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FELEM/NMSS Spanish research news update

Further to FELEM’s initiative translating MSIF's weekly Research News update into Spanish, Maria A Reyes-Velarde, Manager of Underserved Population Programs, the US National MS Society (NMSS), confirmed The National Hispanic/Latino Advisory Council of the National Clinical Advisory Board has approved to have a link to FELEM’s translation on NMSS’s Spanish section.

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Germany – 2008 Global Dinner Party update

The German Multiple Sclerosis Society (DMSG) has participated in the MS Global Dinner Party since 2005. Over the past three years, hosts have invited friends, relatives and work colleagues to events nationwide, raising over €59,000.

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Dr Matiello awarded NMSS grant

The recipient of the 2005 Du Pré Fellowship*, Dr Marcelo Matiello from Brazil, has been awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the US National MS Society, (NMSS).

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Profile of the Month : February 2008

Name: Maarten Wilbers
Country: The Netherlands
Age: 46
Profession: Programmer/website developer
Type of MS: RRMS
Year of diagnosis: 2001

'...I decided to concentrate on the things I could still do rather than on the things I couldn't."

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The impact of neurological illness on marital relationships

This study into patients with a variety of conditions and their partners concluded that in MS satisfactory relationships were more likely to occur where there was strong social support.

authors: O'connor EJ, McCabe MP, Firth L.

source: J Sex Marital Ther. 2008 Mar-Apr;34(2):115-32.

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Relating functional changes during hand movement to clinical parameters in patients with multiple sclerosis in a multi-centre fMRI study

This multi-centre study combined data from MS patients across Europe, and found that in MS patients far more areas of the brain were activated during a simple task. This suggests that recovery in MS may be associated with the use of alternative but less efficient areas of the brain for the same task.

authors: Wegner C, Filippi M, Korteweg T, Beckmann C, Ciccarelli O, De Stefano N, Enzinger C, Fazekas F, Agosta F, Gass A, Hirsch J, Johansen-Berg H, Kappos L, Barkhof F, Polman C, Mancini L, Manfredonia F, Marino S, Miller DH, Montalban X, Palace J, Rocca M, Ropele S, Rovira A, Smith S, Thompson A, Thornton J, Yousry T, Matthews PM.

source: Eur J Neurol. 2008 Feb;15(2):113-22

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Unexpected multiple sclerosis: follow-up of 30 patients with magnetic resonance imaging and clinical conversion profile

This study follows 30 patients who had an MRI scan for some other reason, and the scan was consistent with MS even though they had had no previous symptoms. It suggests that it may be possible to detect patients early who are likely to develop clinical MS at a later date.

authors: Lebrun C, Bensa C, Debouverie M, De Seze J, Wiertlievski S, Brochet B, Clavelou P, Brassat D, Labauge P, Roullet E; CFSEP.

source: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2008 Feb;79(2):195-8

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Contribution of relapses to disability in multiple sclerosis

This study on relapses in MS found that half of the 182 patients did not recover completely from their relapses, and developed a half point increase on a disability scale (EDSS). The authors conclude that treatments which target relapses could reduce the accumulation of disability.

authors: Hirst C, Ingram G, Pearson O, Pickersgill T, Scolding N, Robertson N.

source: J Neurol. 2008 Jan 23 [Epub ahead of print]

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Professor Helmut Bauer, 1914-2008

Professor Helmut Bauer, the internationally renowned neurologist and MS researcher, passed away 16 January 2008, aged 93.

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