"A statement of fact cannot be insolent." The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine, quackery, science, and pseudoscience (and anything else that interests him).

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Stemedica Cell Technologies: More stem cell hard sell, courtesy of the people who brought you Penta Water woo

Post author By Orac
Post date October 3, 2016
28 Comments on Stemedica Cell Technologies: More stem cell hard sell, courtesy of the people who brought you Penta Water woo

Will the Medical Board of California crack down? — Step right up and get your stem cells.

I first became more interested in dubious stem cell clinics nearly two years ago, when I learned that hockey legend Gordie Howe was undergoing stem cell therapy in Mexico to treat his stroke. Being from Detroit, I imbibed the hockey madness of this town growing up, and know that Detroiters hold Gordie Howe in incredibly […]

Tags Cesar Amescua, clinical trials, Dave McGuigan, David Howe, David Wagner, Global Stem Cell Health, Gordie Howe, Jim Gass, KPBS, Maynard Howe, Novastem, Penta Water, stem cells, Stemedica, stroke

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About Gordie Howe’s “miraculous recovery” after stem cell treatment in Mexico

Post author By Orac
Post date January 2, 2015
43 Comments on About Gordie Howe’s “miraculous recovery” after stem cell treatment in Mexico

Seven years ago I returned to Michigan, where I was born and spent the first quarter century of my life, after an absence of more than 20 years. In the interim, I had done my surgical residency and earned my PhD in Cleveland, a surgical oncology fellowship in Chicago, and worked in New Jersey at […]

Tags aphasia, Clinica Santa Clarita, ClinicalTrials.gov, COFEPRIS, Dave McGuigan, Gordie Howe, hockey, Maynard Howe, mesenchymal stem cells, Mr. Hockey, Murray Howe, Novastem, Rafael Carrillo, stem cells, Stemedica, stroke

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