Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Event

Date: Tuesday 19 August 2008
Time: 7.30pm - midnight
Venue: The 100 Club, Oxford Street, London
Cost: £5 advance ticket / £7.50 on door (proceeds go to the MS Society) Online ticket booking.
Featuring: NIZLOPI , Olympian Fall, Fish, Randall Stevens, Jake Morley
Special guest DJs: Brendan Lynch and The Dirty Toe
Guest Speaker: Baxter Dury

MS Calling - Will you answer?
A great event has been organized to raise awareness of the increase in Multiple Sclerosis affecting young adults. On 19 August 2008, live acts perform on a night dedicated to spreading the word that MS is serious and numbers affected are rising. As the most widespread neurological condition affecting young people, it is time the disease is given greater recognition. Please support MS Society UK by going to this cool event.

Facts About MS:
• An estimated 2,500,000 people in the world have multiple sclerosis - including 85,000 in the UK alone. Every week approx 50 people in the UK are diagnosed with MS
• MS is frequently diagnosed in people aged 20-40
• MS is the most common potentially disabling disease of the central nervous system affecting young adults in the Western world
• Women are more likely than men to develop the disease. The ratio is currently 3:1
• There is NO cure for MS but there are now drugs which can modify its course for some people, and many symptoms can be successfully treated or managed
• Prognosis is uncertain - ranging from benign through 'coming and going' to severely disabling
• The MS Society funds MS research, runs respite care centres, education and training on MS and specialist MS nurses. It produces numerous publications on MS and runs an award-winning freephone specialist Helpline (0808 800 8000)

You can find out more about MS from the About.com Multiple Sclerosis website.