National Multiple Sclerosis Society News

Research into pediatric multiple sclerosis at UB and Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo is getting a boost from New York State motorists who purchase custom license plates bearing the National Multiple Sclerosis Society logo.

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Teresa Cook coordinates the event, which helps raise money for the Northwest Ohio Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Research into pediatric multiple sclerosis at the University at Buffalo and Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo is getting a boost from New York State motorists who purchased custom license plates bearing the National Multiple Sclerosis Society logo.

The Greater Carolinas Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society has announced one of 19 local scholarship program winners.

MONDAY, May 14 -- Smoking pot can help relieve muscle tightness, called spasticity, and pain in people with multiple sclerosis, a new, small study suggests.

Mutually beneficial efforts are awesome. When the Walk MS benefit event for the Greater Chicago chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society was coming to Orland Park, we wanted a way to support the cause while building awareness of our work on the Patch sites.A Thanks to the wisdom of Tinley Park Editor Carrie Frillman, we decided to donate ... (more)

The Music to Crush MS event began Friday night and continues through today and Sunday to raise money and awareness for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Mahwah - About 20 years ago, Lisa Calitri's sister called her to say that she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

New members on the board of directors for Virginia Health Information are: Beth Bortz with the Virginia Center for Health Innovation; Sherri Ellis with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society; Patrick W. Farrell with HCA; and Thomas Dodson with the Birmingham Green Nursing Facility.

Just because he wasn't at Allen Park on Sunday doesn't mean Doug Brown's presence wasn't felt.

More than 16-hundred walkers gathered at Coca Cola Field in Buffalo Sunday morning to support Walk MS, the biggest fundraiser of the year for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

For Gaube, a Binghamton resident, taking time to help raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Upstate New York Chapter is a way to help friends and family afflicted with the disease.

The walk is all in an effort to raise awareness and money for multiple sclerosis-- an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system.

More than 700 people are expected to participate in a walk Sunday to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Upper Midwest Chapter.

The Medford Lakes Walk MS will raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's research initiatives and family support services, while generating awareness for its nonprofit campaigns.

Hundreds of supporters of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society met recently at The Epicenter in Rancho Cucamonga to support efforts to find a cure for multiple sclerosis.

It's a disease that stops the flow of information between the central nervous system and the rest of the body.

In sickness and in health : like Ann Romney. She strikes me as a charming, dignified, and tough advocate for her husband's presidential campaign.

Fox Cities residents walk to cure MS: APRIL 29, 2012: Roughly 500 people attended the annual Walk MS Fox Cities in Appleton, organized by the Wisconsin chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.