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Hyperbaric oxygen treatment can kill

hyperbaric oxygen chambers

On Friday, a hyperbaric oxygen chamber exploded, killing a five-year-old child being treated at an “integrative” clinic. Quackery kills.

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60 MINUTES Australia broadcasts an infomercial for Bioss Stem Cells, a quack clinic in Mexico

60 Minutes Australia shills for Bioss Stem Cells
60 Minutes Australia shills for Bioss Stem Cells

Last Sunday, 60 MINUTES Australia broadcast a story about a very sympathetic girl with cerebral palsy and her family, who traveled to Bioss Stem Cells, a stem cell clinic in Monterrey, Mexico, for unproven “stem cell” treatments. The story was nearly completely devoid of skepticism and played, in essence, as a 20 minute advertisement for quacks. It is one of the worst examples of boosterism and false balance about unproven treatments I’ve ever seen.