/neuro/taxonomy/term/21/all en /neuro/MS-Month-2016 <h2>May 2016 - Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month</h2> <p> </p> <p>Multiple sclerosis treatment and research has long been a focus at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, known simply as The Neuro, an illustrious member of ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ and the ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Health Centre. Indeed, The Neuro introduced Canada’s first MS clinic. The clinic’s highly specialized staff employs the latest research data and treatment methods in a clinical atmosphere of innovation and progress.</p> Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:10:02 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 2010 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/breakthrough-ms-treatment-264891 <p><strong>Drug shown to reduce new attacks/symptom progression in some patients</strong></p> <p>In separate clinical trials, a drug called ocrelizumab has been shown to reduce new attacks in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), and new symptom progression in primary progressive MS.</p> Thu, 22 Dec 2016 20:31:26 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 2408 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/may-multiple-sclerosis-awareness-month-250233 <p>The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital – The Neuro at ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ and the MUHC has Canada’s oldest MS clinic but is always innovating - striving for progress and better treatments for patients.</p> <p><strong>What’s new in MS at The Neuro</strong></p> Thu, 07 May 2015 13:58:35 +0000 anita.kar@mcgill.ca 1427 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/new-hope-treatment-multiple-sclerosis-256308 <p>A new study led by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ and the MUHC, gets closer to identifying the mechanisms responsible for multiple sclerosis and makes headway in the search for better treatments. Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:54:53 +0000 marc-andre.meloche@mcgill.ca 1799 at /neuro /neuro/article/patient-stories/living-ms-patients-story Diagnosed over almost two decades ago, Marc Vaillancourt refused to change his lifestyle Wed, 09 May 2018 20:19:13 +0000 Victor Swoboda 3045 at /neuro