BETA

BETA explained

You have probably seen the Beta sign at the top of the website – what does this mean? Well, in short, it mean this website is a work in progress. We are aware there are glitches, incomplete pages, links that don’t work, some accessibility issues… but instead of the backroom staff – that’s Beki, Freddie and [...]

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Omega 3 and MS? Something smells fishy

New research emerging from Norway suggests that supplementing your diet with Omega 3 Fish oil doesn’t actually offer a great deal of benefit for people with MS. Omega 3 either in supplement form or through consumption of oily fish is something a lot of people with MS swear by. There is logic behind this as [...]

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Ultra running for Shift.ms

Part One Once again it is the start of a new season. Last weekend was my first race of the year, the inaugural İznik Ultra Marathon. In fact it was two races in one day, the full tour of the lake – 126km and a 60km. Both a feast for the legs especially compounded by [...]

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Kicking off

By Sian Gwilym A friend in need is a friend indeed – so the saying goes. But sometimes that friend in need is, after a couple of days of moaning and whinging, a friend who actually needs a good kick up the backside to get them off the old self-pity train and back to the [...]

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MS Trust Awareness Week

MS Awareness week is here! This is the 5th MS Awareness week I have been involved in planning, and I do think it is a good way to try to reach out to people who don’t know about MS, but it’s also a great way for people who have MS themselves to learn more about [...]

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What Ram doesn’t know

Dr Ram knows everything there is to know about Vitamin D (well, we think he does). Here are a few things he doesn’t know

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aid4disabled

I am Patrick and I have Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. My first symptoms happened in or around 1979, and I was diagnosed with SPMS in 1995. At the beginning of February my website www.aid4disabled.com was born. Its aim is to provide information for people who are disabled but yearn for more independence and want to find a way to improve the quality of their life.

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