Multiple Sclerosis Survey Highlights Need For Assessment Tool To Identify Gaps In Provision
Medical News Today Thu, 29 Mar 2007 5:03 PM PDT
People with multiple sclerosis need much more practical help and better care support, according to a study published in the latest Journal of Advanced Nursing. Researchers from King's College London explored the aspirations of 445 patients with different levels of multiple sclerosis (MS), who were taking part in a wider study to evaluate MS specialist nurses. [click link for full article]

MS patients need better socio-economic support as well as medical care EurekAlert! Fri, 30 Mar 2007 6:26 AM PDT What people with multiple sclerosis perceive to be important to meeting their needs. Forbes et al. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 58.1, 11-22. Journal of Advanced Nursing is read by experienced nurses, midwives, health visitors and advanced nursing students in over 80 countries.

Special Gift Marks 50 Years of Helping MS Sufferers RedNova Fri, 30 Mar 2007 2:03 AM PDT By Sinead Keller THOUSANDS of pounds worth of equipment has been handed to a hospital to mark 50 years of the Coventry Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Salamanders Re-grow Lost Limbs, Could Human Medicine Benefit From Understanding Regeneration?
Science Daily Fri, 30 Mar 2007 9:06 AM PDT
Humans share many genes and cellular pathways with creatures that have remarkable powers of regeneration. Activating these sleeping systems of renewal in humans to treat disease is the center of a new multidisciplinary research effort.