Subcommittee on Neurological Disease committee   of yours who are physicians and researchers, they will tell you the evidence available for CCSVI, including the protocols for imaging, is in the early stages. That is why a number of medical associations, provincial bodies, and the Alberta Health Services Board have made the decision

Subcommittee on Neurological Disease committee  This is the date on which we will announce the results of our CCSVI research competition, which was launched early in the new year. On June 14, after the review by a panel of experts--vascular surgeons, interventional radiologists, MRI specialists, and neurologists--we

Subcommittee on Neurological Disease committee  Dr. McDonald, who will make the decision whether or not to image for CCSVI in Canada? What criteria have to be met? What timeline are we looking at? What is stopping you from performing this procedure today?

Subcommittee on Neurological Disease committee  . The second thing is that many of the patients, in my understanding, and I stand to be corrected, have been continued on their regular medical therapies, many of which are being shown to have an effect on relapsing-remitting that is very similar to that being described for CCSVI. So I

Subcommittee on Neurological Disease committee  , in the United States, a little over a week ago, and she's doing just great. [Applause] My goal today is to actually show you images of jugular veins in people who have CCSVI. The abnormalities that we see are real. You don't need to be a physician to see them. Correction sometimes makes

Subcommittee on Neurological Disease committee  During your presentation, you told us that, in your opinion, the only thing left to do was to sub-categorize the CCSVI patients. Could you expand a little more on that? In your view, what needs to be done and how long could a surgery like that take? Finally, why is it important

Subcommittee on Neurological Disease committee  Thank you. I think you need to do the ultrasound imaging that Sandy has talked about, but you need to do the MR imagining as well. We have discovered that there are many different sources for CCSVI, and not just narrowed vessels. Sometimes there are bad valves, and sometimes

Subcommittee on Neurological Disease committee   the scientific goal, which is actually generating the science on it, determining who should be treated, and so on, as you collect the data. At the same time, you can treat people with significant disease now. If they have significant CCSVIs demonstrated on an MRV and on a duplex scan

Health committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I will ask again. This was discussed last night. I do not need the broader context. I would like to know specifically how much of the $16 million is being devoted to CCSVI, please—the number.

Health committee  I think there's concern among patients across the country that right now there is no treatment arm being funded in Canada. Of the $2.4 million, only $700,000.... I would like to also ask, who will be reviewing this? It's important, if we are going to look at CCSVI

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to submit two petitions signed by members of my constituency of Leeds--Grenville and from surrounding ridings. The petitioners request that federal and provincial health ministers meet to discuss allowing testing and treatment for CCSVI

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present yet another petition on chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency, or CCSVI. Last week I was honoured to be asked to speak at an international scientific conference on CCSVI. We need evidence-based medicine in Canada and new evidence from

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to table a petition signed by hundreds of Canadians from Ontario and B.C. They urge the Government of Canada to take immediate action in having chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency surgery, also known as CCSVI or liberation treatment

Health committee  After I had two breakfasts on CCSVI.

Government Operations committee  On the CCSVI.