As many of you know, nearly every scientific advancement in history has met with some controversy. Some more than others. CCSVI is no exception. Despite overwhelming patient anecdotal evidence the procedure is consistently challenged in the mainstream medical community. To legitimize Dr. Zamboni's hypothesis, several international studies are underway (they themselves subject to controversy as several of the researches have disclosed that they benefit financially from some of the largest drug companies). 

So Caveat Emptor (Buyer Beware) can relate as much to how news is consumed as to warnings about things we purchase. National Public Radio is one news source that can be considered unbiased and objective. 

We blogged about the NPR story (click link) and want to hear from you.  What are your thoughts on the subject? Shouldn’t the methodology of these studies require those conducting them to have training specific to CCSVI? Shouldn’t any study be conducted by researchers who are not funded by any outside conflicting organization, including drug companies?

Full disclosure: I work for Arizona Doppler Specialists, which is a CCSVI diagnostic/screening center in Arizona. I am one of the company spokespersons and write often on this subject.