…Two new studies have examined the effect of vitamin D in women during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email address Please enter the email address that you registered the newsletter with Continue…
…gle search yields 26,000 blogs on CCSVI. – In his year-end interview with the Globe and Mail, Michael Ignatieff says that a Liberal government would fund clinical trials of CCSVI. “Why can’t Canadians get a shot at getting at something that might have a therapeutic benefit?” he says (www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/your-question-for-ignatieff-yes-liberals-would-fund-ms-treatment/article1841344/?cmpid=rss1). – Mahir Mostic’s g…
…lesbian families and their children conceived through donor insemination (www.nllfs.org). Between 1986 and 1992, 154 lesbian mothers volunteered for the study with data collected through interviews and questionnaires. Additional data were obtained from offspring at ages 10 and 17 years through interviews. questionnaires and Child Behavior Checklists completed by the mother. Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email addr…
…nsole (Peek et al. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2008; 90: W9-10; free full text at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647267/?tool=pubmed). Comment: Dr. Selchen: Dr. Saposnik’s very interesting pilot study raises the possibility that gaming may be of value in rehabilitation. This study is of particular interest given the lack of evidence for many rehab interventions. A larger, more definitive study is planned which may open new avenues in rehabilitatio…
REPORT FROM THE 26TH CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR TREATMENT AND RESEARCH IN MS (ECTRIMS), GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN, OCTOBER 13-16, 2010 – “We should not be using any interventions to treat CCSVI (chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency) until we can demonstrate that it has a pathological role,” stated Dr. Giancarlo Comi, Milan, Italy, at a special symposium organized by the European Charcot Foundation. “CCSVI is not a cause of MS,” he said…