Archive for the ‘MRSA / Drug Resistance’ Category
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
A report from Biogen Idec has confirmed two further cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the EU. The first person had an aggressive form of MS and had been taking Tysabri for approximately 17 months. They are now in a stable condition at ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
Research published in Nature Neuroscience , electronic publication ahead of print) has shown that adult stem cells in mice that are developing into nerve cells can be redirected to turn into myelin -making cells by changing a single gene . This type of research may some day help ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Michigan Chapter's 2008 da Vinci Award® winners are announced. The da Vinci Awards recognize the most innovative developments and research in adaptive and assistive technology. The Society understands well difficulties people experience when faced with physical disabilities and created the da Vinci Awards to recognize ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
A report published by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and the MS Trust states the NHS is failing people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The report identified that the estimated 85,000 people in the UK with MS are subject to a "postcode lottery", with access to basic services - including ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
A survey of services for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) by the Royal College of Physicians' Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit (CEEu) and the MS Trust shows that the NHS is still failing to implement the 2003 NICE* guidelines on the management of MS patients. The audit, carried out ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
This week three of the MS Society's trustees - Amanda Cox, Caroline Green and Stuart Nixon - are online to answer your questions about their role at the MS Society. The trustees are a board of volunteers who are ultimately responsible for deciding how the MS Society achieves the aims ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: Teva) and Antisense Therapeutics Ltd. (ASX: ANP) announced that ATL/TV1102, a novel, anti-sense drug, significantly reduced disease activity in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase IIa study met its primary endpoint showing a significant reduction by 54.4% (p=0.01) in ...
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Friday, July 4th, 2008
On Monday 30 June, the final report of Lord Darzi's review of the NHS will be published and will talk of an NHS that "empowers patients" through care that is "high quality and personal". Lord Darzi will announce the piloting of personalised budgets in ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
A second top Para Dressage rider has been chosen for the fourth time to join team GB at the 2008 Paralympics in . Anne Dunham will join training mate Simon Laurens - who featured in this month's MS Matters - on the trip in September and is hoping for ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
The Minister for Equality, Disability and Mental Health, John Moloney T.D., officially launched Multiple Sclerosis Ireland's National Activity, Exercise and Physiotherapy Research Programme - Getting the Balance Right. "I welcome this innovative project which will see people with MS of various abilities participate in an array of exercise and physio ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
The exclusive use of a home on the South Course of Oakland Hills Country Club during this 90th PGA Championship means a lot to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Michigan Chapter. This year, as part of their fundraising programs, the charity is offering a PGA hospitality experience with limited grounds ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The British Equestrian Federation has announced that Simon Laurens, one of the UK's top Para Dressage riders, has been chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2008 Paralympics in . Simon, who has multiple sclerosis (MS), was one of 17 eligible to represent Great Britain at the event and ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
"A new oral drug for multiple sclerosis has produced promising results in clinical trials," BBC News reported. It said the new drug, laquinimod, improved the condition of patients with the relapse-remitting form of multiple sclerosis (MS) with few side-effects. Scans showed that patients taking a high dose of the ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada announced the winners of its annual John Alexander Media Awards, recognizing excellence in print and broadcast journalism. The awards were established to honour the late John Alexander's contribution to increasing public awareness of MS in Canada. The goal of the awards is to ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
The MS Society is funding specialist MS physiotherapist posts to meet a need demonstrated by people living with multiple sclerosis (MS), and to combat NHS cuts.In an interview on the BBC Radio 4 You and Yours programme, MS Society chief executive, Simon Gillespie, said that the charity was increasingly having ...
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