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Old 11-22-2009, 08:46 AM #1
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I thought you MS folks might be interested in an article that appeared in a Toronto newspaper this morning:
Check out this Globe and Mail article "Researcher's labour of love leads to breakthrough in treating MS" at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...?service=email.

For those of you who can access Canadian TV, this story is going to be featured on this afternoon's edition of W5. Check out ctv.ca for details.

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Very interesting. Thanks for sharing it.

Why are researchers so adamantly against anything that doesn't fit their criteria for the disease? It certainly won't hurt to explore the possibility......and could benefit patients in more ways than just MS relief.

I wonder if the drugs heart patients take to keep blood flowing freely could help MS patients?
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I wonder if the drugs heart patients take to keep blood flowing freely could help MS patients?
I know that I always feel better (MS wise) when I take a couple of Aspirin (a blood thinner)!!!
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Why are researchers so adamantly against anything that doesn't fit their criteria for the disease?
The almighty dollar.
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The almighty dollar.
I totally agree. That's why LDN hasn't been explored any more than it has. There's no $$ in it for anyone.
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I emailed the link to my neuro this morning and bless his heart he emailed me back a few minutes ago, thought it was interesting and would be a while in the testing phases to get approval in the states but then asked if I wanted to get some vascular studies done...
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I emailed the link to my neuro this morning and bless his heart he emailed me back a few minutes ago, thought it was interesting and would be a while in the testing phases to get approval in the states but then asked if I wanted to get some vascular studies done...
Woo! Go for it NaeNae and keep us posted, as soon of us won't be so fortunate with our doctors going ahead and getting us this testing.
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I emailed the link to my neuro this morning and bless his heart he emailed me back a few minutes ago, thought it was interesting and would be a while in the testing phases to get approval in the states but then asked if I wanted to get some vascular studies done...

If your vascular studies show blockages in the jugular veins and/or the azygos veins, then you shouldn't have to wait for these studies to be approved, to have them unblocked!!!!!!!
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There is more on this research and a Q&A session at www.ctv.ca/w5

For those who may be interested, it mentions some people starting research and looking for patients for clinical studies:

"Dr. Zivadinov in Buffalo is now starting a new study, recruiting 1,600 adults and 100 children, half of them MS patients. He plans to use ultrasound and MRI scans to confirm if those with MS also have CCSVI and if their family members have the abnormalities too.

Prof. Mark Haake, a neuro-imaging scientist at McMaster University and Wayne State University in Detroit is also intrigued by Zamboni's findings...Haake too is initiating a study, asking neurological centres across North America and Europe to take some extra MRI scans of the neck and upper chest of MS patients."

I so hope there is something in this for all you wonderful people.

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If your vascular studies show blockages in the jugular veins and/or the azygos veins, then you shouldn't have to wait for these studies to be approved, to have them unblocked!!!!!!!
What's kind of amazing here is that 100% of Zamboni's 118 MS patients all had narrowing of the jugular vein and all of them showed symptom improvement after the surgery. His work could very well stand the MS world of medicine on its head!

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