December 12, 2017 News by Janet Stewart, MSc Using Balloons to Increase Blood Flow from Brain Fails to Help MS Patients, Trial Finds Using balloons to enlarge veins so that more blood flows out of the brain and spinal cord fails to help multiple sclerosis patients, according to a clinical trial in Italy. Researchers said the procedure did not improve their functioning or reduce their brain lesions ā areas where toxic protein build-ups…
March 10, 2017 News by Joana Fernandes, PhD ‘Liberation Therapy’ for MS Is Ineffective Despite Cost and Risks, Study Finds Liberation therapy was seen to be an ineffective treatment ā both in the short and long term ā in a Canadian study in people with multiple sclerosis (MS),Ā its researchers reported, advising patients not to assumeĀ the procedure’s risks or cost. Lindsay Machan, a radiology professor at the University of British…
July 25, 2016 Columns by Laura Kolaczkowski MS BLOG: Sort Anecdotal Claims, Real Science Before Research Treatments Can we all agree that research studies are important and they are necessary to prove whether a concept works or it doesnāt? Even from the biggest failures, we can learn more. We can also all agree that research has to be done via properly conducted studies to be accepted as…
June 29, 2016 Columns by admin MS Clinic Using ‘Liberation Therapy’ Being Investigated for Alleged False Claims Allegations that false claims regarding treatment were made to potential patients, as well as one of its proponents having at least one fake degree, are being leveled against a stem cell clinic that was operating in India two years ago. The clinicĀ was notĀ offering HSCT, but rather a form of combination…
June 12, 2014 News by Charles Moore Researchers Report Alternate Explanation Discovery Of How And Why CCSVI Treatment Works In MS Patients A new study may offer new insight on beneficial effects of “chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency” (CCSVI or CCVI) treatment for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and certain other disease conditions. CCSVI is the controversial theory that blocked neck veins are a major factor in many MS cases proposed by Italian physician…
May 22, 2014 by Charles Moore Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: MS Breakthrough Treatment Or Another “Liberation Therapy” Disappointment Shaping Up? Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a devastating disease for many who become afflicted with the disease’s progressive form, often in the prime of their lives, with no cure and when the effectiveness of established MS treatment is so often disappointing. Discouragement can lead to pinning premature hope on unproven therapies…