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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)

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

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

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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