Oh, media, when will you ever learn? Stop calling it a cure!
Again, dear Media, you are one slick, quick fixer. You know what works: stories that touches people’s hearts and their emotions. You know it will definitely gather income. Good for you. A few short clicks to search, select all, enter, tag and publish. Job done. Imagine when clinical trials are over and done with already... And you didn’t look it up before hitting 'Publish'.
No-wrinkle multiple sclerosis
Neurological tests are entertaining. They’re telling. Mind-boggling. Enigmatic. In brief, neuro checkups sometimes border on the gloomy, darkly lit twilight zone of your existence, especially when you get up close and personal with the MRI scans of your central nervous system – your brain and spinal cord. Both are the cause of what makes you the multiple sclerosis patient, including the bits and pieces you don’t admire and cannot hide from.
MS News: January 2018
Your monthly MS news is back after spending a few months in the cooler. It will continue as before, with highlights, news on research and clinical trials as well as lifestyle, diet and mental and emotional health. If you found an article you want to add to this post, please let me know. Highlight! 5 Tips Managing Cold and Flu Season with MS A UCL Special Grand Round: Recent Advances in Multiple Sclerosis Predicting MS in Patients With Clinically Isolated Syndrome: MAGNIMS vs McDonald Criteria Online Video Aims to Show How ‘Invisible’ Disabilities Affect Lives Video on Invisible Disabilities Breaks Down Barriers and Helps Make Connections Research in Ireland Five leading Irish-based researchers to share SFI prize of €7m Two Trinity Researchers Among Five Winners of €7m in Funding
CNS (videos)
Magnetic voices
Life with MS is about adaptation. What you can do, however, is listen to the voice of reason, no matter how hard it might seem. It might say that you will need time, rest, medicines, a decent medical team and a seriously good dose of positivity to go through life.
Neurology (Research)
Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery – JNNP’s ambition is to publish the most ground-breaking and cutting-edge research from around the world, encompassing the entire genre of neurological sciences Journal Watch Neurology – Its mission is to help clinicians efficiently understand medical developments to improve patient care and foster professional development NetmedNeurology – Your First Place To Look™ for authoritative, in-depth articles covering the full spectrum of neurology Neuroscience Ireland – The aim of the Society is to advance research and education in the neurosciences in Ireland, and to represent Irish neuroscience researchers both nationally and internationally Updated: March 18th, 2019 (update ongoing) 2018 Winner Best Blog Post with ‘3443 Needles’, Blog Awards Ireland, Ashville Media Group, Dublin, Ireland ◾ Everyday Health: Top 10 MS Blogs to Follow in 2020 ◾…
That twitching feeling
"Suffice to say that the type that I have, is stimulus-sensitive and is triggered by a variety of external events, including sound, touch, movement, and light. Just like MS’s unpredictability in general, myoclonus can vary in intensity as well as in frequency, and it cannot be controlled by the one experiencing it."
