By Ihor Cap

On April 13, 2010 well known CBC Show host Mark Kelly noted that Multiple Sclerosis (MS) affects some 50 to 75 thousand Canadians, ranking 5th highest amongst the nations of the world.  Women are twice as likely to be afflicted with MS as men are. No apparent cure is evident any time soon and few treatments are available, he said, until now.  Thanks to Italian Doctor Paolo Zamboni’s new experimental treatment, “a surgery to improve blood flow through veins in the neck has changed how many people look at the disease. And though it’s not widely available in Canada, some say it’s not proven yet, the procedure has made Zamboni a medical superstar”, surmised the host for “Connect with Mark Kelly”.

The connection between multiple sclerosis and the venous system is unprecedented.  Many afflicted individuals have already received this new treatment elsewhere in the world with positive results. A great proportion of these patients have even experienced a long lasting remission of the disease, declared Dr. Zamboni in his interview with Mark Kelly one day before he was to appear at an online conference in Toronto dedicated to the discovery of this relatively new treatment. Others are more cautious and hopeful that the limited data corresponding with such improvements will inevitably lead to its availability in Canada.  Test trials are already underway in Canada with one hundred MS sufferers in Hamilton Ontario. Over twenty thousand afflicted individuals applied for those positions.

Frustrations are mounting as more, and more individuals come to know of Dr. Zamboni’s revolutionary treatment. Desperation, hope and restlessness are capital words in the information-hungry world of MS sufferers. However, progress is slow in Canada, disagreements abound and caution is the order of the day.

It is precisely this kind of sentiment echoed at the Information Session on April 7, 2010, hosted by the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. The Information Session discussed the link between chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) and multiple sclerosis (MS).  Marlane Oliver, the 680News morning anchor, served as the moderator for the event. The speakers who participated in this session included Yves Savoie, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Division of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, Dr. Jock Murray, the Founding Director, Dalhousie MS Clinic, and Karen Torrie-Racine, Board member, Ontario Division and Volunteer, Cornwall and District Chapter of Living with multiple sclerosis.  If you were not able to attend the CCSVI and Multiple Sclerosis Information Session, it is available in full on YouTube in a fourteen part series, courtesy of the MS Society of Canada. 

The cure to MS has never been closer. To stay abreast of the latest information and news developments concerning CCSVI and MS, individuals should visit the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada web site at www.mssociety.ca/. The Society not only provides the latest and most accurate information about the disease, it will also inform you of progress in MS research, available services, and other details about special events, fund raising, treatments and more.

Author Information:

Ihor Cap, Ph.D.

Ihor Cap is a web author at http://articlesandblogs.ezreklama.com
 

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