Traveling to Arizona has gotten a little easier
Traveling for medical procedures can be a daunting process. Aside from the costs associated with international travel, knowing where to stay, knowing where to eat, and even where to find the nearest (more…)
Visualizing the liberation procedure for CCSVI
Dr. Paolo Zamboni coined the term CCSVI to describe the compromise blood flow in the brain, but do many understand exactly how the procedure works? This simple YouTube video posted by Dr. Zamboni, describes the blood flow of patient without multiple sclerosis (MS) and patient with the malady. (more…)
200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes of world health
In this video the story of world health is told by Swedish academic superstar Hans Rosling. Here statistics come to life when he fantastically illustrates global health graphically as it is tied to development over the last 200 years.
As we move towards a world economy and global health converges with the resources of developing countries, advances in health like the CCSVI liberation procedure could mean nearly everyone in the world will have access to technologies that increase life expectancy and produce meaningful contributions by individuals who may have otherwise not survived. It’s a privilege to be on this kind of journey, first-hand.
CCSVI Screening in Action
Here, Nicole Feigenbutz demonstrates a CCSVI screening. This footage was taken for use as b-roll for news coverage and it shows the method used to look for the condition.
We screen patients from all over the world for candidacy for the liberation procedure. Interesting enough, the majority of our patients come to us from Canada.
Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency is theoretically the cause of Multiple Sclerosis and its associated symptoms.
The power of video
As we’ve been growing our practice and our online presence, we are of course thinking of how we can best communicate the power of the CCSVI liberation procedure. We realized that we need more photos and we really need patient testimonials. If you are reading this and you are a patient or the loved one of a patient, it’s important to document your journey. Not just so that we can put it up on our website but because video documenting your journey can be a powerful and moving experience. We’ve watched videos of people just like you from around the world that have found us sitting at our computers weeping with the joy of watching hope transform into reality.
Demystifying the Complete Blood Count
We stumbled across this article in the New York Times that demystifies the numbers behind Complete Blood Counts. Often patients receive this record and have no idea what the numbers mean. In this interactive chart the NYT helps you understand what each component and its requisite score means.
We think it’s pretty nifty, what do you think?
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