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August 2009
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In This Issue
· Stem Cell “Specialist” of the Year · Jack, the Emphysema super-skeptic · Bobby says NO to a heart transplant · Laying it all on the line for your Autistic son Science Advisory Board
Roberto Jorge Fernandez
Vińa, MD Honorary Professor University Maimonides Argentina Honorary Professor University of Beijing, China Shimon Slavin, MD Professor of Medicine Medical & Scientific Director Carlos Lima, MD Zannos G. Grekos, MD Kitipan V. Arom, MD,
PhD, FACS, FACC, FACCP, FRCST Don Margolis www.repairstemcells.com |
Stem Cell “Specialist” of the Year
Dr. Roberto Fernandez-Vina, RSCI’s candidate for Stem Cell
“Specialist” of the Year It was
back in 2003-04. Behind the scenes,
“Big Medicine,” raking in over a quarter-billion dollars a day in
profits, quietly put out the word that Repair Stem Cells could not be allowed
to disrupt those profits in North America.
America’s
finest stem cell cardio-surgeon, Dr. Amit Patel, then at the University of
Pittsburgh, knowing that stem cells could improve the lives of millions of
heart patients, chose to prove it and went to South America to lead a
clinical trial comparing bypass surgery to bypass plus stem cells. Dr Vina
(pronounced VEEN-ya), of Argentina, who, in 2003, had been the first in the
world to organize a trial for implanting stem cells into recent heart attack
victims, was an obvious choice for the Patel team. The results were beyond spectacular. By any measure, those lucky enough to get
the stem cells were improved, even up to 10 times as much as the bypass-only
group. (1) In 2005,
Dr. Vina, before any endocrinologist, was the first in the world to prove in
a clinical trial that Repair Stem Cells could significantly improve the lives
of diabetes type-2 patients. (2) In
2006-07, before any pulmonologist, he pioneered stem cell treatments for emphysema
and eventually for COPD. Other than
diabetes, COPD is one of the fastest growing diseases in the 21st
century. (3) Dr.
Roberto Fernadez-Vina, Chairman of RSCI’s Science Advisory Board, is our
candidate for the triple crown of Repair Stem Cells: Heart, Diabetes, and
Lung stem cell therapies. (1)
That
South American Patel clinical trial provided TheraVitae, the world’s first
stem cell treatment company, with a second protocol, especially useful for
many CHF and cardiomyopathy patients.
Two out of every three no-hope, no-option heart patients were improved
by the Patel process. No cardiologist
in the world can match those numbers without stem cells. (2)
One
year diabetes results on 50 Vina patients are available, courtesy of
zoacell.com: http://www.zoacell.com/investor/ascsummary.aspx (3)
Dr.
Vina became the first major stem cell researcher to effectively treat lung
diseases with stem cells. Even today,
neither of the world’s two largest centers (XCell in Europe and Beike in
Asia) list lung diseases on their websites. Read on
for the latest Vina successes. |
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“Jack” age 62, USA, Emphysema, was the skeptic of skeptics…….when it
came to stem cell therapy for his lung condition; but RSCI thrives on these
discussions with bright patients who have done their homework. Read Jack’s report at “Day 16” after stem
cells, in Jack’s own words to Dr. Vina and his long-time associate, Dr. Jorge
Saslavsky. “Many
thanks, my good doctors, for the care and attention that you provided to me
recently in San Salvador. My experience was a very good one and I'm glad to
have had the benefit of your treatment. While I'm not keeping a daily log or
recording statistics, I plan on making periodic notes regarding my progress.
My very first one (see below) is a very good one. I hope my improvement
continues. I will be having another PFT toward the end of October and it will
be interesting to compare it to the one that I had in June. With
that, I hope you will be interested in my first report, included below. Thank
you once again for everything, my good doctors! - Jack Post-treatment report dated 09 Aug
2009 Day16 Treatment was on 24 Jul 2009 Beginning
on 01 Aug and continuing since, I have limited my use of oxygen to sleep and
periods of exertion. SpO₂
has consistently remained above 90. For the first week, it averaged about 94,
and for the past few days has averaged about 95, with common readings as high
as 97. By way of comparison, prior to treatment I eliminated oxygen use only
when my SpO₂ was
higher than 90 with no shortness-of-breath (SOB) problems. This was probably
about only half of my time at-rest. SpO₂
then averaged 92, and if it ever decreased to 90 or below, I restored oxygen.
Last night, I slept quite comfortably without oxygen, with no negative
effects. While no detailed records were kept, all this seems to be a
significant improvement. (I thought the doctor said to expect improvement in
about a month, but I'm now wondering if he actually said "within" a
month, as this improvement came as something of a surprise to me.) I should
note that I did not consciously change my oxygen usage beginning on 01 AUG. I
have customarily removed my cannula while comfortably at rest with no SOB,
and if my SpO₂
is above 90. It was only in retrospect that I noticed this new pattern. I go to
pulmonary rehabilitation three times a week. My normal drill consists of four
different exercises which usually take about 110 min. to complete. Prior
to treatment, my custom was to use an oxygen flow rate of 2L/m for very light
activity (e.g., normal walking) and 3L/m for exercise. My latest session was
on Fri., 07 AUG. I did my customary 30 min. on the treadmill (this is my
hardest exercise, so I usually do it first) and then proceeded to the UBE
(arm crank) drill. About 10 mins. into that I glanced at my oxygen tank and
noticed that I had never turned it up to 3L/m. I was stunned that I had done
my treadmill drill at 2L/m and actually felt good all the way through it (I'm
usually a bit fatigued and SOB after 30 mins.). This is just one incident,
but I think it's a noteworthy one. In addition, I was always exhausted after
rehab prior to treatment, and ordinarily took a nap afterward. This past
week, I have actually felt good afterward and have had ample energy left
over. This is a novel experience for me. In fact, on Wed., 05 AUG, a few
hours after therapy, I decided to eat out (that's somewhat uncommon for me)
and I didn't even take my oxygen tank inside. For the first time in ages, I
felt almost like a normal person.** At
this point, I am extremely pleased with my treatment and my progress. Next week
we hope to have a report from Jack’s travelling companion, another pulmonary
patient treated by Dr. Vina. **An
interesting choice of words. As RSCI
states at every opportunity: “There
are no cures. RSCI’s goal is to bring
its patients halfway back to a normal life.
Sometimes we hit 25%, sometimes 50%, a few times more than
50%.....and, about one-third of the time, there is little or no improvement.” Fifteen year old Bobby did not want a heart transplant……and his mom agreed. She fought tooth and nail with the
know-nothing-about-stem-cells home doctors and their “transplant only”
mentality. Then she implored cautious
stem cell doctors---until one, a veteran of over 100 stem cell heart
mini-surgeries, said OK. He felt that,
win or lose, stem cells were preferable to a transplant---especially a transplant
which might never arrive. “Bobby” is still, and always will be, a heart
patient. But RSCI’s goal is not “a
cure.” Rather it is to bring the
patient’s quality of life halfway back to normal. Bobby seems to be getting closer to that
goal. This week from his Mom: August
10, 2009 Hi Don, I've attached Thursday's Echo report as well as
May & June's. Still scary to look at, things are serious but nowhere near
as scary as they were in May! The heart size in Bangkok was 10.07cm, 9.1cm in
May, 9cm in June and is now 8.7cm. The
Aortic root was 4.7cm and is now 3.6cm. Small steps but in the right
direction. (Not
THAT small suggests a USA cardiologist—DM) It has always been hard to judge Bobby 's
improvements without test results because he was so well and active before
the cells, in spite of his serious condition. But there was one small sign
before Bangkok; he would get pain around his liver if he did too much
activity. Last week he walked a considerable distance from his school to the
local Rec centre and played 2 games of badminton with his classmates. No pain
on the walk there, or during the games, or back. All of his blood tests were normal except the
liver which the Doc said was now only just outside normal range. But his Thyroid medication was halved. He's
been on that medication since March 5th when he was hospitalized for
excessive fluid. He has had monthly blood tests since then with the Thyroid
being checked, so for it to be halved now, it must have improved. The Doc
say's his condition now is the best they have ever seen him. I also follow Dr Stephen T. Sinatra's Metabolic
Approach** to Cardiology and I believe the nutritional supplements are
working hand in hand with the stem cells. I wrote to Dr Sinatra and he
actually replied with a program for Bobby. He believes in Stem Cells and also
that money is behind the medical profession's denial of their abilities! “Who knows what the cells can do on one so
young?” Remember that is what we have always said! If it works so well on the
elderly, imagine its potential on a teenager. I'll be happy if they can just
hold him where he is now because I'm not exaggerating when I say, he's
fantastically well! Take Care Don Mom*** **RSCI recognizes Dr. Sinatra as one of
America’s top “Integrative Medicine” MDs.
Integrative means combining non-invasive alternatives with the best
and least invasive standard medical treatments. Our opinion is that if Bobby is following
the program, he is better for it.
Heart patient should consider subscribing to his newsletter: http://www.drsinatra.com/MainSite/Newsletter.aspx ***If you would like to communicate via email
with Mom, write a brief email to don@repairstemcells.com
which he will forward to her. The
decision will be hers. “Be patient and wait for a trial here in the United States”Mr. Margolis, I am searching for a research
program/clinical trial that my son may be able to take part in. I just
recently found the Repair Stem Cell Institute's website and thought
maybe you could point me in the right direction. “Sam,” who is now over 15, suffered a
traumatic brain injury (TBI) in 200X. We were told that he probably
wouldn't make it through the week after his accident, but he is still here
and fighting. He started out in a coma, then was in a vegetative state
and now is in a minimally conscious state. We have been through so
much, have tried H-Bot treatments are doing Botox therapy for his spasticity..............I
will try anything because the fight he has put up and the determination I see
in his eyes, he wants to recover and deserves every chance. I had contacted Dr. XX about going to Latin
America for stem cell therapy, but our doctors here in the US discouraged me
and told me to be patient and wait for a trial here in the United
States. It is hard, but I have listened to them. Now I am on a
mission to find a doctor or research facility that is working with stem cell
therapy or regenerative medicine for TBI. Do you have any advice,
suggestions, are doing any type of that research, know of any facility that
is........................I have that "mother's intuition" that
this may be our answer to getting Sam back. I look forward to hearing back from you.
I know you are extremely busy, but if you are a parent, you probably know the
desperation I am feeling. Thank you so much for your time. Sincerely, “USA Mom” Dear USA Mom: If you cannot handle the truth, trash this
email now. There are 3 points here. 1.
Your know-nothing-about-stem-cells doctor just told you (because he
doesn't know any better) to watch your son expire with no recovery because he
himself has nothing for him. "Don't get stem cells, continue with
my useless pills and tests and therapies." We know that out of 77,000 worldwide clinical
trials listed today by the NIH, there are 2000+ involving stem cells.
We estimate about half are for actual stem cell treatment of specific
diseases. Of those thousand there is exactly one FDA-approved
TBI stem cell trial going on now. Had you come to us in early 2008, you would
have applied for what is probably the one existing TBI trial in the world, certainly the only one in North America. The details are at: http://clinicaltrial.gov/ct2/show/NCT00254722?term=brain+injury+AND+stem+cells&rank=1 Look it over and you will see the qualifying
rules, at least one of which (age) would have excluded your son. Even
so, they are overstocked with fully-qualified patients and are no longer
recruiting. At least 5.3 million Americans, almost 2% of
the U.S. population, currently live with disabilities resulting from
TBI. (Brain Trauma
Foundation---2007) The above trial has
ten patients. That makes the odds against participation 530,000 to 1: THAT is
the value of your USA doctors’ advice.
So you need to hope and pray for a second
miracle to come along, searching www.clinicaltrials.gov every day for TBI stem cell trial #2,
hoping and praying they will take patients over 14 years old, and that
he qualifies under all the rules, and that you can beat
these insurmountable odds. Mom, look
at the qualification for that trial below and see how many ways Sam fails to
qualify. Something like that is going on at Duke Univ.
today. Dr. Kurtzberg is following FDA protocols with 2006 science and
is helping cerebral palsy kids using their own umbilical cord stem cells. Now
we get to point 2. 2. Imagine
you are the mother of one such CP child. You apply. You are turned
down because you are not one of those lucky enough to have your child's umbilical
cord cells frozen and stored; perhaps one in fifty do. After all, $3000 is a
lot of uninsured money to pay, and you can be positive that it will always be
"uninsured." OK, let's make you "lucky."
You were rich enough to store your child's cells, and you apply. Sorry, but there are several rules for any
clinical trial, maybe ten tests to pass and ten exclusionary rules. Of
course, Dr. Kurtzberg must follow her specific rules to the letter, and only
one child in 20, probably fewer, makes it through. Let's make you lucky again. Your child
qualifies! Great, right? Not exactly. Because.... There are limits to the number of patients in
the trial (decided in 2006) and the "lucky" late qualifiers are on
a little-or-no-hope waiting list. Keep in mind that Dr. Kurtzberg is a
pioneer deserving of praise and she certainly has RSCI's respect. However,
her science was up to date in 2006,
has already been passed on two continents and will be all-but-obsolete
if it leads to real treatments sometime in 2014-16, which, based on FDA's
profit-protecting policies, I strongly doubt. Now project that Duke experience to my
optimistic assumption for a second TBI stem cell trial. Add one more
optimistic assumption---this time 50 patients. This reduces your brilliant home doctor’s
odds to a mere 100,000 to 1! And you
PAY this guy? 3. RSCI
has strict standards as to which centers it recommends. There are only
eight, and only two of them treat TBI. The cost averages around
$25,000. Our policy is to not comment on any stem cell center not on our list. Some are OK, a few
are less than competent, and there are even those
who grab the money and run. That is why we exist. We recommend only
the world's finest stem cell researchers who are treating patients outside
clinical trials somewhere outside North America. While we know there
are no cures, we know that roughly two times out of three,
our patients recover to a more normal life. Some only 25% of the way back,
some 50%, and a few, more than 50%. Our mission is to teach, to advocate, and to
refer our patients to the world's top stem cell research doctors for
treatment. Please take these two courses and learn, so when the time
comes, you will know more than 95% of the world's doctors on the subject and
won’t listen to one who would rather Sam suffer and die young while waiting
for a never-to-come trial. STEM CELLS
101: If you do nothing else, take this 19 minute FREE video
course at: http://repairstemcells.com/Education/Stem-Cells-101.aspx.html STEM CELLS 102:
When you finish reading this WORD.doc, you will know more
about the subject than 95% of the world's doctors. NEWSLETTER
READERS: Just send an email to don@repairstemcells.com with the subject “SC102” (no message needed)
and you will have a copy within less than 24 hours. RSCI wishes you the best of luck. LAYING IT ALL ON THE LINE FOR YOUR AUTISTIC SONA father
looking for the best for his child with autism quit his job, sold his house
in Florida and moved to Western New York looking for better public schools.
This is only the first in a long line of sacrifices he's made, sacrifices
that are all worth it, he says because the radical medical treatments they've
been using are working. Eight
year old Matthew Faiella was diagnosed with autism at 18 months and at the
time; the doctor's long term prediction did not give the family much hope. "When
they told me, they go, 'just be ready to institutionalize him' and I broke
down and cried in front of the doctor. I looked at her and said, not my son,
not on my watch," says Daniel Faiella, Matthew's father. He
started tireless research and two years ago decided to start treating his son
in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. "We
tried it out and he went from two word sentences to complete sentences,"
says Daniel. With
Matthew's dramatic improvement, his father learned of another treatment in
Costa Rica where his son would be injected with stem cells. It was not
approved to treat autism here in the United States. "Weren't
you scared of what might happen to him?" asks Kristin Donnelly. "Of
course, scared, and fear, but I don't let fear control my life," Daniel
answers. And the
family decided time was precious. "I
don't have 20 or 30 years for my son," he says. Daniel
says his son is still getting better and will return to Costa Rica for
another treatment this fall. This time the stem cells will be injected into
his spine. It's
drained their savings, but not their spirits. And now another sacrifice for
their son. Daniel Faiella quit his job, sold his home in Florida and moved to
Western New York. All to put Matthew
in the best public school possible. "How
are you guys going to make it?" Kristin Donnelly asks. "I
don't know, sometimes it keeps me up at night but I believe, have faith and
believe I'll find a job," he says. Adding he
will never regret giving his son a chance. "You
do whatever you can for your child - nothing, spare no cost," Faiella
insists. Check out
the Faiella family blog: http://recoveringmatthew.blogspot.com/ We asked
the President of the Western New York Chapter of the Autism Society of
America about Matthew, his recovery, and treatments. Kathy Elss wrote us this
statement: "Parents
need to research and weigh all options and costs and understand that not all
treatments work with all children. Autism is many disorders and parents who
have tried various therapy options without improvement should not feel that
they have failed. That said, Matthew appears to have made significant
progress. Autism is
not JUST a genetic, neurological and behavioral condition, but in some
children involves chronic metabolic, gastrointestinal and even immune issues,
some of which are TREATABLE." Thanx to www.wgrz.com in Buffalo, NY. YOU WANT ME TO WHAT???The heartfelt story of D in California The year was
2005---May, to be exact. A heart
patient in California was told by her cardiologist that she needed an
angioplasty. Very common—and very
profitable to doctors and hospitals and medical device companies. Angioplasty
is a surgical technique of mechanically widening a narrowed or obstructed
blood vessel; typically as a result of atherosclerosis. The device companies make theirs by selling
outrageously-priced stents to be part of the process---stents long known to
be toxic---but they bribed the FDA to ignore the honest doctors who protested
and now sell them by the thousands while paying commissions to doctors to
prescribe them. D stared at the doctor
and didn’t say much as she walked out. What she didn’t say was that she had
undergone TWENTY FOUR ANGIOPLASTIES and would rather die than get that
useless-to-her operation for the 25th time…..and she knew nothing
about the toxicity of the stents. On her own, she found
TheraVitae, the only company in the world treating no-option heart patients
with stem cells in 2005. She applied
on the internet and soon got a phone call from the founder of the company in
Bangkok. In June their cardiologists
approved her medically for stem cells, and she arrived there in July. The procedure was a success. Within a month she shocked her
angioplasty-pushing doctor with her lively appearance and energy---long
missing from her life despite 24 wonderful modern procedures called angioplasty. Two
years later---July 2007---she wrote: “As I sit here typing this I am
in still in amazement of the gift of life that God saw fit to make available
to me through VesCell (TheraVitae’s brand name) Adult Stem Cell Therapy. My life has certainly changed for the
better; I live an almost near normal life now. But, what is normal? I have
been able to see my premature great-grandson have his second birthday, an
event I never thought possible. I have seen the seasons change and enjoyed
the beautiful desert sunsets. I have spent many hours on our patio just
sharing and talking with my husband. I have enjoyed countless time with my
family and friends. I have been able to
vacation with just my sisters and myself enjoying our lives together. I suppose all these things are
“normal” but when you never thought you would be able to do these things, I
call them miracles. When you have been at the
bottom and felt you had no hope and you take that chance that just maybe you
will be one of the few to see a new dawning in your life that is when there
is an inner strength and the faith to seek new area for healing.” FAST
FORWARD TO JULY 2009, as D, now in her sixties, becomes TheraVitae’s first
four-year, no-relapse patient: “My anniversary is fast
approaching and I will have made the four year mark after ASC's. Still never ceases to amaze me that
something so simple is so magnificent. Life is great and continues to get
even better. I still get a little tired when I do too much, but don't we
all? People are so amazed that I am so healthy and look so well. And
they always say, "It was from your own stem cells, how awesome is
that?" It seems as if our country, the United States of America would
just go forward with the knowledge that is here, so many more people could
benefit from this wonderful treatment. Since I have had my treatment, I
have had three new great-grand children, seen my two youngest grand children
graduate from high school and managed to go to school myself. I have taken
courses in Advanced Medical Terminology, Billing and Coding and Medical
Transcription.” REMEMBER D THE NEXT TIME “MODERN MEDICINE” TRIES TO CON YOU BY CALLING HER TREATMENT “SNAKE OIL.” THEY WOULD RATHER YOU SUFFER AND DIE THAN REDUCE THEIR PROFITS. THAT IS WHY THEY SPENT A BILLION DOLLARS TRAINING YOU TO “ASK YOUR DOCTOR;” USUALLY A DOCTOR WILLING TO PRETEND HE KNOWS SOMETHING HE DOES NOT…A DOCTOR WHO WILL TELL YOU THAT THE STEM CELL IMPROVEMENTS IN YOUR LIFE STYLE ARE SNAKE OIL AND THAT YOU SHOULD STAY ON THE CONSTANTLY DOWNWARD (BUT VERY PROFITABLE) PATH HE HAS HAD YOU ON FOR YEARS. 25 ANGIOPLASTIES INDEED! |
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