Archive for February, 2012
Health minister tries to block bill backing controversial MS therapy
Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq has sparked anger by aggressively opposing a private member’s bill that would accelerate clinical trials of so-called liberation therapy for people with multiple sclerosis. The private member’s bill, sponsored by Liberal MP Kirsty Duncan, [Read More]
Application closes for MS Liberation treatment study in New York
For hundreds Multiple Sclerosis patients in Saskatchewan the next few months will be spent waiting. On Friday, February 24 the deadline closed for the provincially funded MS Liberation Treatment trial in Albany, New York. The government received 682 applications to be part [Read More]
MS trial in Saskatchewan attracts nearly 700 patients
Saskatchewan multiple sclerosis patients hoping to take part in a clinical trial of a controversial treatment may soon get a call from the ministry of health. But only around 10 per cent of those who applied will actually get that call. Deb Jordan, a ministry spokeswoman, [Read More]
