Latest National Multiple Sclerosis Society Stories

-- EMD Serono and Fast Forward agree to work together to speed research development on a select group of high potential MS research projects with support of up to $19 million in funding ROCKLAND, Mass. and NEW YORK, March 18/PRNewswire/ -- EMD Serono, Inc., an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt Germany, and Fast Forward, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, today announced a collaborative partnership to evaluate and fund promising multiple sclerosis...

Presto Donates 5% of Sales to the Northern California Chapter of the National MS Society MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Presto Services Inc. announces a special donation program to coincide with MS Awareness Month in March to raise funds and awareness to find a cure for multiple sclerosis. For each sale of a Presto Printing Mailbox made between March 12 and April 20, 2009, Presto Services Inc. will donate 5% of the retail value ($7.49 each) to the Northern California...

NEW YORK, March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is a driving force in creating a world free of MS. To advance this goal, the Society continues to seek ways to prevent, slow the progression or repair the effects of MS. One channel is by supporting scientifically meritorious medical research, including research using human cells. This is done in accordance with federal, state and local laws and with adherence to the strictest ethical and procedural...

MS Awareness Week March 2-8, 2009 NEW YORK, March 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MS Awareness Week March 2 - 8 is the time for the nation to go orange and Move It to end multiple sclerosis, a disease where someone is newly diagnosed each hour. Supported by a Congressional Resolution, this year MS Awareness Week and the state of MS research aptly coincide: Move It to create a world free of MS. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090302/DC77093LOGO ) Research Moving People with...

Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center Discovers Way to Fight Rare, but Deadly, Side Effect from Drug. MILWAUKEE, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center have developed a technique that counteracts an unusual, but serious, side effect from natalizumab (Tysabri(R)), a drug that fights multiple sclerosis (MS). The side effect is a brain virus called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). "This virus looks like a multiple sclerosis relapse," Dr....

Walt Disney Studios: WHO: Honoree OREN AVIV, president, The Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production, co-hosts BYRON ALLEN, JOE ROTH and TOM SHERAK, honorary co-chairs ROBERT A. IGER AND RICHARD W. COOK. Celebrity guests include TIM ALLEN, ANNETTE BENING, WARREN BEATTY, NIA VARDALOS, JOHN CORBETT, BILL PULLMAN, DB SWEENEY, KRISTEN BELL, ED MARINARO, MONTY HALL and DAVID L. LANDER. Additional alert will be available on event day including updated celebrity guests. WHAT: The National...

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Barry Singer, M.D., leading neurologist and adjunct assistant professor of clinical neurology at Washington University School of Medicine, will open The MS Center for Innovations in Care on the campus of Missouri Baptist Medical Center on August 18th. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080822/AQF023) Multiple Sclerosis (or MS) is a chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system, which is made up of the brain, spinal...

By Blasier, Mary Gail Key Words: Multiple sclerosis, central nervous system, disease modifying therapies, quality of life. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease of the central nervous system (CNS), which is composed of the brain, optic nerves, and spinal cord (Graham, 2009). It is thought to be an autoimmune disorder that afflicts approximately 400,000 Americans in early to middle adulthood (ages 20 to 40) (National Multiple Sclerosis Society [NMSS], 2008). About 200 people are newly...

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Lone Star Chapter celebrates the 18th year for the San Antonio-to-Corpus Christi Valero MS 150 Bike Tour, which raises funds for multiple sclerosis (MS) research and programs. This year, more than 3,500 cyclists are expected to join the movement and bike to the beach to raise more than $1.6 million to end the devastating effects of MS. The 2007 Valero MS 150, presented by H-E-B, will again take off from the AT&T Center, home of the 2007 NBA World...