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| UpdatedAssistance dog Biscuit has done more than become a 'best friend' for Natasha Street, who has cerebral palsy.
Topics: animals, disabilities, women, university-and-further-education, community-and-society, multiple-sclerosis, human-interest, launceston-7250
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Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, social-media, offbeat, secondary-schools, multiple-sclerosis, helensvale-4212
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A pair of enterprising Gold Coast students are trying to turn a chocolate bar into $1 million dollars for charity.
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, social-media, offbeat, secondary-schools, multiple-sclerosis, helensvale-4212
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| UpdatedPatients with multiple sclerosis will soon have access to a new test which can tell them exactly what type of MS they have and how well their medications are working.
Topics: multiple-sclerosis, diseases-and-disorders, health, medical-research, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia
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| UpdatedA community beach wheelchair in Mackay, north Queensland, allows people of all ages and disabilities to feel the sand between their toes.
Topics: disabilities, multiple-sclerosis, activism-and-lobbying, charities, charities-and-community-organisations, shoal-point-4750
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Paralympic cycling champion Carol Cooke is riding to stay out of a wheelchair.
Topics: paralympics, sport, multiple-sclerosis, brazil
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An alliance of 800 disability advocates and ethical designers are calling for mandatory disability access in new homes.
Topics: disabilities, housing-industry, housing, multiple-sclerosis, australia
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Dancer Michelle Ryan and director Meryl Tankard explain "Michelle's Story" - a film about how Michelle learned to express herself again through dance after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.
Topics: dance, disabilities, health, multiple-sclerosis, film-movies, australia, sydney-2000, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedA new drug to tackle the side effects of multiple sclerosis (MS) will be safer and more effective than current approaches, its West Australian developers say.
Topics: medical-research, health, multiple-sclerosis, murdoch-university-6150
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Stephen Whittle is a trailblazer and a professor of law. Only the 13th female to male transsexual in Britain, he has battled discrimination and hate campaigns to win the legal right to be recognised as a husband and a father.
Topics: discrimination, family-and-children, sexuality, suicide, family-law, rights, child-health-and-behaviour, adolescent-health, depression, multiple-sclerosis, medical-procedures, australia, united-kingdom
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Ballet dancer Michelle Ryan, who has multiple sclerosis, is confronting her performance fears with a return to the stage in Adelaide.
Topics: dance, arts-and-entertainment, multiple-sclerosis, diseases-and-disorders, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedNewcastle multiple sclerosis researchers say there are now 10 different treatment for the disease, and it is crucial patients are well informed by specialists about their options.
Topics: multiple-sclerosis, medical-research, doctors-and-medical-professionals, newcastle-2300, muswellbrook-2333
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Caitlyn Murphy and Shellie Jackson
Topics: multiple-sclerosis, sale-3850
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Scientists at the Royal Melbourne Hospital develop an Australian-first technology that will improve the treatment and detection of multiple sclerosis.
Topics: health, medical-research, diseases-and-disorders, multiple-sclerosis, brain-and-nervous-system, royal-melbourne-hospital-3050, vic, melbourne-3000, australia
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| UpdatedTo Charlie Bennett, being able to cycle around Brisbane to raise money for those living with multiple sclerosis, including his wife Jenny, means the world.
Topics: multiple-sclerosis, health, diseases-and-disorders, charities, community-and-society, brisbane-4000
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Topics: multiple-sclerosis, medical-research, rockhampton-4700
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On this episode: a look at the Australian who's developing the world's first bionic heart; concern over electric shock devices applied to children to improve concentration and heartbreaking stories from rehabilitation centres for ice or methamphetamine.
Topics: health, adolescent-health, brain-and-nervous-system, child-health-and-behaviour, bones-and-muscles, multiple-sclerosis, doctors-and-medical-professionals, drug-use, addictive, australia
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A revolutionary new exercise system is being developed for sufferers of the central nervous system disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), which helps patients build muscle mass and improve their physical health.
Topics: medical-research, multiple-sclerosis, diseases-and-disorders, exercise-and-fitness, health, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA Queensland discovery could be the key to improved treatments for diseases like Alzheimer's, arthritis and multiple sclerosis.
Topics: research, science-and-technology, medical-research, health, multiple-sclerosis, alzheimers-and-dementia, diseases-and-disorders, arthritis, qld, australia
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| UpdatedWomen infected with a common stomach bug have a lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), a West Australian research team finds.
Topics: medical-research, multiple-sclerosis, health, wa
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Hundreds of Australians annually are heading overseas in search of treatments not available locally for multiple sclerosis, despite knowing there are risks and high costs.
Topics: multiple-sclerosis, diseases-and-disorders, health, sa, robe-5276, adelaide-5000, united-states, australia, sydney-2000, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedFinishing in the final top 10 of the World Equestrian Games was a dream come true for Adelaide Hills rider Elizabeth Sobecki.
Ms Sobecki qualified in all three trails for the Australian Para-Equestrian Team, despite having just eight months to get to know her loaned horse, Hatero de PB, as her own horse had to be retired with an injury.
Topics: equestrian, disabilities, olympics-summer, multiple-sclerosis, adelaide-5000, lobethal-5241, france
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Topics: medical-research, vaccines-and-immunity, arthritis, multiple-sclerosis, monash-university-3800