MS Awareness Week: my MS story
Affecting an estimated 110,000 people in the UK, MS can impact everyone in a unique way. Here, two people share their experiences.
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£1.2 million has been invested in a global effort to stop multiple sclerosis on World MS Day 2021
New multiple sclerosis projects – including three pioneering studies in the UK – are set to have £1.2 million invested as part of a global effort to stop the disease.
Interviews: Under 30, life with MS this MS Awareness Week
We speak to three women under 30 to discover what more people need to know about life with multiple sclerosis.
Scotland’s first medicinal cannabis clinic approved to support people with MS and severe epilepsy
Regulators have approved Scotland’s first medical cannabis clinic set to be based in Stirling.
On World MS Day, charities are calling for improved mental health support for shielders
As life shielding in lockdown continues, a charity has called for improved mental health support and assistance for people who are shielding this World MS Day.
Making MS Connections on World MS Day 2020
World MS Day is an annual event marked on 30 May, bringing the global MS community together to share their stories, raise awareness, and campaign for everyone living with MS.
Long read: The mission to Stop MS
In the last 20 years MS research has reached a crucial point in finding medication that can slow, stop or reverse the effects of the condition. Here, the MS Society speaks to Enable about the quest to Stop MS and the innovative research they believe will make it possible.
New guidelines on medicinal cannabis are an ‘important first step’
New guidelines on the use of medicinal cannabis have been described as an ‘important first step’, by a leading charity.
Doctors discouraged from providing medicinal cannabis one year after legalisation
In 2018, the discussion on the benefits of medicinal cannabis reached a crescendo with the UK Government ultimately legalising the use of medicinal cannabis. One year on: doctors are continually being discouraged from providing the prescription.
Understanding multiple sclerosis this MS Awareness Week
This week (22–28 April) is MS Awareness Week. The campaign week aims to increase awareness of multiple sclerosis (MS) and raise some funds to help those living with the condition.
Embracing movement during MS Awareness Week
Are you ready to Move it for MS? It’s time to get active this week (22 – 28 April) to raise awareness of multiple sclerosis during this year’s MS Awareness Week.
Actress Selma Blair has opened up about living with multiple sclerosis
Last year, actress Selma Blair announced her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS). Now, she has shared the ‘painful’ truth of life with the condition.
Life outside the medical ward
After an accident or diagnosis, the four walls of a hospital room may become your lifeline. The constant medical assurance, guidance, and information keeps you…
Thousands with MS ‘not disabled enough’ for PIP
New figures from the MS Society have shown that one in three people with multiple sclerosis (MS) who apply for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for…
MS Society – Getting active together
Exercise is an important part of keeping fit and healthy – but living with multiple sclerosis (MS) can make exercise difficult. That’s why the MS Society…