Archive for August, 2010
Premiers to debate MS treatment
An experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis will be discussed at a meeting of Canada’s premiers this week, P.E.I. Premier Robert Ghiz said. Ghiz said he was open to considering adding so-called liberation therapy to the list of insured provincial health services. [Read More]
New studies question vascular MS hypothesis and treatment
Two important new studies challenge the controversial hypothesis that venous congestion — chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) — contributes to the development of multiple sclerosis (MS). This theory has resulted in many MS patients receiving [Read More]
Plan to fund MS treatment trials raises debate across Canada
Saskatchewan’s decision to go it alone with clinical trials of a controversial and unproven multiple-sclerosis therapy is a worthy one — even if the trials do nothing more than prove that the so-called “liberation” procedure doesn’t work, says an [Read More]
