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<![CDATA[MS Trust Recent Story List]]><![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[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]]><![CDATA[Higher premiums due to law change]]><![CDATA[The missing link for MS? Expert's perspective on chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency cure]]><![CDATA[Genetic variant associated with multiple sclerosis risk may also be linked to number of spinal cord lesions in people with MS]]>Archives of Neurology, a team of researchers in Amsterdam uncovered a clue which may elucidate the connection between the HLA-DRB1*1501 variant and multiple sclerosis. ]]><![CDATA[Gifts NOT to give to people with multiple sclerosis]]><![CDATA[MS sufferer walks after stem cell treatment]]><![CDATA[Gardasil linked to MS symptoms]]><![CDATA['My son had multiple sclerosis aged five']]><![CDATA['I had everything I'd ever wanted - I couldn't be ill']]><![CDATA[Research into blood flow in the brain and venous insufficiency, or CCSVI, in multiple sclerosis]]><![CDATA[Patients could be offered one to one nursing care for complex conditions]]><![CDATA[NHS to take responsibility for social care]]><![CDATA[I invite scientists to develop MS models]]>MS expert downplays Italian surgeon's treatment)]]><![CDATA[Schoolboy Ryan McLaughlin wins vitamin D campaign]]><![CDATA[Government launches 10-year mental health strategy]]><![CDATA[No major problems with swine flu jab so far]]><![CDATA[Study confirms that cannabis is beneficial for multiple sclerosis]]><![CDATA[Can Novartis win race to launch first oral drug for MS?]]><![CDATA['Despite everything, I'm very glad I'm alive']]><![CDATA['Gift-giving has made me a nicer person']]><![CDATA[FDA holds up multiple sclerosis pill]]><![CDATA[Merck KGaA gets 'refuse to file' letter from FDA for oral MS drug]]><![CDATA['MS will not make me any less magnificent': Marlo Donato Parmelee on coping with the disease]]><![CDATA[New drugs available on NHS before NICE appraisal]]><![CDATA[Multiple sclerosis 'blood blockage theory' tested ]]><![CDATA[GPs told to step up the swine flu vaccination]]><![CDATA[MS link to brain blood flow tested]]><![CDATA[Personal Care at Home Bill introduced to Parliament]]><![CDATA[MS expert downplays Italian surgeon's treatment]]><![CDATA[Childbirth "slows MS progression"]]>Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.]]><![CDATA[Having babies 'can slow' multiple sclerosis]]><![CDATA[High unexpressed anger in multiple sclerosis patients linked to nervous system damage, not disease severity]]>European Journal of Neurology.]]><![CDATA[Experimental MS surgery draws Canadian interest]]><![CDATA[£130m for telecare and home help]]><![CDATA[Factors from common human bacteria may trigger multiple sclerosis]]><![CDATA[Vitamin D - the missing link for multiple sclerosis sufferers]]><![CDATA[Reassuring pregnancy findings for women with MS]]><![CDATA[Fifty percent of MS patients avoid treatment over injectable delivery fears]]><![CDATA[Vulnerable patients shunning swine flu vaccine, GPs warn]]><![CDATA[Campaign to encourage reporting of side effects to medicines… 'Help make medicines safer for everyone']]><![CDATA[Good news on multiple sclerosis and pregnancy]]><![CDATA[Concerns over social care plans]]><![CDATA[Vitamin D could ease symptoms for MS sufferers]]><![CDATA[MS Society Scotland votes to stay with UK]]><![CDATA[MS is more aggressive in children but slower to cause disability than in adults]]><![CDATA[New drug therapies and promising research offer hope to MS sufferers]]><![CDATA['I am blessed to have MS']]><![CDATA[Is sex for the disabled the last taboo?]]><![CDATA[Published evidence for off-label gabapentin uses is incomplete]]><![CDATA[Men leave: separation and divorce far more common when the wife is the patient]]><![CDATA[Mayo Clinic neurologist reports: "thousands of NMO patients are misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis"]]><![CDATA[One of our own: a photo essay of multiple sclerosis]]><![CDATA[Minimally invasive radiosurgery may improve MS facial pain that does not respond to drugs]]><![CDATA[Plans for 'right' to private care]]><![CDATA[NHS proposals to allow patients to shop around for treatment]]><![CDATA[Lifeline centre fighting for survival as cashflow dries up]]>