ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador will continue its observational study of a controversial therapy for multiple sclerosis
despite the death of an Ontario man who underwent the treatment.

The provincial government announced earlier this year that it would spend
$320,000 to evaluate the impact of so-called liberation treatment on

patients.

But the government said it would not pay for patients to have the treatment.

Health Minister Jerome Kennedy says the study will continue, adding that he
cannot comment on the death of the Ontario man because he does not have

all the details.

Kennedy says governments across the country are being cautious about any suggestion of moving forward to clinical trials.

The treatment, developed by Italian doctor Paolo Zamboni, involves widening
constricted neck veins to improve blood flow from the brain.

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