Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are more than twice as likely to have abnormal blood flow from the brain as healthy people, according to initial results from a trial.

British law on assisted suicide should be made “appropriate for the 21st century”, right-to-die campaigner Debbie Purdy said today as prosecutors began work on new guidelines following her landmark legal win.

A RETIRED Garda sergeant has recalled in a new book how he narrowly escaped death during one of the worst atrocities of the troubles.

A drug used to treat leukaemia can also combat the debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis, new research has found.

The business world has paid tribute to former ICI chief and TV personality John Harvey-Jones, who died after a long illness.

A GP in Co Cork is reportedly under investigation for allegedly providing controversial stem-cell therapies to multiple sclerosis sufferers.

THE Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society of Ireland has said it is seriously concerned about how newly diagnosed MS sufferers will react after a fellow sufferer chose to die by assisted suicide in Switzerland.

The head of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland has described news that a second patient being treated with the new MS drug, Tysabri, has developed a rare neurological virus as "very disappointing".

AUTHOR Cecilia Ahern yesterday threw her weight in a drive to help people with MS.

ADULTS are joining with children in the fun of reading for a good cause. But can they top the half million books read by 30,000 children who raised €1m for last year’s MS Readathon?

WHETHER it’s Harry Potter or the Famous Five, young bookworms have turned over millions of pages for charity.

YOUNGSTERS Aoife McKenna and Danielle Winckworth sat spellbound yesterday as author and storyteller Larry O’Loughlin spun his web of magic.

JK Rowling says the fifth Harry Potter novel should be finished soon.