Author: Tony
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Traveling to Arizona has gotten a little easier
Traveling for medical procedures can be a daunting process. Aside from the costs associated with international travel, knowing where to stay, knowing where to eat, and even where to find the nearest
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Visualizing the liberation procedure for CCSVI
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_RXs5dPh6E[/youtube] Dr. Paolo Zamboni coined the term CCSVI to describe the compromise blood flow in the brain, but do many understand exactly how the procedure works? This simple YouTube video posted by Dr. Zamboni, describes the blood flow of patient without multiple sclerosis (MS) and patient with the malady.
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200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes of world health
In this video the story of world health is told by Swedish academic superstar Hans Rosling. Here statistics come to life when he fantastically illustrates global health graphically as it is tied to development over the last 200 years. As we move towards a world economy and global health converges with the resources of developing countries,…
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Demystifying the Complete Blood Count
We stumbled across this article in the New York Times that demystifies the numbers behind Complete Blood Counts. Often patients receive this record and have no idea what the numbers mean. In this interactive chart the NYT helps you understand what each component and its requisite score means. We think it’s pretty nifty, what do…
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Canadian CCSVI Early Study Report
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the MS Society of Canada have just released their report on the progress of the seven CCSVI studies that they funded June 2010. Although the first six months are crucial, we probably won’t see widespread results for a while. Still the fact that rigorous protocols are being set up…