Friday, March 26, 2010
Canadian brothers find MS treatment in Poland
Two brothers, one from Winnipeg and one from Ottawa, have emerged from surgery in Poland, expressing optimism for their hopes to alleviate the symptoms they have from multiple sclerosis.
Winnipegger Duncan Thornton, 47, travelled with his Ottawa brother Evan, 49, for a procedure not available in Canada.
The surgery, still considered experimental in the much of the medical community, involves increasing blood flow to the brain. In some cases, patients have reported promising results.
Read more:http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/03/25/mb-ott-brothers-ms-poland-surgery.html#ixzz0jHTKcAIJ
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