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• ECTRIMS review
• Exercise and risk of MS
• Copper and risk of MS

Sleepless nights and jars of chutney from a neighbour inspired Marie to create her own cook book, which she is now using to raise funds to help others with MS.

• MS at the Paralympics
• Gene research for progressive MS questioned
• Natural history of people on disease modifying drugs
• MPs support call for medical cannabis
• Film about footballer with MS released on DVD
• Older people with MS
• Ageing with MS
• Progressive MS research funding
• Guidelines on more than one long-term condition
• ECTRIMS round up

Siponimod reduced the risk of progression in secondary progressive MS (SPMS) according to results presented at the ECTRIMS meeting in London on 17 September.

• How heat affects people with MS
• Paralympians with MS
• Negative attitudes to people with MS
• Tamoxifen may help myelin repair
• Genes don't suggest course of MS

A new report from the MS Trust shows that two in three people with MS in the UK live in areas where there aren’t enough MS nurses to provide vital care and support.

• The effect of childhood MS on parents
• Review of the medical understanding of childhood MS
• Explaining MS
• Please offer me a seat
• How lifestyle factors affect MS
• Photography project focuses on MS
• Low white blood cell count and MS

Initial research results suggest siponimod may slow progression in people with secondary progressive MS

• Genes and vitamin D
• Siponimod trial in secondary progressive MS
• Amiselimod trial results

The Patient Information Forum (PIF) are looking for people living with MS who may be interested in taking part in a focus group for its ‘perfect information journey’ project focused on improving access to information for patients with long-term conditions.

• Wales lagging behind in access to treatment
• High blood pressure may be associated with MS progression
• Neurological Alliance report on neurology and primary care
• Benefits changes and eligibility for Motability
• Camping with MS

People experiencing the first signs and symptoms of neurological conditions like MS are waiting too long to see an appropriate specialist, according to over 1,000 GPs surveyed across the UK.

Crystal tells us about her experience of living with MS and how it has led her to rekindle a love for jewellery making.

• Using mobility scooter for days out
• New technique for stem cell transplants
• Benefits of early treatment

Many MS symptoms seem invisible to other people. This blog explores some of the reasons for this and suggests what you could do to raise awareness.

As part of our MS Forward View project, we recently convened a meeting of MS specialists, carers and people with MS to look at different models of MS care and work out what are the most important factors to consider when designing services.

Since being diagnosed with MS in 2014, Kadeena Cox has become a successful para-athlete, competing on the track and also on bike, and is part of Team GB going to the Paralympics in Rio in September

Judy Beveridge is 45 and has secondary progressive MS, which makes it hard to stay as active as she would like. But discovering tandem cycling last year has given her a whole new way to stay fit and get out in the country

When Mel Hopper was diagnosed with MS in 2008, she felt like she had ‘stumbled into darkness’. But when she discovered blogs and forums for people living with long-term health conditions she found the personal support that helped her find a way out. Earlier this year she started her own blog at http://www.manylemons.com - here she explains why