FDA has issued an alert to healthcare professionals and those suffering from multiple sclerosis. An avante garde procedure used to treat suffers of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI), has been deemed unsafe, causing potential injury and even death. The procedure, known as liberation therapy or liberation procedure, uses stents, also known as angioplasty, to widen veins in the chest and neck. Stents are small spring loaded devices placed into arteries or veins to hold them open. They have been used successfully in heart patients, although even that has its controversies...

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