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dixonge

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  1. While it *is* true that the US medical system is most definitely a profit-oriented system, this angle has been used by countless charlatans (also profit-oriented) to push and sell every imaginable fake product and treatment to the desperate and gullible. It always breaks my heart when I see terminal cancer patients get to that point. The next thing you know their life savings are down to zero just to enrich some snake-oil salesman, often in Mexico border towns. Found a very nice balanced overview of the state of stem cell therapies here: https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/exploring-the-science-and-the-snake-oil-behind-regenerative-stem-cell-therapy/Content?oid=22786601
  2. "In addition, it should be noted that while the clinical evidence in this area is evolving and one day may support the clinical efficacy of cryopreserved birth tissues for some orthopedic applications, no such evidence exists at this time." That pretty much sums it up...
  3. Which is fine, but then they shouldn't call it stem cell therapy, obviously...
  4. If you are having your own blood withdrawn and re-injected and you aren't waiting several days in -between, you're probably not getting much in the way of actual stem cells, which take days or weeks to grow. https://www.the-scientist.com/lab-tools/speeding-up-stem-cell-growth-64703
  5. Yep, that's the link I posted here earlier. A good read!
  6. Well, I did provide a link...which includes the following: ”Soap and hot water do not disinfect things nor do they kill microbes. Soap and water simply remove dirt and grease that offer places for microbes to grow.” Then: “The NIH study evaluating Mexican vegetable contamination found that the silver colloid based disinfectants (like microdyne, biodyne, etc) lowered fecal coliform (pooh bacteria) counts, but did not eliminate them, and these same silver colloid products did not remove salmonella typhi risks in any samples.”
  7. MtnMama is definitely on the right track here (although technically the soaking requires 5 minutes) We used to use MicroDyn for everything, but have recently discovered that it's not much better than a water rinse. Yikes! Some things us extranjeros need to think about: Bacteria - fecal, salmonella, listeria, campylobacter. Mexican chicken is actually 3X safer than US chicken for salmonella and campylobacter. Most everything else is a higher risk in places south of the U.S. Some of you have indicated you think a water rinse is sufficient. Your individual experience merely indicates that you've been lucky. For an in-depth read on the true statistics and science behind why only a bleach dilution is sufficient to kill things, here is a good, long and thorough discussion: Salmonella & Parasites: Food Contamination in Mexico Bon appetit!
  8. So we're doing a brief housesitting and it's *way* out of town. Ran to Soriana today in the homeowner's vehicle and ended up paying our first traffic mordida. We've been mostly in Mexico for the last three years, so I guess it was just our time. If I ever own a car here, it'll be a beat-up VW bug w/ tinted windows and a MX plate. lol
  9. I find this thread both highly entertaining and also rather depressing.
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