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@anindita

25 Jun 2015 08:43Last reply 6 Aug 2015 14:42

anindita

MS Reporters - we need your questions

Hi, Dita from the Shift.ms team here. We've been working away with the MS Reporters project, and we will be releasing the first set of videos very soon! We now have 15 MS Reporters across the UK and we're off to Salford this weekend to train another group. So we need your questions, let us know al...
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@Vixen

2 Nov 2017 12:11Last reply 3 Nov 2017 07:26

Vixen

MS reporters in Paris

Hello Shifters. I have to say I am really appreciating all the video clip extracts from Paris. Short enough to be watchable but not overly technical. They are realistically pitched too; they don't encourage you to project a vision of false hope, but paint a clear picture of progress in medicine and ...
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@anindita

18 Dec 2015 16:43

anindita

MS Reporters survey

Hi everyone, You might have seen some of our MS Reporters videos. We have over 30 live now with meet ups happening every month. We are doing a bit of research with Prof Dawn Langdon to see what impacts the content have. Would be great if you could fill in this survey for us. (It involved watchin...
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@Fiona_Brown

12 Feb 2020 13:47

Fiona_Brown

MS Reporters request: MS, my Baby and Me

Hey Shift.ms! Fiona here - I'm a Programme Coordinator at Shift.ms. We’re currently planning an MS Reporters video series on the postpartum period with MS called, “MS, my Baby and Me” - and we’d like to ask for your help in designing it. This series will explore a time of life lots of women with...
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@MakkyMee

13 Mar 2016 10:53Last reply 21 Mar 2016 06:23

MakkyMee

What question/s do you have?

Hi All, I'm collating a list of questions on behalf of Shift.ms so the MS Reporters can go out and ask the professionals the questions we want to know the answers to. If you have any question at all about MS, please let me know so that I can add it to the list. Once the reporters have been out, t...
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@RitaM

10 Aug 2020 17:53Last reply 11 Aug 2020 07:48

RitaM

Thank you for all the insights

Hello this is my first post, although I have been following the forum for several months. I was diagnosed in January and my MS nurse recommended the site. I want to say thank you to you all for all the support you give to each other and new people like me and loads of information that I have picked ...
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@DominicS

18 Mar 2020 07:16Last reply 18 Mar 2020 16:06

DominicS

Wed 17th March - An Update

Read this, I dare you ;) -- Morning All - I imagine it is as tiresome for you as it is for me to keep whacking things up as and when they cross my path. I am going to try and do a daily update of relevant and interesting things. That'll be my small bit. I am spending far too long online atm trying...
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@anindita

18 Dec 2014 10:47Last reply 24 Dec 2014 05:36

anindita

MS and technology in 10 years time

Dita here, I joined the Shift.ms team a couple of months ago. You might have seen our MS Reports videos, well we're aiming to lots more with lots more experts and MS reporters across the UK so we'll be posting out to ask for questions soon. I'm going to be chatting to some MS professionals in Jan f...
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@sarahshift

26 Sep 2017 11:24Last reply 4 Oct 2017 07:07

sarahshift

Hot Topic...you decide

Howdy, A team of MS Reporters are heading to MSPARIS17 (also known as ECTRIMS) in October and need your help on deciding which MS Experts to interview. Can you help us decide? Option 1) Ageing with MS Topics covered; CIS: prognosis after 30 years Role of comorbidities in ageing individuals with...
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@millar

16 Jul 2019 14:11Last reply 18 Jan 2022 13:44

millar

Managing Uncertainty

Hi Guys! We're currently planning an MS Reporters series aimed at helping people with MS manage the uncertainty that an MS diagnosis brings into their lives. I'd be really keen to hear your thoughts on any or all (or none) of the questions below: How do you manage this uncertainty? What helps a...
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@Margarita

20 Oct 2015 21:24Last reply 28 Oct 2015 14:54

Margarita

Brain atrophy & progression

I was just watching one of the MS Reporters interviews (thanks for those!) and was surprised to hear the link between brain volume loss/atrophy and progression described in such simple terms. I started out thinking of it in the same way, then read some things that made me think that was wrong, now s...
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@GivingTuesday

27 Nov 2018 06:41Last reply 27 Nov 2018 17:54

GivingTuesday

A big shout out to Shift.ms supporters

Today is Giving Tuesday and we are celebrating our amazing donors and fundraisers. Donations have helped us to reach more people than ever this year. Our membership has increased to nearly 19,000, we now have a bank of over 500 MS Reporters videos for people to utilise as resources and there have ...
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@sarahshift

3 Oct 2018 12:51Last reply 8 Oct 2018 16:01

sarahshift

Europe's Biggest MS research conference

And we're going to it! From Wednesday 10th to Friday 12th Oct, a team of Shift.ms MS Reporters will be at ECTRIMS (European Committee for Treatment and Research into Multiple Sclerosis) and interviewing a number of leading MS experts. The team will be reporting back the latest on MS research deve...
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@sarahshift

19 Jul 2017 07:55Last reply 19 Jul 2017 10:36

sarahshift

HSCT questions

We're about to interview some healthcare experts about this treatment and want your questions to ask them. Drop them below and the MS Reporters will get the answers for the community...
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@DominicS

27 Mar 2020 11:17Last reply 27 Mar 2020 11:37

DominicS

Daily Briefing Covid-19 [27th Mar 2020]

Bonjour (Rodney?), - BoJo HAS IT - really, you're not dreaming. I hope Rishi doesn't. Far from perfect but an order of magnitude better than the Buffoon. IMHO. - If you haven't seen the latest news our esteemed leader, the Tousled Haired Buffon, has tested positive for Covid-19. Whilst I wouldn't t...
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@DominicS

16 Apr 2020 11:38Last reply 16 Apr 2020 15:36

DominicS

Daily Briefing Covid-19 [16th April '20]

Hej (Swedish today), - The Donald seems to think that nature understands the greatness of the US and has sped up the Covid-19 development there as a result. Apparently they are flattening the curve faster than anyone else and get back to normal pretty sharpish. He is an extraordinarily strange man....
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@sarahshift

1 Jun 2017 11:33Last reply 7 Jun 2017 10:22

sarahshift

Brain health questions???

Hey, It's a year since the Brain Health: Time Matters report was launched. Has anyone read it? Did it answer questions you had or leave you with more? If you have any questions about brain health that you'd like to ask a specialist in this area, let us know and the MS Reporters will get on the...
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@anindita

28 May 2015 12:27Last reply 29 May 2015 09:22

anindita

Ask a Physio

Hi everyone, What have you always wanted to ask a physio but never had the chance? Pop your question in our form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1eV6_3Z7WFJfZM3hKVjKyI9S4OexdhYbedMrnkpdZUps/viewform We'll send one of our MS Reporters along to interview a Physio and make a little video based on yo...
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@DominicS

9 May 2020 10:54Last reply 9 May 2020 12:26

DominicS

Dom’s Covid Diary (Sat May 9th)

I hope y'all are doing well. I am getting Covid-19 overload. Having subscribed to various MS and non-Ms video channels, scientific blogs, and have been present at countless webinars I am thoroughly sheep-dipped in it. Some medical, some patient. There are probably a few key messages to take away fr...
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@DominicS

25 Oct 2018 13:09Last reply 25 Oct 2018 14:10

DominicS

Newly diagnosed - DT choices

V. interesting video from Ectrims. Thank you, MS Reporters. Gavin Giovanni (arguably the leading MS expert in the UK) talks about why MS needs to be gone at with the best treatments sooner. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156138315792701&id=45977142700
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