Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Ottawa funds clinical trials of controversial MS treatment

The treatment is effective or is not effective. Clinical trials will answer the question. With so many Canadians suffering MS the Federal Government did the right thing -- even a negative result is worth the effort.

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In a surprise move, the federal government announced Wednesday it will fund clinical trials into a controversial vein-widening procedure to treat multiple sclerosis.

The procedure, which was made popular by Italian doctor Paolo Zamboni, involves widening the neck veins of MS patients in order to alleviate their symptoms. Dr. Zamboni believes MS is caused by blocked or malformed veins, a condition he calls chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency, and that symptoms can be treated with simple surgery to widen the veins.

3 comments:

Dan F said...

The treatment is a scam. It has already been proven that it doesn't work. Research dollars should instead be used for treatments that have a chance of success.

Anonymous said...

Dan is right. Do you now propose a study to see if pigs can really fly?

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