By: CARLY WEEKS
From Friday's Globe and Mail
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The debate between those who accept Italian doctor Paolo Zamboni’s controversial take on what causes multiple sclerosis and those who don’t is escalating rapidly, with neither side willing to back down. So what happens next?
As researchers race to determine whether MS really can be kept at bay by clearing constricted veins in the neck to improve blood flow from the brain, supporters of Dr. Zamboni grow ever more insistent that Canada approve the treatment even before the verdict comes down.
Meanwhile, Canadians with MS who can’t wait, but can pay, flock to clinics in the United States and much farther afield. They argue that Dr. Zamboni’s research, and glowing online testimonials from patients who say the vein-widening procedure made their symptoms disappear, is all the proof they need.
But many in the medical community advocate extreme caution, particularly now that a growing body of evidence has called Dr. Zamboni’s conclusions into question. Some go even further and declare them nothing more than junk science.
“We’ve been there a hundred times before,” said Steven Novella, assistant neurology professor at Yale University, who compares the situation to the popularity radioactive tonics once enjoyed: “At no point, did people realize, ‘Hey, these are actually killing us.’”
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