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If MS affects your walking and you haven’t been as active over the last year, you may have noticed some changes in your walking ability. We spoke to a neuro physiotherapist who shares tips for keeping moving and improving your walking.

From running the London Marathon to purchasing our Christmas cards, the MS Trust offers many different activities and opportunities to get involved. In this article we speak to the Fundraising Team to find out more about the people behind some of our much loved campaigns.

The number of people being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis around the world is increasing. In this article we take a look at recent research which investigates who might be more succeptible to multiple sclerosis and why that might be. 

The MS Trust is very disappointed that NICE is unable to recommend ozanimod as an NHS treatment for relapsing remitting MS in England and Wales.

Researchers have identified three new MRI-based subtypes are better able to predict MS activity, disability progression and treatment response than the standard relapsing and progressive subtypes.

In April 2020 we shared a research study with members of our Facebook group. The study was conducted by the University of Reading and looked at the impact of Covid-19 on people with multiple sclerosis. In this blog we take a look at the findings.

John Peters tells us how his working life changed during lockdown and how he’ll be quite happy not to go back to ‘normal’.

Before lockdown Lacey visited her dad every other weekend, but Covid restrictions have meant she’s not been able to visit her dad in his care home and give him a hug since March 2020.

Comedian, Jeanette and Poet, Lytisha, talk about how creating their own podcast, about life with MS, led to lots of laughs, feelings of empowerment and a sense of community during lockdown. 

Adelle was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis in May 2020, she was aged just 17 at the time of the diagnosis.

We chatted to Jadie Codd, who finally received her diagnosis of MS following years of symptoms, on how she dealt with this, two young children and being pregnant with her third child during a pandemic.

Jess’s husband Neil lives with Advanced MS. During lockdown she noticed a decline in his arm movement. Here she tells us how she managed to hook up a hydration station for him.