A journal article last week that reported blocked neck veins in multiple sclerosis patients could be a sign of the disease rather than its cause grabbed lots of attention, especially in Saskatchewan which has Canada's highest rate of MS and whose government is funding clinical trials of a controversial treatment.
The study by University of Buffalo researcher, Dr. Robert Zivadinov, was published in the Neurology journal and found that the blocked neck veins -chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) - was found in 56 per cent of MS patients, 23 per cent of healthy test subjects and in 46 per cent of patients with other neurological diseases.
Even though these findings didn't differ much from preliminary results Dr. Zivadinov had released last year based on Doppler ultrasound imaging of about 500 people, the interest they garnered is indicative of a growing debate about the efficacy of the so-called "liberation therapy" sought by thousands of MS patients now travelling abroad and paying thousands of dollars out-of-pocket to have their veins unblocked.
Dr. Zivadinov found that CCSVI, click here to continue reading
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