Marta Ribeiro,  —

Marta graduated from Universidade Fernando Pessoa in Porto with a degree in Communication Sciences and a Masters degree in New Communication Technologies. She has experience in social media, worked with several media channels, and has also worked as a freelance photographer and a graphic artist for almost 10 years.

Articles by Marta Ribeiro

15 Multiple Sclerosis-Inspired Tattoos

Here are 15 multiple sclerosis (MS) tattoos that will inspire you. RIBBON WITH WINGS | MS Awareness Ribbon with Angel Wings… tattoo | Multiple Sclerosis pic.twitter.com/Nj7DpDybIz — tattoo4y (@Tattoo4y) March 13, 2016   Learn more about how Shemar…

10 Tips to Get You Through Cold and Flu Season

It’s that time of year when everyone starts getting sick and passing around cold and flu germs. If you have a chronic illness, it means that your immune system is already compromised — which makes picking up other people’s winter illnesses harder to avoid. But you don’t have to lock yourself…

8 Less Common Symptoms of MS

Multiple sclerosis (MS) results when the body’s immune system starts to attack and destroy myelin, the protecting coating on nerve fibers in the brain and/or spinal cord of the central nervous system. Common symptoms of MS include fatigue; numbness and tingling of the face, body, arms and legs; muscle spasms; walking difficulties; bladder problems; bowel problems; vision problems; and cognitive…

Stem Cell Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis

In this video from Swiss Medica, learn more about how stem cells can be used as a treatment for multiple sclerosis. As read in the description, “multiple sclerosis is one of the diseases that responds exceptionally well to the stem cell treatment. Stem…

Fly For MS

Two New York pilots plan to fly over and around South America, raising awareness for Multiple Sclerosis. This charity mission is called Fly for MS and it begins 14th of November. The pilots are Tomas Vykruta, a Google engineer and certified flight instructor, and Fouad Ahmed, a Wall Street portfolio advisor…

Fighting Multiple Sclerosis

The Multiple Sclerosis Society hosted an exclusive, one-time event with a motorcycle fundraiser in Panama City Beach, which Harley Davidson helped host. To participate, the donations for the 67 mile-long motorcycle ride were $35 per driver, and $15 per motorcycle guest. On average it costs someone living with Multiple Sclerosis more…

Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis Group Expands Into the US

  Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis (OMS), a non-profit organization that promotes a program based on a scientifically tested diet and lifestyle management with the goal of improving the health status and quality of life of individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS), recently announced that it will expand into…

Psychiatric Comorbidity in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

  Psychiatric comorbidity is common in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), and affects the MS community more frequently than a matched control population, although the incidence is stable over time, according to recent findings of a study published in the journal Neurology, the Official Journal of the American Academy…

RRMS Therapies – What You Need To Know

  Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) is defined by repeated attacks of inflammation and flare-ups in patients already diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The myelin sheath covering neurons in the CNS is attacked by auto-reactive immune cells, which induce massive inflammatory pathways, leading to a varied range of symptoms in…

10 Multiple Sclerosis Myths

According to Health.com, these are the Top 10 Myths about Multiple Sclerosis you should be aware of: 1. MS is a death sentence 2. You’ll need a wheel-chair 3. Everyone’s MS follows the same path 4. Only old people get MS 5. MS…

10 Modern Cheerful Songs

1. Florence + The Machine – Dog Days Are Over 2. Natasha Bedingfield – Pocket Full Of Sunshine 3. Kelly Clarkson – Stronger 4. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off 5. Macklemore &…

Multiple Sclerosis Treatment

  There is no specific therapies that can effectively cure patients with multiple sclerosis. However, there are a number of multiple sclerosis treatment options, particularly for the relapsing-remitting form of the disease.   Read more about it: http://bit.ly/1jYk6J8…

10 Books About Multiple Sclerosis

  Nest by Esther-Ehrlich 29 Gifts: How A Month Of Giving Can Change Your Life by Cami Walker Mom’s Story: A Child Learns About MS by Mary Jo Nickum Break The Spell by A. M. Bostwick The Meaning of Maggie by Megan Jean Sovern Fall Down Laughing by David Lander…

Living and Fighting MS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad6p7FiDpo8 Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at the age of 26, the now 36-year-old musician and songwriter David Osmond lives with MS while still manages a singing career. Son of Alan Osmond, from The Osmonds family band, both he and his father are living with MS and advocating themselves in the MS…

Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms

Since the central nervous system (CNS) is affected in MS, all of the organs that are controlled by the CNS are affected by the disease at different points of time within its progression. Read more: http://bit.ly/1NDR2n6…

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