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What Should Happen if a Stem Cell Clinic Harms Many Patients? (Revised)

What Should Happen if a Stem Cell Clinic Harms Many Patients? (Revised)

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Here’s my core position: I support a patient’s access to his/her own stem cells (autologous use) for any use agreed to by the patient after proper informed consent which is not tainted by false or misleading advertising claims by the stem cell clinic. This post is about autologous use, not allogeneic, i.e., another person’s stem cells. My philosophical/public policy/constitutional thinking is that people do/should have a right to determine what happens to their own bodies, so long as that right…

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What Should Happen if a Stem Cell Clinic Harms Many Patients?

What Should Happen if a Stem Cell Clinic Harms Many Patients?

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Here’s my core position: I support a patient’s access to his/her own stem cells for any use agreed to by the patient after proper informed consent which is not tainted by false or misleading advertising claims by the stem cell clinic. My philosophical/public policy/constitutional thinking is that people do/should have a right to determine what happens to their own bodies, so long as that right doesn’t endanger public health or safety, or impinge on another’s protected rights. I don’t see…

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Is CAM under stealth attack by the Monopoly Internet Megacompanies ?

Is CAM under stealth attack by the Monopoly Internet Megacompanies ?

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CAM (Complementary and alternative medicine, now more commonly known as integrative medine) has always been polarizing in the medical community, and has consistently come under attack by conventional medicine advocates. In the time since I became active, it was the quackbusters, then the sceptics who evolved into the bloggers who attack all things CAM. Heretofore, they have have had a relatively small impact on the CAM community. However, there might be a new threat developing which could have a much…

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Brief Memo on Advertising to Private Stem Cell Clinics (Especially the “Affiliates” of the two Defendant Organizations)

Brief Memo on Advertising to Private Stem Cell Clinics (Especially the “Affiliates” of the two Defendant Organizations)

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Now would be a good time for private stem cell clinics to change their web site advertising

Some Perspective on the California Medical Board’s “task force” on Stem Cell Clinics

Some Perspective on the California Medical Board’s “task force” on Stem Cell Clinics

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A few days ago, the big dog blogged that a San Diego TV station was reporting that the Medical Board of California (MBC) has announced its intention to form a task force to “investigate” private stem cell clinics, presumably following the Federation of State Medical Board’s (Federation) report on the subject. Here is the post: https://ipscell.com/2018/11/medical-board-of-california-task-force-to-investigate-stem-cell-clinics/ The intended or unintended implication is that all these clinics are about to be shut down by the MBC. But let’s take a breath….

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Private stem cell clinics should start worrying about some new regulatory players

Private stem cell clinics should start worrying about some new regulatory players

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Up until very recently, the FDA has basically been the sole regulatory threat to the private/for-profit stem cell clinics, via published guidance documents, site inspections, warning letters and the recent federal civil injunction cases against the two biggest stem cell operations. See my posts about the status of these cases at: http://rickjaffeesq.com/2018/09/26/update-on-fda-injunction-cases/ As an aside It’s no coincidence that the defendants in both of these injunction cases have many dozens of so-called “affiliate” stem cell clinics throughout the country. Both…

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Cali. Medical Board is Closing in on Vaccine Exemption Writing Physicians

Cali. Medical Board is Closing in on Vaccine Exemption Writing Physicians

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Several vaccine writing California physicians are now under investigation by the California Medical Board. By that I mean that the Board has issued subpoenas to obtain the medical and/or school vaccination records of kids who obtained vaccine exemptions from these physicians. In some cases, the Board investigation is a result of a complaint filed by a parent (usually in a divorce situation where one parent is pro and the other is antivax/vaccine concerned) or by an HMO which acts as…

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MD/DC Clinics and “Fraudulent Incorporation”

MD/DC Clinics and “Fraudulent Incorporation”

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It’s been some time since I’ve lasted written about MD/DC clinics and how they can turn into fraudulent operations. Here are two of my last couple of articles from Dynamic Chiropractic. https://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=46387 https://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=46096 In the last few years, there has been an uptick in federal criminal prosecutions and insurance company lawsuits against medical clinics alleged to be controlled by someone other than the MD clinic owner. So it seems like time for an update by me. Having been involved in…

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Do you have ED? (not the guy thing, but rather endocannabinoid deficiency)

Do you have ED? (not the guy thing, but rather endocannabinoid deficiency)

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The absolute best part of my job is that I get to work on really interesting medico legal issues, interact with very smart experts who know their stuff. In July, I tried a California medical board case for a doctor who recommended medical marijuana to five-year-old who was having severe mood disorder problems at home and school. The doc saw the patient back in 2012, before the CBD oil explosion, and it was also back when the closest diagnosis for…

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The grass is still growing ever so slowly in the FDA’s injunction cases against U.S. and California Stem Cell Clinics

The grass is still growing ever so slowly in the FDA’s injunction cases against U.S. and California Stem Cell Clinics

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Since my last update about these cases in early August, not much has happened, which is to be expected in federal civil litigation. Nonetheless, here is an update. Let’s start with what hasn’t happened 1. There has been no announced agreement in either case that the defendants have stopped treating patients with their SVF, stem cell therapy which the FDA claims are unapproved new drugs, adulterated and misbranded, pending the final decision by the judges in these injunction actions. 2…

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