WINNIPEG, CANADA, October 19, 2010. 10AM ET A respected MS neurologist, researcher and educator has slammed the controversial CCSVI hypothesis, also known as the “Zamboni Liberation Therapy”. Dr. Randall Schapiro, Board member of the National MS Society in the US spoke to an MS Society sponsored conference of members and healthcare professionals on Monday in [...]

TORONTO, CANADA  – Sept. 13, 2010 09:00 ET CCSVIClinic has chosen The CliniCard Inc. as a card-based payment/data storage and transfer system for their travel, facilitation, hosting and tracking requirements. The CliniCard system represents a new generation of multi-applicational payment technology focused on the healthcare industry. CCSVI Clinic will use The CliniCard’s payment, data transfer [...]

Ottawa —Monday, Sep. 19, 2010 1:30PM EDT MS  patients are becoming increasingly organized and agitated as they mount more and larger demonstrations in order to have the new chronic cerebro-spinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) treatment, also known as “the liberation treatment,” made available to MS sufferers in Canada. CCSVI is a proposed condition in which the [...]

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 10:22 AM Gloria Galloway http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/health-minister-accepts-prudent-advice-not-to-fund-ms-treatment/article1692471/ Leona Aglukkaq has accepted the recommendation of the federal agency that funds health research, which said this week it is too soon to conduct clinical trials of a controversial new procedure to treat multiple sclerosis. “I feel the most prudent course of action at this time is [...]