New tablet is very exciting and a double dose of good news for MS patients.
Norwich hospital in new MS pill trials
Kim Briscoe, Health correspondent
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
6:30 AM
A Norwich hospital has been at the forefront of trials for a new pill for multiple sclerosis which has today been approved for use in the UK.
Fingolimod is the first oral treatment developed for the autoimmune disease.
Virus and low sunlight ‘raises multiple sclerosis risk’
Virus and low sunlight ‘raises multiple sclerosis risk’
Low levels of sunlight coupled with glandular fever could increase the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), say researchers.
There are many suspected risk factors for MS and the disease is known to be more common away from the equator.
All in the Mind Radio 4
In the first programme in a new series, Claudia Hammond asks if anorexia nervosa could be an expression of autism in some people with the eating disorder. Consultant psychiatrist John Morgan at the Yorkshire Centre for Eating Disorders outlines why he is investigating the possible link.
