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Centers for Respiratory Health is new incarnation of clinic Lung Health Institute

March 24, 2022 / By / 5 Comments
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Many firms that generally fall into the category of unproven stem cell or cell therapy clinics have a way of reinventing themselves and I’ve seen this with one formerly named the Lung Institute that is now called Centers for Respiratory Health. First the Lung Institute became the Lung Health Institute. Now that firm has become …

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Fact-check of stem cell therapy for pain & neuropathy

April 6, 2022 / By / 4 Comments
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Does it make any sense medically or scientifically to use stem cell therapy for pain or neuropathy? There isn’t much solid evidence that this is a good way to go. However, there’s a vast scope of research ongoing in this area. Stem cell clinics have been earning millions of dollars each year selling this idea …

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‘I’d need a drink’: WaPo deep dive on clinic firm Lung Health Institute

February 1, 2021 / By / 1 Comment
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Washington Post reporters William Wan and Laurie McGinley have a new piece on the unproven regenerative clinic firm the Lung Health Institute. This article has a number of surprises and new insights. Previously the Lung Health Institute was called just the Lung Institute. It was recently acquired by the publicly-traded company H-CYTE, stock symbol HCYT. In the …

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TGIF Weekend Science Reads: stem cells, PRP, CIRM, CRISPR, & more

February 1, 2021 / By / 2 Comments
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What do you read on the weekend? I wish for me it was at least in part some contemporary novel or science fiction, but that’s rare. More often than not it is almost all science. I do read the Sunday NY Times at least. I usually accumulate things during the week that I want to …

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Kim Kardashian vampire facials: stem cells in there?

February 1, 2021 / By / 4 Comments

Celebrities such as Kim Kardashian are reportedly getting so-called vampire facials. Why put yourself through that? Perhaps because stem cells and other material inside the processed blood is supposed to make them younger? Yes, that is Kim above (photo from Kim Kardashian on Instagram) with her face smeared with blood, but not just ordinary Kardashian …

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