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SELF-HELP GROUPThe National MS Society offers a variety of Self-Help Groups throughout New Mexico. For a complete list, visit MSNewMexico.org.

MEETINGSNewly Diagnosed/Contact: Michele 1-505-821-1099 1- 2:30 p.m. third Thursday of each month (beginning in Sept.) North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Ave. NE, Albuquerque, NM

Roswell/Contact: Shellie 1-575-624-0573 4:30 - 6 p.m. fourth Tuesday of each monthRoswell Adult Center, 807 North Missouri, Roswell, NM

Silver City/Contact: Marcia 1-575-534-060911:30 a.m. first Tuesday of each month Un Mundo Restaurant, 700 N. Bullard Street, Silver City, NM

Stay-at-Home Telephone10 a.m. third Wednesday of each month 1-888-346-3659, passcode 64552(no registration required; designed for people diagnosed with MS for five years or more)

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Results of a clinical trial involving 10 people with secondary-progressive MS suggest that injecting a person’s own bone marrow stem cells appears safe and may be beneficial in helping to protect the nervous system from injury from MS. Further trials now under-way should further establish the safety and potential benefit of this approach for treating multiple sclerosis.

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