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The Belgian Charcot Foundation adheres to the guidelines of our health authorities, which are updated when necessary.

The Belgian Charcot Foundation adheres to the guidelines of our health authorities, which are updated when necessary.

Today's heroes are not only the care workers, but also the men and women in the shadows in logistics, the post office, garbage collectors, etc., not forgetting the researchers. Their mission is to find ways to solve this crisis, today but also tomorrow.

The Charcot Foundation refers to the general information on the website of the Belgian health authorities. The Charcot Foundation agrees with the opinion of the Belgian Multiple Sclerosis Study Group concerning the current coronavirus problem, namely:

With 500,000 euros, the Fondation Charcot Stichting provides the essential resources for 10 teams of experienced researchers in neurology, neuroimmunology, neurobiology and rehabilitation sciences to ensure innovative and concrete advances in multiple sclerosis research.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects 12,000 people in our country. Anne Vandamme is one of them. An inspiring conversation with a patient for whom the glass is always half full, never half empty.

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system that affects over two million people worldwide. Patients may suffer from a wide range of disabling complaints which are not always easy to treat. Although cannabis is best known as a psychoactive recreational drug, it is also increasingly associated with a variety of positive medical effects.

Multiple sclerosis is the commonest neurological disease affecting young adults. In patients under 30, treatment needs to be adjusted accordingly.

There are many ways to support research: at a wedding, a birthday, a neighbor's day, a BBQ, by being sponsored during a run or a walk.

Ideally, physical activity should be started as soon as the disease is diagnosed and continued uninterrupted.

It is currently difficult for a patient to accept that their form of multiple sclerosis does not yet have a satisfactory curative response. However, current MS research offers real prospects for the future. Proof of this are the numerous treatments that were not available twenty years ago.