Bob It evens out "between the swings and the round-abouts" or as they say in Newfoundland "between the jigs and the reels" Canada was slower than the USA to approve some of the newer drugs I think most of the DBS procedures are taking place in medical centers with top notch surgeons. The Toronto team (which did my pallidotomy) publish in international journals. check out the recent New England Journal of Medicine (topic Research ) Anne Rutherford On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, robert l dolezal wrote: > Makes you wonder - is Canadian medical technology that far advanced and the > US overly cautious, or is the US approval process (the FDA) really alert > and on its toes and the Canadian's inadequate and premature? > > Bob >