“Liberation therapy” not an effective MS treatment

Expanding narrow veins from the brain and spinal cord is not effective in treating multiple sclerosis (MS), according to new research coming out of British Columbia. The invasive surgical procedure, called “liberation therapy”, is performed by inserting a catheter into the vein and pushing out the vessel walls by inflating a small balloon. Thousands of […]

A new tool to track multiple sclerosis

A new tool provides a means to track multiple sclerosis (MS) progression and could lead to early diagnosis, a new study shows. The method – called Quantitative Susceptibility Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) – allows researchers to track small changes in the magnetic field of the brain caused by iron distribution and white matter lesions that […]

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