]></link><description><![CDATA[With costs NHS soaring out of control, we should be told all the things we do not have a right to.  Daniel Finkelstein comments.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2429]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best treatment for multiple sclerosis may depend on disease subtype]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Animal studies by University of Michigan scientists suggest that people who experience the same clinical signs of multiple sclerosis (MS) may have different forms of the disease that require different kinds of treatment.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 1 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2427]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NHS overhaul plans to be laid out]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health minister Lord Darzi is to announce plans for the next 10 years of England's NHS after a year-long consultation with patients and staff.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2416]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Competing hospitals will improve standards in NHS, says review]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Payment will depend on outcome of treatment - Patients' rights to be enshrined in constitution.

]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2417]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NHS care quality pledge after Darzi review]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2418]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Government pledged to put quality at the heart of patient care today as health minister Lord Darzi set out his vision for the NHS.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2418]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bristol MS centre dream becoming reality]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work has started to transform laboratories at Frenchay Hospital into a centre for people with multiple sclerosis.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2421]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darzi launches 10-year vision for the NHS]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health minister Lord Darzi has set out his vision for an NHS focused on quality of services, where patients' wishes come first and nurses and doctors have the freedom to offer the safest and most effective treatment.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2423]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New constitution to secure the NHS for the future]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2424]]></link><description><![CDATA[A draft Constitution that enshrines the principles and values of the NHS for the future was published today for consultation by the Secretary of State for Health, Alan Johnson.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2424]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patients to get personal NHS budgets]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patients with conditions like multiple sclerosis and motor neurone disease will have their own NHS budgets to buy the care they think is best for them.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2425]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coffee could halt multiple sclerosis]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drinking several cups of coffee a day could halt the development of multiple sclerosis, the results of a new study suggest.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2426]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ATL/TV1102 reduces disease activity in multiple sclerosis patients]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and Antisense Therapeutics Ltd announced that anti-sense drug, ATL/TV1102, significantly reduced disease activity in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2415]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drug approval for NHS to speed up]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2419]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government is to set out plans to speed up approval of drugs used in the National Health Service in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2419]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children 'at risk' from mercury in dental fillings]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children and unborn babies could be at risk from the mercury contained in fillings, according to the world's biggest medical regulator.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2422]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MS patients at higher risk for restless legs syndrome]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2414]]></link><description><![CDATA[People with multiple sclerosis are at a greater risk than the general population for developing restless legs syndrome (RLS), a new Italian study suggests.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2414]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patients urged to take part in clinical trials]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patients are to be encouraged to take part in medical research to advance healthcare in the UK.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2406]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NHS research - more involvement and choice for patients]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2408]]></link><description><![CDATA[As many patients as possible will have the opportunity to be part of medical research that will transform the healthcare and wellbeing of the population, the Health Secretary Alan Johnson announced today.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2408]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New oral drug laquinimod reduces multiple sclerosis disease activity and is safe and well tolerated]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2396]]></link><description><![CDATA[A new treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) reduces MRI disease activity and is well-tolerated in patients with the relapse-remitting form of the condition.
]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2396]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top-up review set to question core NHS principles]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2402]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 'founding principles of the NHS' are to be revisited after the government launched a review of the ban preventing patients making 'top-up' payments for drugs.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2402]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nurses to be rated on how compassionate and smiley they are]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nurses are to be scored on how compassionate they are towards patients as part of a government plan to improve quality in the NHS to be unveiled in the runup to the 60th anniversary of the health service next month, the Guardian can reveal.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2395]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ministers in U-turn over the right to 'top-up' NHS treatments]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ministers have bowed to public and political pressure and performed a U-turn over rules denying NHS patients the right to top up their care with treatment paid for privately.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2394]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regulate unorthodox therapy call]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acupuncture, herbal medicines and other traditional treatments should be regulated in the UK "without delay", experts say.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2392]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physio training applications down]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2397]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has been a dramatic fall in the number of people applying for university physiotherapist courses, figures show.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2397]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[32 PCTs to spearhead surge in talking therapies]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health minister Ivan Lewis today announced the 32 sites who will begin to roll out talking therapies around the country.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2386]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT giant founds carers' network]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2387]]></link><description><![CDATA[IT giant, Intel, has launched an online service so that carers in the UK can support each other and get advice from professionals.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2387]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Major award for MS Specialist Nurse]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2391]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Southern Health and Social Care Trust's Multiple Sclerosis Specialist Nurse Heidi Thompson has won the UK MS Specialist Nurses Association Making A Difference award.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2391]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Favorable two-year data in phase I/II retreatment studies of Tovaxin for multiple sclerosis]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opexa Therapeutics, Inc, a cell therapy development and commercialization company, today announced favorable safety and efficacy data for Tovaxin, the Company's investigational T-cell vaccination therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS), in the second year of open-label clinical retreatment studies in patients with MS.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2383]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MS sufferer Debbie Purdy wins right to hearing on assisted suicide]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2385]]></link><description><![CDATA[A multiple sclerosis sufferer won permission yesterday to bring a High Court challenge to clarify the law on assisted suicide.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2385]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clinical trials in multiple sclerosis 2008]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Annual listing of Clinical Trials in MS 2008, featuring ongoing MS trials, as well as those that are being planned or that have been recently completed.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2389]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MS sufferer who wants husband to help her die wins landmark ruling]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2384]]></link><description><![CDATA[A multiple sclerosis sufferer who wants her husband to aid her in ending her life has won a landmark review of the law on assisted suicide.

]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2384]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drugs pricing deal targets postcode lottery]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patients' groups could "name and shame" National Health Service primary care trusts that fail to prescribe ground-breaking but costly new drugs under a draft pricing contract agreed on Wednesday between the pharmaceutical industry and government.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2398]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Complementary medicine: seeking out alternatives]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Britons are increasingly likely to part with large sums of money for alternative health treatments despite little evidence that they work, writes Johanna Leggatt.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2378]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MPs slam "inhumane" NHS drug cost top-up ban]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Growing public anger over the UK government's refusal to allow National Health Service patients to top-up their care by paying privately for drugs which are not funded by the Service without forfeiting their basic package of care moved to Parliament this week.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2382]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation after immunosuppressive therapy effective and safe in multiple sclerosis: presented at ENS]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2381]]></link><description><![CDATA[In patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), immunosuppressive therapy followed by autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation elicited high response rates and improved quality of life for up to 6 years.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2381]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain's top 10 days out with disabled access]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2390]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first ever Rough Guide to Accessible Britain has been published, offering a choice of days out around the country for disabled visitors.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2390]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[&#163;255m to improve lives of carers for sick and elderly]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2377]]></link><description><![CDATA[New measures have been announced to reduce the burden on the six million Britons who look after sick, elderly and disabled relatives.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2377]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NHS spending gap between England and Scotland widens to &#163;400 per head]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2375]]></link><description><![CDATA[The scale of the disparity between spending on the NHS in England and Scotland has been laid bare with official figures showing the gap widening to almost &#163;400 per patient.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2375]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welsh health body 'should be scrapped']]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health Commission Wales (HCW), the controversial body which controls specialist NHS treatment, should be scrapped, an official report says.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2374]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New approach promising against multiple sclerosis]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treatment with an immune-suppressing drug may help people with the incurable disease multiple sclerosis, researchers said on Monday.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 9 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2372]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silent health suffering of carers]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Carers are suffering health problems in silence because they do not have the time to see a doctor, a new survey has found.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 9 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2370]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three out of four councils cutting care for elderly and disabled]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Care for the elderly and disabled is "coming apart at the seams", campaigners warned on Monday as a survey discloses that three out of four councils have cut free home support services in order to save money.
]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 8 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2376]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fresh hurdle for stem cell hunt]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2369]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Nobel Prize-winning scientist says it could be tougher than first thought to harness the healing power of stem cells in medicine.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 8 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2369]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI hunt pair who sold mum &#163;15,000 multiple sclerosis 'cure']]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Multiple sclerosis victim Janice Reed thought her prayers had been answered when she read about a pioneering cure that injected sufferers with stem cells.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 8 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2365]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Johnstone seals emotional victory in Jersey]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe's Tony Johnstone clinched an emotional first victory since being told he would never play golf again after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis by winning the Jersey Seniors Classic.
]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 8 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2366]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman challenges law governing assisted suicide prosecutions]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2371]]></link><description><![CDATA[MS sufferer wants partner to accompany her to clinic - Rules fail the vulnerable, says pressure group]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 7 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2371]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman with MS demands to know if husband can help her die]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2368]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman with a degenerative disease is demanding to know whether her husband would be prosecuted for helping her to die.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2368]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haynes Manual for male carers]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2364]]></link><description><![CDATA[A famous name in car manuals has taken a diversion to give male carers of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) a guide to help them deal with the everyday challenges of their role.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2364]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FTY720 trial continues despite death]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Novartis AG said two patients taking its multiple sclerosis drug FTY720 in clinical trials had problems with infections and one died, but the role of the medicine in the cases was unclear.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 5 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2367]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Government must review care charging]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Letter to The Times from the Coalition on Charging.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 5 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2356]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journey through MS history]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2361]]></link><description><![CDATA[A new interactive timeline of MS, developed by the German Multiple Sclerosis Society and available in English, explores significant moments in MS history, as well as developments might happen in the future.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 5 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2361]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Polyclinics 'may not boost care']]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2359]]></link><description><![CDATA["Super-surgeries" housing GPs and other specialists under one roof may not result in better services for patients, a leading health think tank has said.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 5 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2359]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MS drug keeps people on the move]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2354]]></link><description><![CDATA[A drug which allows multiple sclerosis patients to walk more quickly has passed the next step in its testing, say its makers.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2354]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New report warns of poverty risk for most vulnerable]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2355]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most vulnerable people in society are being put at risk of extreme poverty by rising care charges, according to a report published today by the Coalition on Charging.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2355]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government pledges &#163;900,000 towards independent living and launches support programme for councils]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Minister for Care Services Ivan Lewis today announced an extra &#163;900,000 to help disabled people work towards having more independent lives.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2353]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Embryo-free stem cell research gets boost]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2357]]></link><description><![CDATA[A major advance in transforming one kind of cell into another is reported today that will likely to render plans to clone human embryos redundant in the quest for revolutionary new treatments.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2357]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MHRA report on safety concerns with natalizumab (Tysabri)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2401]]></link><description><![CDATA[The June edition of Drug Safety Update from the MHRA reports on precautions that need to be taken with natalizumab therapy.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2401]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stem cells 'halt nerve disease']]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2358]]></link><description><![CDATA[An injection of stem cells has been used to cure mice with a normally fatal nervous system condition.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2358]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other approaches to depression]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although it would be an impossible task to describe or even list all the different approaches to treatment that have been tried for depression, perhaps readers would find it helpful and/or interesting to hear about the ones that I, Mr Average GP, would most often consider for my patients.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 2 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2379]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drug improves walking for MS patients]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acorda Therapeutics Inc said on Monday it will seek U.S. marketing approval early next year for the first medicine to improve walking among patients with multiple sclerosis, following highly favorable results of a second late-stage study.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 2 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2349]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carers prepared for the unexpected]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2351]]></link><description><![CDATA[The MS Society is to launch a new initiative that aims to reassure carers of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) that their duties will still be carried out in an emergency.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 2 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2351]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I'm carrying a right-to-die card, by an MS sufferer]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2347]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a new card in my purse. It can't buy anything and is worthless to a thief. But it is potentially the most valuable item I possess: it could determine whether I live or die.  'Stop!' it declares. 'I have made an advance decision to refuse treatment.'



]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 1 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2347]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hignell hangs up his mic]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alastair Hignell, BBC Radio 5 Live rugby union commentator, has retired following the Guinness Premiership final between Wasps and Leicester on Saturday.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 1 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2345]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Targets are crowding out compassion in the NHS, claims report]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Medicine has become more efficient but less humane, a major report into the NHS warns.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 1 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2352]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alastair Hignell's biggest challenge]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alastair Hignell has retired from the commentary box and now faces his biggest challenge.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 1 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2346]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government announces a National School for Social Care Research]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2348]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Government's commitment to improve social care services will be given a boost with a new National Institute for Health Research School for Social Care Research, Care Services Minister Ivan Lewis announced today.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2348]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Specialist MS team set up in city]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2343]]></link><description><![CDATA[A specialist team has been created to help people in Dundee with multiple sclerosis (MS).]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2343]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven in ten patients surveyed hadn't heard of the Summary Care Record]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patients' attitudes to the summary care record and HealthSpace: qualitative study]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2342]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New study suggests immune genes help determine sites of MS damage and symptoms]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Australian investigators funded by the National MS Society (USA) and MS Australia have published results suggesting that a person's set of immune-related genes may help determine which parts of the brain and spinal cord are attacked by the immune system during the course of their MS, and may explain why individuals with MS experience tissue damage, and corresponding symptoms, differently.]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate><guid><![CDATA[http://www.mstrust.org.uk/news/article.jsp?id=2344]]></guid></item></channel></rss>
