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What is MS? Who Can Help?
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You can find information, advice and even support and friendship from other like minded MS sufferers on the Internet. Check out some of these links.
MS National Therapy Centres has a site which offers detailed information about MS and can help you find the centre nearest you.
The Web Pals at Jooly's Joint is a fantastic site for meeting people and making friends.
SHIFT.MS A community for young people affectedby MS
The MS Society, the UK's largest organisation dedicated to help MS sufferers. See this site for details of your local branch.
The Brighton & Hove Federation of Disabled People provides low cost, confidential, independent and accessible counselling for disabled people, their friends and carers. They offer advice on all sorts of disability issues through the Disability Advice Centre; can help with Direct Payments; and encourage & support disabled people to take a lead in the life & development of the City of Brighton & Hove
NICE (national institute for clinical excellence) www.nice.org.uk
All sorts of information about therapies, drugs, etc. and how they are assessed for use by the NHS
http://www.evidence.nhs.uk evidence of benefit of treatments
The MS Society, Brighton, Hove and District branch if you live in the Brighton area, they cover the area from Shoreham to Newhaven and Lewes and Henfield.
405 Mile Oak Road,Portslade,Brighton,East Sussex BN41 2RD
Tel: 01273 415734
Brighton and Hove Daily Living Centre (DLC)
The Disability Discrimination Act
The MS Treatment Centre in Wessex has a site about the therapies they offer.
The MS Trust for more information on treatments, research and campaigning for the rights of people with MS.
Mutual Support an informal group, run by people who have experience of MS that has been formed to act as a centre for support, information and advice for any member of the armed forces irrespective of rank/grade who have an association with MS, especially the newly diagnosed
MS People UK an online community for those with MS or who are suspected of having MS but who are not yet diagnosed, as well as for all friends, families, friends and supporters
MS International Federation with links to national societies around the world and news of developments in MS research
MS Australia information, news and a range of useful publications
MS Society of Canada has a good range of downloadable publications
National MS Society USA an excellent source of information on all aspects of MS
LDN Low Dose Naltrexone Research Trust
Wolfson Hyperbaric Medicine Unit
The Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre publish the New Pathways MS magazine.
Cowboy's Multiple Sclerosis News a collection of news items.
Carers Centre putting the carer first.
Carers News a carers support service.
Yourlevelbest A site helping you find disabled friendly pubs, restaurants etc.
Gemms GEMMS is a self-help group for people who suffer from Multiple Sclerosis and associated illnesses affecting the Central Nervous System and their Carers.GEMMS is based in Crawley, West Sussex, England.
Visit promile.com who supply our vitamins/supplements.
Help for heart problems from HDOT
There is an interesting paper on the treatment of heart problems with oxygen therapy at www.hyperbaric02therapy.com/Heart.htm
West Sussex Carers www.westsussexcarers.org.uk
Second hand disability equipment www.askdes.org.uk
Disability equipment & visual impairment aids for PCs from Adapt IT UK.