More MS news articles for April 2002

Chatrooms

http://www.mstrust.org.uk/info/chatrooms.html

We run a programme of chatroom events, allowing members of the public to ask questions directly of specialists in MS. Click on the links below for transcripts of previous sessions.

Our next expert chatroom session will be on

FATIGUE

and will take place on Tuesday 16 April from 10am until 7pm

The online experts will be:

Sally Atkinson, physiotherapist
Kim Gandy, MS specialist nurse
Miriam May, occupational therapist

An expert will be available all day to answer questions or discuss concerns you have about what is one of the commonest symptoms of MS

Details on how to enter the chatroom will appear here on the day of the session. A transcript of the session will bo posted later

Transcripts of previous sessions:

Beta interferon, glatiramer acetate (Copaxone) and the Department of Health’s scheme to extend access to these drugs

http://www.mstrust.org.uk/cgi-bin/pages.pl?cgiaction=displaychild&key=213

13 February 2002

Nicola Russell, Director of Services, MS Trust
Phyllis Scullion, MS Specialist Nurse
Professor Alan Thompson, National Hospital of Neurology & Neurosurgery, London

Spasticity

http://www.mstrust.org.uk/cgi-bin/pages.pl?cgiaction=displaychild&key=212

24 April 2001

Lou Jarrett, Clinical Nurse Specialist - Spasticity at the National Hospital, Queen Square, London
Mike Barnes, Professor of Neurological Rehabilitation at the University of Newcastle