February 15th, 2016 – This critical synopsis of prior work by Clive Beggs is submitted in support of a PhD by published work. The work focuses on venous and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) anomalies associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurological diseases. MS is characterized by focal inflammatory lesions, which are often venocentric. Recently a…

February 10, 2016 – In a recent paper published in the Journal of Neurological Sciences, researchers looked at serum markers of healthy individuals and compared them to people with MS. What they found were that in people with MS, there are circulating microparticles in the blood that aren’t found in healthy people. These markers (CD31+/CD51+/CD61+/CD54+) are…

February 16, 2016 – A major epidemiological registry-based study from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital indicates that Parkinson’s disease begins in the gastrointestinal tract; the study is the largest in the field so far. The chronic neurodegenerative Parkinson’s disease affects an increasing number of people. However, scientists still do not know why some people…

February 15, 2016 – This video, produced by the Canadian Neurovascular Health Society (formerly the National CCSVI Society) with the help of Cedarwood Productions Inc, explores how CCSVI has affected the lives of those with MS, both those who have been treated and those who have not. It interviews researchers and doctors behind CCSVI in…

February 8, 2016 – Hypothesizing a truly revolutionary notion that rounded cystic forms of Borrelia burgdorferi are the root cause of the rounded structures called plaques in the Alzheimer brain. Rounded ‘‘plaques’ in high density in brain tissue are emblematic of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Plaques may be conceptualized as rounded ‘‘pock mark-like’’ areas of brain…

February 12, 2016 – In this short clip from the award-winning documentary Under Our Skin: The Untold Story of Lyme Disease, Dr. Alan McDonald discusses the links between Lyme Disease, Alzheimer’s, and Multiple Sclerosis.  

June 1, 2015 – Lymph vessels carrying immune cells are found in the brain. These vessels only function with healthy venous drainage. The fact that such vessels could have escaped detection when the lymphatic system has been so thoroughly mapped throughout the body is surprising on its own, but the true significance of the discovery…