Tag: CCSVI in Canada

  • A small act

    When Hilde Back sponsored a young, rural Kenyan student, she thought nothing of it. She never imagined her quarterly donation of $15 would pave the way for Chris Mburu’s journey to Harvard Law School. Years later, Chris has become a United Nations human rights lawyer working to combat genocide and discrimination. He decides to seek…

  • CCSVI Awareness Day

    CCSVI Awareness Day is on May 5th. How do you plan to celebrate? How do you plan to take action? You can too can be a part of change. Here are some great resources: CCSVI Locator CCSVI in Multiple Sclerosis CCSVI Alliance Dr. Zamboni’s Website  

  • ABC News Reports on Clogged Vein Theories

    Almost six years after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Sharon Richardson heard that blockages in neck veins draining blood from her brain could have triggered the debilitating disease, which is marked by fatigue, weakness and pain. She quickly took to the web to investigate the theory, proposed by Dr. Paolo Zamboni, a vascular surgeon…

  • Randy’s story

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip86TzgBzxA[/youtube] Randy became a part of our extended family when he visited us from Canada a few weeks ago to undergo the CCSVI screening and liberation procedure. We’re beginning our own video documenting of our patients who are anxious to share with the world their stories and their progress. Randy has suffered from MS for…

  • Olga’s story

    The beautiful Olga Krejci is one of our patients who was diagnosed with MS in January 2010. A full year later she walked into our lives as a CCSVI candidate. Like many, Olga needed to find a way to pay for her procedure and so she turned to www.caringbridge.org to help her not only set…

  • An unclear path illumniated

    Marie Rhodes, RN, the author of CCSVI as the Cause of Multiple Sclerosis: The Science Behind the Controversial Theory, recently discussed her views on the evolution of future treatment for Multiple Sclerosis. On the Facebook page CCSVI in Multiple Sclerosis Marie discusses her idea of the evolving nature of MS research and therapy and compares it…

  • Dr. McGuckin answers questions about CCSVI

    Provided by Danielle Rhéaume and posted on FaceBook Note: Dr. McGuckin was one of the presenters at the “Big Event” in Seattle where our Eric Feigenbutz also presented: These questions were asked on the CCSVI in Seattle group page and answered by Dr McGuckin of Vascular Access Centers in February: 1) How aggressively do you…

  • An objective look at CCSVI

    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…

  • Nigel’s post liberation story

    [re-printed with permission from his post on CCSVI Locator] “This is my first post and I should have commented earlier but I have never done this kinda stuff before, so on Feb 16 it 3 months since I had my “Liberation Treatment” at the Rhode Island Vascular Institute. I went there not knowing if I…

  • 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…