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A well written blog by a US Neurologist, Dr. Daniel Kantor about CCSVI.

http://www.neurologique.org/

Click on blogs.

Entry dated November 25, 2009 entitled Going to the other side.

Erin

A new group has been started on facebook regarding CCSVI at UBC MS Clinic Information and Support.

Here is the link:



Erin :)

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Thinking of you up here in Canada. Thanks for being part of the W5 documentary and bringing hope to MSers who hadn't heard of the procedure before. People are excited and hopeful <3

Erin

There is a private clinic in Abbotsford.

Here is their website:

http://www.fraservalleymri.com/

Erin

Here is the story off of the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) website. Hormone repairs MS damage in mice Last Updated: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 | 5:01 PM ET CBC News A hormone produced during pregnancy helps to push multiple sclerosis into remission in mice, Canadian researchers have found....

Thanks Harry for correcting me on my Ontario geography. I was there in 1971 and it seemed to me that it was up north but I guess I should have looked at a map first. I was a travel counsellor for 25 years before getting MS so I should have known better. The nurse at Biogen/Tysabri said that Sudbury ...

I was talking to the Biogen/Tysabri toll-free help line yesterday and Monday and according to them the first two Tysabri infusions were to take place today in the northern Ontario (central Canada) city of Sudbury (2001 population - approximately 155,000). So it looks like Tysabri has arrived in Cana...

Pete, I am enjoying reading the updates of your progress with Tysabri. I am in British Columbia, Canada and Tysabri is now approved here as well. I phoned our extended health company and they said they will cover me with a $3000 annual deductible. I am however RRMS going into SPMS (will be 47 in Jan...

Hi Tim, Please thank your dad for taking the time to write and share about his experience watching you improve during the Tovaxin trial. My husband and I really enjoyed reading your two websites tonight. I had had a discouraging day and ready your story cheered me up! Take care, Erin British Columbi...

Has anyone out there taken mangosteen juice for their MS symptoms? If so has it helped you and in which way?

Marijuana spray approved for MS patients Don Harrison and Elaine O'Connor The Province; with a file from CanWest News Service Wednesday, April 20, 2005 Canada yesterday become the first country to legalize a medicinal spray form of marijuana, to treat pain in the country's 25,000 multiple-sclerosis ...

Clinical Trial Information for MBP8298 Protocol: A double-blind, placebo controlled multicentre study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of MBP8298 in subjects with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis Description: This is a two-year, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group...

If you want more information on the MBP8298 that Kim mentioned in her post you can go to this wesite.

http://www.biomsmedical.com/index.asp

They are a company based in Edmonton. They are looking for people for the trial.

Erin

This article appeared in the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada newspaper called "THE PROVINCE" this morning. It is about Tysabri in Canada. New drug gives hope for MS sufferers Results 'very good' for those with relapsing form of the disease Don Harrison The Province February 21, 2005 Pa...

Dear Alyish, You may want to consider joining one or both of the Yahoo groups that deal with low dose naltrexone. To join, go to www.yahoo.com and click on groups. From there the names of the groups you would want to join are lowdosenaltrexone and/or Spotlight_ldn. The first group has much more grou...