This study examines how a medically contested procedure for people living with multiple
sclerosis was framed by the news media and challenged by user-generated Facebook …

Background Venoplasty—dubbed the liberation procedure—has been proposed with the
controversial theory of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI), as a possible …

The research is focused on a patient-based social media movement which advocated for
clinical research into a discovery rejected by key elements of the medical establishment …

This study probes media coverage of new and unproven medical therapies by examining
Canadian newspaper and television reporting on a novel hypothesis and experimental …

Objective: The objective of this longitudinal study examined, first, whether people with
multiple sclerosis who previously advocated for angioplasty to treat chronic cerebral spinal …

Abstract Background In 2009, Dr. Paolo Zamboni proposed chronic cerebrospinal venous
insufficiency (CCSVI) as a possible cause of multiple sclerosis (MS). Although his theory and …

Objective Venoplasty has been proposed, alongside the theory of chronic cerebrospinal
venous insufficiency (CCSVI), as a treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS). Despite concerns …

This thesis describes a Canadian patient movement—largely comprising multiple sclerosis
patients—that has developed around Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI) …

Background: We conducted a rigorous review of videos related to multiple sclerosis (MS)
and chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) treatment posted by people with MS …

The article examines the opportunities for change in new media narratives. In this case new
media become tools calling for “patient liberation”. A case-based qualitative study was …