MS Society Podcast

In the final episode in our podcast series Ashleigh speaks with Dr Cora Sergeant, who's living with relapsing remitting MS and, like Ashleigh, is trans.   In this episode, Ashleigh and Cora discuss:  diagnosis  access to care  accessibility in both the MS community and the LGBTQIA+ community  transitioning to wheelchair use  the joy of living authentically  If you’re also living with or affect...

In the second episode of our podcast series, Ashleigh speaks with Helen, a neuro physiotherapist from Manchester who was Ashleigh's own physio post diagnosis.  In this episode, Ashleigh and Helen discuss Helen’s route into her work, the benefits and limits of physio for MS and the challenges of staying active for people living with MS. If you’re also living with or affected by MS, you can get...

Welcome to a new series of our podcast. This time we're looking at life on the progressive side of MS - with our host Ashleigh - who lives with primary progressive MS. In each episode she will be talking to a new guest about their experiences with all things MS. We kick off with episode one where Ashleigh sits down with Fiona McMillan who also has primary progressive MS. Their chat covers a br...

Meet three #MSHistoryMakers Alison Thomson, Roxy Murray and Rawda! They caught up to talk about the importance of EDI in MS research. Roxy is a podcaster, MS advocate and fashionista who advocates for the visibility of people of colour to be included in the MS narrative.  Rawda is a peer researcher living with MS. And Alison is a researcher. She’s working on projects involving those living with MS...

Our podcast is back! We've just dropped a brand new podcast about MS and Artificial Intelligence. Should AI be used in MS care?  "This AI tool is able to more accurately count the number and volume of lesions on an MRI scan than an average radiologist." Meet our #MSHistoryMakers Roxy, a dynamic podcaster, MS advocate, and fashionista. She caught up with Courtney Kremler, a PhD student exploring th...

Our final episode is a special one! Nikoma, one of our volunteer interviewers who has MS, speaks to neurologist Dr Agne Straukiene about what happens in our brain when we sleep. Agne shares her own views and opinions. Listen to all the episodes in this series at ⁠ mssociety.org.uk/sleep-ms⁠  or wherever you get your podcasts

Professor Rona Moss-Morris is a health psychologist at King’s College London and MS researcher. Rona joins Roxy to talk about the MS-REFUEL project (which she heads up) and what it might be able to tell us about sleep and MS. Listen to all the episodes in this series at ⁠ mssociety.org.uk/sleep-ms⁠  or wherever you get your podcasts.

Roxy’s joined again by MS nurse, Razia Khan. In this episode, Razia answers your MS and sleep-related questions. Listen to all the episodes in this series at ⁠ mssociety.org.uk/sleep-ms⁠  or wherever you get your podcasts.

In this episode, Roxy and George look at two MS symptoms that can affect sleep. Roxy interviews MS nurse, Razia Khan, about MS pain and sleep. And Rhianna, who lives with MS, speaks to bladder and bowel expert, Anne Yates. Listen to all the episodes in this series at ⁠ mssociety.org.uk/sleep-ms⁠  or wherever you get your podcasts.

Roxy speaks to Dr Stephanie Romiszewski – a sleep clinician and Director of the Sleepyhead Clinic. They cover some hot topics in the field of sleep, from sleep hygiene and building up a sleep drive to cheese nightmares!  Listen to all the episodes in this series at ⁠mssociety.org.uk/sleep-ms⁠ or wherever you get your podcasts. 

To kick-off this series, we heard from Dr Neil Stanley - an independent sleep expert who’s been researching sleep for more than 40 years. Neil shares his opinions on sleep in general. And although his insights aren’t MS-specific (we’ll dive into MS and sleep later in the series), his expertise gets us off to a great start. Listen to all the episodes in this series at  mssociety.org.uk/sleep-ms  or...