Looking for people living with MS! With the MS Society and King's College London, we created an app to support MS symptom management, including: 1. Pain 2. Psychological distress 3. Sexual difficulties Try the programme that interests you and tell us how we can improve it: tinyurl.com/yw6dk6uu

Navigate MS@navigatems.bsky.social · last wk.

Do you live with MS in England, Wales or Scotland? We’re recruiting adults 18+ for the Navigate MS study. 📱 Use the app and share your feedback to help improve digital support for people with MS. 🔗 Learn more & sign up: qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_... Please share! #MultipleSclerosis

Every person who joins the UK MS Register helps build a clearer picture of multiple sclerosis. By sharing your experiences, you can support research, improve understanding of MS, and help shape better care for the future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g0U...

Introduction to the UK MS Register

YouTube video by UK MS Register

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How do you update gut–brain science without oversimplifying it? 3 Rome V reviews in 𝐆𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 synthesise advances in neurogastroenterology & gut–brain biology underpinning #RomeV gut–brain disorders. Read: 1️⃣ buff.ly/iVn52sx 2️⃣ buff.ly/5FjyryD 3️⃣ buff.ly/mByyPc1 @jfcryan.bsky.social #DGBI

📢We are inviting people with MS to take part in Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) to help us ensure a new app is relevant, useful, and works as intended. Click the link below or message us directly if interested! forms.cloud.microsoft/e/REfPC4e5zQ

Discover highlights from our recent event exploring how to implement digital therapies effectively in the NHS - featuring perspectives from across research, industry, healthcare, lived experience and policy. ➡️ www.maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/posts/2026/f... @nihr.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social

Delighted to be hosting this event with fellow @nihrmaudsleybrc.bsky.social colleagues

NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Maudsley@nihrmaudsleybrc.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Join us to explore the implementation of digital health interventions in the #NHS. Hear from DHSC, healthcare professionals, researchers, lived experience experts and industry leaders. 🗓️29 January 2026, 9am-5pm📍Guy's Hospital ➡️ bit.ly/digital2026 #mentalhealth

A sneak peek of the Refuel MS app 👀 In our clinical trial, we’re exploring if the app can help reduce MS fatigue. If you’re interested in giving the app a go, visit the Linktree in our bio to learn more! @ronamoss-morris.bsky.social @mssocietyuk.bsky.social

One of our PhD students, Leah Warren, has curated an excellent newsletter celebrating Black History Month by spotlighting influential Black psychologists whose work has shaped the discipline & challenged exclusion in academic psychology. More here: sites.google.com/site/doconno...

Brilliant episode of ‘In our Time’ on hypnosis including @kingsioppn.bsky.social’s Quinton Deeley & Devin Terhune - such eloquent and clear discussions of super complicated topic & its history 👏👏 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

In Our Time - Hypnosis - BBC Sounds

Melvyn Bragg and guests explore hypnosis.

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Could VR be used in the #Olympics & #Paralympics? We were proud to welcome leaders from UK Sports Institute, British Olympic & Paralympic Associations & UK Sport to King's College London to explore how technologies like #VirtualReality could be used in sport. 🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-w...

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

There’s no holiday from type 1 diabetes (T1D). The constant management can take a real toll on mental health. We have been looking at how to best detect and support mental health difficulties in people living with T1D. I wrote a blog post that breaks it down in an easy read 📝

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience@kingsioppn.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Type 1 diabetes is often called a 24/7 condition – it demands constant management Our researchers are investigating how people with type 1 diabetes experience mental health difficulties, which ones, and their severity. Read @jenibaykoca.bsky.social on new findings: www.kcl.ac.uk/mental-disor...

Huge Congrats to Dr @natashaseaton.bsky.social for smashing her PhD viva yesterday. It has been such a fun and rewarding PhD journey and I look forward to future collaborations. And huge thanks @daryloconnor.bsky.social and Prof Andrew Steptoe for being such fantastic examiners.

Would you ever donate one of your kidneys if you didn't know the person? 🫘 New research by Hannah Maple, Prof Joe Chilcot, and Prof @samjnorton.bsky.social in @amjtransplant.bsky.social studied the motivations and outcomes of people who donate to family vs strangers. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kidney-...

Kidney donors who give to strangers do just as well as those who give to loved ones

There are no differences in motivation, feelings of regret or outcomes between kidney donors who know the recipient and those who do not

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The Refuel MS clinical trial has started🎉 We’re testing how effective the Refuel MS intervention is vs usual care🔎 Recruitment is now by invite via @ukmsregister.bsky.social📝 Thank you to all who helped us get here🧡 @ronamoss-morris.bsky.social #multiplesclerosis#msresearch#digitalintervention

➡️Special issue for protocols and data notes at @bsamjournal.bsky.social - any area of health psychology/behavioral medicine welcome! If a protocol was peer reviewed by a funder, it may be eligible for rapid review 👀 Accepting submissions through 6/1/2026. Details: journals.lww.com/bsam/Documen...

🚀 REFUEL-MS attended the MedTech Accelerator Bootcamp – and what a fantastic experience it was! Many thanks to the team at London Institute for Healthcare Engineering (LIHE) for hosting! @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social 🔗 Head over to our Instagram to read more: www.instagram.com/p/DMYApCJtv7...

1/ 📢 Pleased to share that our new paper is now published in Psychological Medicine! We looked at therapy outcomes for LGB patients compared to heterosexual patients in NHS Talking Therapies. Here’s a short thread on what we found 👇 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S003...

Well said, @helensalisbury.bsky.social: weight loss drugs are rarely the answer to our obesogenic, food-insecure society. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

As an NHS GP, I can now prescribe weight-loss jabs – but a quick fix for obesity is not what we need | Helen Salisbury

Few patients will be eligible for the drugs. Better food regulation and social policy are far more likely to give lasting results, says GP Helen Salisbury

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1️⃣ NEW *open access* measure alert 🧵 We’ve just published the Illness-Related Distress (IRD) Scale in Psychological Medicine doi.org/10.1017/S003... It's a 14-item, trans-diagnostic PRO for distress related to living with any long-term physical condition (LTC). But WHY does this matter 🤔 ⬇️

New interview on the value of exploratory research. "My brief explanation of this crisis is that researchers didn't say ‘I found something interesting’, but ‘I found exactly what my fantastic theory had predicted, heureka’. And then they gave a TED talk." #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky 🧪

The crucial value of exploratory research » Eiko Fried

Exploratory research is vital for discovery, but often undervalued. Here I argue it is key to scientific progress & needs defending.

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Our April newsletter is out!🌸📧 This issue is packed with updates, including highlights from the Refuel-MS launch event, details on our upcoming clinical trial, a recap of the MS Trust Conference, introductions to new team members, and information on how to get involved through PPI opportunities.

Congratulations to King's IoPPN researchers Dr Emily McBride and Dr Sophie Bennett! They have both received a @nihr.bsky.social Team Science Award, as part of their work on multiple long-term conditions and type-2 diabetes. #AcademicSky #MedSky www.kcl.ac.uk/news/ioppn-r...

IoPPN researchers receive two NIHR Team Science Awards

Dr Emily McBride and Dr Sophie Bennett receive two of the first National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Team Science Awards.

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The economic evaluation of the Physio4FMD trial was finally published today! www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/... @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social

Cost Utility of Specialist Physiotherapy for Functional Motor Disorder (Physio4FMD) | Neurology Clinical Practice

Background and ObjectivesFunctional motor disorder (FMD), a motor-dominant variant of functional neurologic disorder, is a disabling condition associated with high health and social care resource use ...

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The gut microbiome's link with multiple sclerosis www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Want to learn more? Read the blog! buff.ly/494e8rO It's an evidence-based summary of this new paper, written by an expert who has critically appraised the research so you don't have to. All blogs are short (1,200 words) & easy to read, so ideal if you just have a few mins.

Lots of exciting things to come from @kcl-ms-research.bsky.social - be sure to follow their page!

Navigate MS@navigatems.bsky.social · last yr.

🔔 Stay Tuned 🔔 We’re developing a mobile health app for people living with Multiple Sclerosis—built on real experiences, real needs, and real impact. 💡🧡 Follow us for updates as we move from research to reality! 📱✨ @kingsioppn.bsky.social @mssocietyuk.bsky.social #MultipleSclerosis #Research

Our new open access paper in BMC Gastro as part of BOOST project in #IBD: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @ronamoss-morris.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social Prof Chris Norton, Dr Joanna Hudson & Dr Vari Wileman

The relationships between depression, inflammation and self-reported disease activity in IBD and their impact on healthcare usage - BMC Gastroenterology

Background Depression is common in people living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Depression rates increase with active disease and are linked to poorer clinical outcomes. Previous studies inves...

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Wow!

Will Hayward - Wales Journo@willhaycardiff.bsky.social · last yr.

Last month I did a little experiment. I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky. The results were...interesting... [Thread]

Headline: Drinking green tea can CUT YOUR RISK OF DEMENTIA. Study: Japanese people who drink at least 600ml (~3-5 cups) of green tea a day have 1.5% fewer brain lesions than people who drink little/no green tea. Study funded by Suntory beverages.