Friday, July 1, 2011 5:59 PM
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Ken Torbert
After reviewing new scientific information this month, the government has agreed to fund clinical trails of the CCSVI treatment for multiple sclerosis. The treatment, which was pioneered by Italian doctor, Paolo Zamboni, is a procedure where veins in the neck are widened to increase blood flow from the brain. The procedure hasn't been performed in Canada, but has been preformed in other countries throughout the world. Canadians would pay upwards of $15,000 to travel out of the county to have the procedure done. Soon they'll be able to have it done here, that's what MS patients have been fighting for, said Debbie Golden, president of the CCSVI Society of Grande Prairie and District "We've had something like 700 Canadians that have travelled to one particular clinic in California, that's just one clinic. I don't know the grand total of Canadians that have travelled out of the county to have it done," said Golden. This step is a huge advance for the CCSVI Society of Grande Prairie and District. "This is fantastic news for MS patients right across Canada," she said. "I mean, this is what we've been pushing for, lobbying the Alberta government for, for them to bypass the observation study and go straight to clinical trails." http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3196032
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