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Crippled by MS, golfer Tony was told he'd never play again. But an astonishing new drug proved doctors wrong - Daily Mail 11th November 2008
When professional golfer Tony Johnstone woke one Sunday morning with a numb left hand, he assumed he'd slept awkwardly. But as the day wore on, the numbness travelled throughout his left side, freezing his face and affecting his balance.
Panicking, he became convinced he was having a stroke.
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Assisted suicide fight ruling due - BBC Health News 29th October 2008
A woman with multiple sclerosis will hear later whether her High Court challenge to clarify the law on assisted suicide has succeeded.
Debbie Purdy, 45, from Bradford, is considering going to a Swiss clinic to end her life, but fears her husband may be charged on his return to the UK.
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Major step towards treating multiple sclerosis as trials show drug reverses effects of disease - The Guardian 23rd October 2008
Doctors yesterday hailed a major success in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, after trials revealed that a drug had halted and reversed the debilitating effects of the disease for the first time.
The unprecedented results will boost the hopes of thousands of people in Britain in the early stages of the condition, which destroys the central nervous system.
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Drug can reverse the effects of MS -The Independent 23rd October 2008
Discovery is hailed as breakthrough in treatment of debilitating condition. Scientists have made a dramatic leap forward in the treatment of multiple sclerosis with the discovery of a drug that not only halts the disease but can also reverse it.
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New drug raises hope of reversing multiple sclerosis in early stages - The Times 23rd October 2008
A step change in the treatment of multiple sclerosis is heralded today by the first study to suggest that a drug can stop the disease in its tracks and even reverse its progress.
A trial of the medicine, known as alemtuzumab, has found that it offers benefits that are “better by a country mile” than other treatments for MS, and that it is effective for a much wider cross-section of patients.
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How cancer drug could reverse debilitating effects of MS - Daily Mail 23rd October 2008
A cancer treatment invented by British scientists has been found to help those with multiple sclerosis.
A study shows alemtuzumab not only stops MS from advancing but may also restore lost function caused by the disease.
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Drug may reverse MS brain damage - BBC Health News 22nd October 2008
A drug developed to treat leukaemia may be a powerful new weapon against multiple sclerosis, researchers say.
Alemtuzumab appears to stop progression of the disease in patients with early stage active relapsing-remitting MS - the most common form of the condition.
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MS drug trial helps golfer win again - BBC Health News 22nd October 2008
To win for the first time on the European Golf Seniors Tour would be special for anyone.
But Zimbabwean Tony Johnstone's victory in the Jersey Seniors Classic in June was quite out of the ordinary.
It was not the first time he had won a top-rank tournament - in fact he had a list of victories all over the world.
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Catherine Bennett: Let this woman die as she chooses, not in a death plant - The Observer 5th October 2008
Debbie Purdy says the present legislation on assisted suicide is cowardly. She's wrong - it's barbaric
The last time assisted suicide was debated at Westminster, the Bishop of Portsmouth, the Rt Rev Kenneth Stevenson, explained that death is too important to leave to dying people. 'Dying,' said the bishop, disclosing that he had been diagnosed with leukaemia, 'is not an entirely individual matter. It is corporate.' In the case of Debbie Purdy, it could hardly be more so.
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Suicide guarantee 'not possible' - BBC Health News 3rd October 2008
It is not possible to guarantee a woman with multiple sclerosis her husband would escape prosecution for helping her die, the High Court has heard.
Debbie Purdy,45, from Bradford, is considering going to a Swiss clinic to end her life, but fears her husband may be charged on his return to the UK.
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Worldwide survey seeks MS answers - BBC Health News 17th September 2008
A major new study that hopes to answer key questions about the neurological disease multiple sclerosis (MS) is being unveiled on Thursday.
This first worldwide study is the work of the WHO and the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (MSIF).
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Unproven treatment 'aids my MS' - BBC Health News 16th September 2008
Two years ago, my alarm went at 7.30am, I threw back the covers, my upper body moved but the rest did not.
I could not feel anything from the chest down, so I called work and said: "I'll probably be late in this morning". Shock I guess.
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Poor health 'due to wet climate' - BBC Health News 15th September 2008
Scotland's poor health record could be directly linked to a lack of sunshine, a scientist has said.
Dr Oliver Gillie linked the "extreme" weather to vitamin D deficiency, which is caused by low exposure to sunlight.
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Scotland’s poor health ‘caused by a lack of sunshine'- The Times 15th September 2008
A national campaign to persuade every Scot to take daily supplements of vitamin D is needed if the country’s appalling health record is to be reversed, leading scientists believe.
A report, published this week, links poor weather to the lack of the “sunshine vitamin” in Scotland, and urges the Scottish government to launch a nationwide vitamin D programme to lower the incidence of devastating illnesses, such as heart disease, cancer and multiple sclerosis.
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Uplifting message from writer with incurable disease: 'MS has taught me to get the most out of life' - Daily Mail 2nd September 2008
Having just been told that I have multiple sclerosis, I am feeling surprisingly cheerful about it.
MS, as it is more commonly known, is not a great thing to have. It is debilitating, it's degenerative and it's incurable.
I, like many of the 85,000 or so sufferers in the UK, will eventually lose the use of some or all of my faculties.
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Could low doses of a drug for alcoholics ease the agony for sufferers of MS? - Daily Mail 25th August 2008
For some multiple sclerosis sufferers, just getting out of bed is tough.
For 43-year-old father-of-three Jon Salisbury, getting up took up to an hour and involved the help of his wife or his children.
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