by Rappler.com Posted on 07/04/2013 3:36 PM |Updated 07/04/2013 11:09 PM MANILA, Philippines Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) chairman Antonio "Bebot" Villar is suing the German and his 4 cohorts who were allegedly responsible for his botched stem cell treatment last year. Villar, through his lawyer, filed the complaint before the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on Thursday, July 4. The former mayor of Sto. Tomas, Pangasinan, said he fell ill after undergoing stem cell treatment at the EDSA Shangri-la Hotel in Mandaluyong City on June 9, 2012. In an earlier report, Villar said his wife also felt worse after getting stem cell treatment. Villar reportedly spent about 15,000 Euros for the treatment, or more than P812,000 at the time the procedure was conducted. Among the subjects of the complaint are a German doctor, a Thai doctor, two Thai nurses, and a Filipino who recruited patients. The CIDG, however, said the foreigners could have already left the country. Nevertheless, the foreigners could be charged for violation of The Medical Act of 1959 over the botched treatment. The Philippine Medical Association earlier said 3 government officials died of complications from stem cell treatments done in the country by non-licensed practitioners. Rappler.com … Continue reading →

MANILA (UPDATED) - The head of the Dangerous Drugs Board has formally filed a complaint against a Filipino agent and 3 foreigners, including a German doctor, Thai doctor and Thai nurse, who allegedly performed an illegal stem cell procedure on him and his wife in a five-star hotel last June 2012. DDB Chairman Antonio "Bebot" Villar formally filed a complaint before the anti-fraud division of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG), through his legal counsel, Clare Cagayanan. The CIDG will be conducting an in-depth investigation on the complaint and will also be coordinating with the Interpol and concerned embassies in tracking down the foreigners who were involved in the illegal practice of stem cell treatment in the country. Villar said that after undergoing stem cell treatment using sheep stem cells, he became even weaker. Worse, his prostate became enlarged, prompting him to undergo a series of radiation therapy until now. Villar added that the size of his prostate was normal before the stem cell procedure. His wife has also complained of abnormal blood sugar after the stem cell procedure. Villar's camp refused to reveal the names of those mentioned in the complaint pending the results of CIDG's … Continue reading →

Treating Autism with MMS - Testimonial (3 of 10) A Mom talks about the various biomedical interventions she applied to her daughter, and shares her ATEC drops since adding in chlorine dioxide. After a brief... By: MMStestimonials … Continue reading →

July 4, 2013 Bacterial flora inhabiting the human gut have become one of the hottest topics in biological research. Implicated in a range of important activities including digestion, fine-tuning body weight, regulating immune response, and producing neurotransmitters that affect brain and behavior, these tiny workers form diverse communities. Hundreds of species inhabit the gut, and although most are beneficial, some can be very dangerous. In new research appearing in the journal PLOS ONE, a team led by Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, a researcher at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute, present the first comprehensive bacterial analysis focusing on commensal or beneficial bacteria in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). After publishing earlier research exploring crucial links between intestinal microflora and gastric bypass, Krajmlanik-Brown convinced James Adams -- director of the ASU Autism/Asperger's Research Program -- that similar high throughput techniques could be used to mine the microbiome of patients with autism. (Previously, Adams had been studying the relationship between the gut microbiome and autism using traditional culturing techniques.) "One of the reasons we started addressing this topic is the fact that autistic children have a lot of GI problems that can last into adulthood," Krajmalnik-Brown says. "Studies have shown that when we manage … Continue reading →

; A Nova Scotia family is upset with the hurdles that they faced getting their young son diagnosed with autism and with the two-year wait for him to enroll in an early intervention program. Julia Wong/Global News EASTERN PASSAGE, N.S. A Nova Scotia family is upset with the hurdles they faced getting their young son diagnosed with autism, and with the two-year wait for him to enroll in an early intervention program. It has been difficult. Its an emotional rollercoaster. We feel like its us against the system, said Sandy Hache-Lawlor. Hache-Lawlor said she knew something was different with her now three-year-old son, William, when he was about 12 months old. We started to notice the engagement wasnt there, she said. If we walked into a room, he would not necessarily notice that we were there. We thought something is not quite right. Hache-Lawlor began doing research and soon found all the signs were pointing to autism. When we look at all the markers [for autism] and we saw William was a yes for about 40 or 50 different markers. Then, we began to get a little bit alarmed. The Lawlors family doctor referred them to the autism team at … Continue reading →

A new treatment for children with autism has an interesting history. Heres the report: Prospective, Blinded Exploratory Evaluation of the PlayWisely Program in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder PlayWisely is rather like a brain training program of cognitive exercises, but involving a face-to-face interaction with a coach too, which is a big plus (often these things are computerized.) Its all very innocuous. However, the lead author is one Janet K. Kern, who is affiliated with the Maryland Institute for Chronic Illnesses, home of the not-at-all-innocuous duo who are Mark and David Geier. This father-son team is known for being leading proponents of the idea that autism is caused by mercury in vaccines. Geier the Father recently lost his medical license. As Wikipedia has it: On April 27, 2011, the Maryland State Board of Physicians suspended Mark Geiers medical license as an emergency action, saying he endangers autistic children and exploits their parents by administering to the children a treatment protocol that has a known substantial risk of serious harm This treatment was the Lupron Protocol which involves giving children doses of a powerful drug that reduces levels of the sex hormones, testosterone and estrogen. Lupron is more commonly used for … Continue reading →

New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Doctors in a city hospital claim to have successfully treated a 90-year-old woman suffering from stroke with intravenous thrombolytic therapy, showcasing that there is no age barrier for such treatment. Harsharan Kaur, a resident of New Delhi, underwent a surgery at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, as she developed complete paralysis of her left arm and leg. She was rushed to the hospital within two hours of the onset of the stroke. "The patient was critically ill and unconscious, with complete paralysis of her left arm and leg. Initial investigations revealed that there was a large clot in her brain, a condition which often results in life-threatening stroke with coma, or a wheelchair-bound state. After careful assessment of the risk factors, we performed thrombolytic therapy to dissolve the blood clot in the brain," said Vinit Suri, senior consultant, neurology. Thrombolytic therapy refers to the use of drugs to break up or dissolve blood clots, the main cause of both heart attack and stroke. "The initial hours are the most important hours for any patient of stroke and only in the first four-and-half hours the patient can be given thrombolysis," Suri said. "The earlier the patient is brought … Continue reading →