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MSIF Global Dinner Party 2006 a great success!

In February 2006, MS supporters around the world hosted Global Dinner Party events for family and friends to raise awareness of MS and raise funds for MS projects. Congratulations to everyone involved.

Reports and photos from dinner parties that took place in Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, Greece, Kenya, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the USA can be seen by clicking here.

For more information about the Global Dinner Party and how to get involved in 2007, please click here.

MSIF Nicholson Award 2006

This week a memo will go to all MSIF Member Society CEOs asking them to nominate a caregiver for the 2006 Evelyn Nicholson Award for International Caregiver of the Year.

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Support MSIF by playing the UK monday lottery 11-17 July

MSIF is one of the charities which will benefit from the monday lottery during the week 11-17 July, 2006.

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Profile of the Month : January 2008

Ian Douglas

Diagnosis: 1992
Occupation: Works with a number of UK charities including the UK MS Society as a Trustee.


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Motor assessment of upper extremity function and its relation with fatigue, cognitive function and quality of life in multiple sclerosis patients

This study explores the relationship between upper extremity motor function and fatigue, cognitive function and quality of life in MS patients.

authors: Yozbatiran N, Baskurt F, Baskurt Z, Ozakbas S, Idiman E.

source: J Neurol Sci. 2006 Jul 15;246(1-2):117-122. Epub 2006 May 5.

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Proxy measurements in multiple sclerosis: agreement between patients and their partners on the impact of MS in daily life

This study shows that the partners of MS patients have a high level of agreement with patients on self-report questionnaires regarding their health status.

authors: van der Linden FA, Kragt JJ, Hobart JC, Klein M, Thompson AJ, van der Ploeg HM, Polman CH, Uitdehaag BM.

source: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2006 Jul 4; [Epub ahead of print]

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Plasma cerebrosterol and magnetic resonance imaging measures in multiple sclerosis

This study found correlations between the cerebrosterol-cholesterol ratio in plasma of MS patients and conventional MRI parameters, while investigating the potential of cerebrosterol as a marker of neurodegeneration.

authors: Karrenbauer VD, Leoni V, Lim ET, Giovannoni G, Ingle GT, Sastre-Garriga J, Thompson AJ, Rashid W, Davies G, Miller DH, Bjorkhem I, Masterman T.

source: Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2006 Jul;108(5):456-60. Epub 2005 Sep 6.

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Imaging of inflammatory lesions at 3.0 Tesla in patients with clinically isolated syndromes suggestive of multiple sclerosis: a comparison of fluid-attenuated inversion recovery with T2 turbo spin-echo

This study compares the sensitivity of T2 turbo spin-echo and FLAIR sequences in detecting inflammatory lesions in patients with clinically isolated syndromes suggestive of MS. FLAIR was found to be more sensitive.

authors: Wattjes MP, Lutterbey GG, Harzheim M, Gieseke J, Traber F, Klotz L, Klockgether T, Schild HH.

source: Eur Radiol. 2006 Jul;16(7):1494-500. Epub 2006 Apr 4.

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Modification of MRI criteria for multiple sclerosis in patients with clinically isolated syndromes

The McDonald criteria are used in the diagnosis of MS, and this paper describes a modification which allows an increased sensitivity of diagnosis in patients who have had a single clinical episode.

authors: Swanton JK, Fernando K, Dalton CM, Miszkiel KA, Thompson AJ, Plant GT, Miller DH.

source: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2006 Jul;77(7):830-3. Epub 2005 Jul 25.

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Home versus outpatient administration of intravenous steroids for multiple-sclerosis relapses: a randomised controlled trial

This study compares the efficacy, safety, cost and patient experience when intravenous steroids for acute relapse are given at home or in hospital. Co-ordination of care was significantly improved in the home setting, and sometimes cost was reduced, with other outcome measures equivalent between the groups.

authors: Chataway J, Porter B, Riazi A, Heaney D, Watt H, Hobart J, Thompson A.

source: Lancet Neurol. 2006 Jul;5(7):565-71.

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UK MS Society appoints new chief executive

source: UK MS Society

Simon Gillespie has become chief executive of the UK Multiple Sclerosis Society, succeeding Mike O’Donovan.

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German MS Society press reviews

source: German MS Society

German-speaking readers may be interested to read press reviews from the German MS Society, for the period March to June 2006.

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US spotlight on managing MS pain

source: US National MS Society

Managing MS pain is this month's spotlight on the US National MS Society website.

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