MS News: May 2016
Highlight! People with MS Share How They Are Stronger Than MS and Maintain Independence on World MS Day May 25 Research Hebrew University and Aurum Ventures Team to Create a Diagnostic Blood Test for RRMS JC Virus Carries a Mutation in MS Patients That Amplifies Brain Disease Known as PML MS and Young Adult-onset Hodgkin Lymphoma May Share Underlying Causes, Study Says Gut Microbiota in Young MS Patients Is Higher in Pro-Inflammatory Bacteria Than Usual, Study Finds Sanofi Genzyme and Johns Hopkins Partner on MS Research Projects into Disease Progression Study of Immune System Response to Viral Infection Revives Possibility of Link Between MS and Viruses Gut Bacteria Affects Myelin Content and Induces MS-Like Depression in Mice, Study Reports Modern Medicine’s Promising Future for MS Treatment: Stem Cell Therapy Fluorosamine…
Health Organisations – Ireland
Overview of health organisations for people with disabilities Health Service Executive (HSE) Department of Social Protection Press Office of the Department of Health, Ireland Disability Federation of Ireland National Disability Authority Neurological Alliance of Ireland (NAI) Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) Irish Medicines Board (IMB) Revenue Commissioners Information on Rights and Entitlements Medical Cards Private Health Insurance Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability Mobility Aids Grant Scheme Seniors Alert Scheme Other support from the HSE Education Schemes to Support People with Disabilities in the Workplace Transport and Mobility VAT Refunds Tax Credits Relevant Legislation Useful Organisations Citizens Information Board Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) Health Services in Ireland Arthritis Ireland Association for Higher Education Access and Disability (AHEAD) Association of Occupational Therapists in Ireland (AOTI) Central Remedial…
World MS Day 2016
As each day passes with life with MS, it’s worth noting that quite often, there is still a large information gap to be filled on a medical, emotional, societal and political level. Like many other disease groups, the MS community wants to enhance “Life with…” once a year in a bid to give more insight in what people without MS may otherwise take for granted. In the past, I’ve written about World MS Day on my blog, as well as on the Irish MS Society’s blog and on Novartis’s MS blog. As a person living with the illness day in, day out, highlighting it has become a moral obligation.
TN triggers, symptoms & diagnosis
"Other disorders that cause facial pain should be ruled out before trigeminal neuralgia is diagnosed. Some disorders that cause facial pain include postherpetic neuralgia (nerve pain following an outbreak of shingles), cluster headaches, and temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ, which causes pain and dysfunction in the jaw joint and muscles that control jaw movement). Most people with TN eventually will undergo a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan to rule out a tumour or multiple sclerosis as the cause of their pain."
Disability rights in Ireland, 3 years later
"What’s even more bizarre, in November 2012, Ireland successfully campaigned for election to the Human Rights Council, yet it is still to ratify a convention that states that the rights of people with disabilities must be upheld. As a result, human rights are good for some in Ireland, but not for all. Oh, the irony of a health minister talking about inclusion."
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MS News: April 2016
Highlight! New injectable multiple sclerosis drug given go-ahead Smoking Cessation Decelerates Brain Volume Loss in Multiple Sclerosis Research Catching glandular fever can prevent multiple sclerosis Drug boosts myelin regeneration in mice raising hope of future treatments for MS Gut Bacteria Affects Myelin Content and Induces MS-Like Depression in Mice, Study Reportsultiple sclerosis development risk linked with where you live The nature of genetic susceptibility to multiple sclerosis: constraining the possibilities A Way Forward in Treating Primary-Progressive Multiple Sclerosis? Study Shows Potential of Novel Compound to Treat Multiple Sclerosis Cytokine Once Thought Only to Promote Inflammation Now Seen to Have Restorative Properties, Too Multiple sclerosis: A new leap forward? Technique measures ‘postural sway’ to diagnose neuromuscular disorders Multiple sclerosis Could Helicobacter pylori provide protection against multiple sclerosis?