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109: Linsey Hyatt Shares How Stem Cell Treatment Helped her Son, Tucker Beau, Get Back on his Feet Again

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Linsey Hyatt shares the struggle of her son Tucker Beau who was diagnosed with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis at the age of two. Prior to his diagnosis, Linsey and her husband, Todd, started to see some changes in their son. He would run extremely high temperatures, would get a rash all over his body and completely quits eating. Tucker Beau grew up with active arthritis in his hips, both knees and ankles, his elbow and both his wrists. At that time, he also developed fluid around his heart and other organs were enlarged and inflamed. They tried several treatment options but these treatments never fully kept the arthritis in remission.

Linsey and Todd knew that Tucker Beau’s body could keep up with the medications anymore and they wanted to explore all possible options. Eventually they heard about Celltex and stem cell treatment. They took a leap of faith with Celltex because they believed that these stem cells may or may not work but it would not harm him in any way. He was the first child in the U.S. to undergo stem cell therapy and Tucker Beau had his first extraction last May of 2014 and had his first infusion therapy in Cancun on August 2014.

Find out more how stem cell treatment has changed the lives of Tucker Beau and his parents and how this treatment had him walk back on his own two feet for the longest time.

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  • At the age of two, Tucker Beau was diagnosed with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
  • How he started manifesting some changes in his behavior and physical condition
  • How he suffered from arthritis in some of his parts of his body and enlargement and inflammation in his internal organs
  • Tucker Beau was in several medications since he was two but never fully kept the arthritis in remission
  • How they found out about Celltex and stem cell treatments.
  • How Linsey and his husband, Todd, took the chance to do the stem cell treatment
  • About the extraction of stem cells in the lab of Celltex in Houston and the first infusion Tucker Beau had in Cancun, Mexico.
  • The reason why they had to go down to Cancun to perform the infusion
  • How Tucker Beau gravitated towards and displayed affinity towards Batman.
  • The positive manifestations that Tucker Beau showed after the stem cell treatment.

The Resources

The Onwards Medical Breakthrough

New approach to arthritis treatment could avoid serious side-effects

“A new approach to arthritis treatment, which avoids unforeseen side-effects by delivering drugs exclusively to affected inflamed joints, has been developed by researchers at Queen Mary University of London.”

“In a study highlighted in Nature Rheumatology, the team developed antibodies that are specific to damaged arthritic cartilage. When drugs are fused to these antibodies they are delivered specifically to the arthritic joints, whilst avoiding side effects such as an increased risk of infections.”

You can learn more about this discovery at this link.

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108: The Lifelong Battle of Sarah Hughes with Systemic Juvenile Arthritis and How Stem Cells Improved her Quality of Life

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Sarah Hughes on Healthcare ElsewhereFiona Cunningham shared the lifelong battle of her daughter Sarah Hughes with her illness that started when she was still an infant. Sarah lived normally when she was born but not until she turned 6 months old that they noticed lymph nodes on her legs while she was sitting up and crawling. Her temperatures at that time was at its peak and she started to get some rashes too. Fiona was advised by her sister to bring Sarah to Mayo Clinic which at 11-months old, Sarah was fully diagnosed to have Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.

Sarah’s life was generally at risk due to her illness. Her systemic nature started attacking her digestive system and made it difficult for her to eat. At that time, she was on two doses of chemotherapy, steroids and taking 23 drugs literally just to keep her alive but her body wasn’t really responding to these treatments. Fortunately, Fiona was employed in the Arthritis Foundation to which she found out about Celltex and learned about stem cell treatments.

The decision to receive stem cell treatments, although not immediate, was an easier decision to make for Sarah. She had her first infusion on November 2014 of 600 million stem cells to which she received in Mexico. Prior to the stem cell infusion, Sarah was mostly at bed rest. However, 6 months after her stem cell treatment, she felt energetic and was able to eat food she had never eaten before.

Sarah’s life after stem cell treatment has changed a lot and seeing her now has given hope for people with no hope.

Find out more about this inspiring journey of Sarah and her mother, Fiona and how stem cell treatments paved way for things she had never done in a very long time.

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn

  • About Sarah Hughes’ lifelong battle with her illness.
  • How she was born normally but 6 months after, they noticed lymph nodes in her legs while she was sitting up and crawling
  • At 11 months old, she was fully diagnosed with systemic juvenile arthritis.
  • She was fully functional until 4 years old but at age 4 she started to have severe headaches.
  • She was on experimental drugs, which at that time, was not FDA approved.
  • How her systemic nature started attacking her digestive system which makes it difficult for her to digest food.
  • How she produced a huge amount of antibodies which created an impact on the skin of her spinal cord.
  • How Sarah was on two doses of chemotherapy, steroids and taking 23 different drugs to literally just keep her alive.
  • How Fiona learned about stem cell treatment
  • How Sarah’s body reacted after her first stem cell infusion on November 2014.
  • About the general physical improvements stem cell treatment has given her.
  • About the activities Sarah was able to do after the treatments she had.
  • About her upcoming infusion treatment in June and another one in September.

The Resources

The Onwards Medical Breakthrough

Scientists discover an on/off switch for aging cells

“Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered an on-and-off “switch” in cells that may hold the key to healthy aging. This switch points to a way to encourage healthy cells to keep dividing and generating, for example, new lung or liver tissue, even in old age.”

“In our bodies, newly divided constantly replenish lungs, skin, liver and other organs. However, most human cells cannot divide indefinitely–with each division, a cellular timekeeper at the ends of chromosomes shortens. When this timekeeper, called a telomere, becomes too short, cells can no longer divide, causing organs and tissues to degenerate, as often happens in old age. But there is a way around this countdown: some cells produce an enzyme called telomerase, which rebuilds telomeres and allows cells to divide indefinitely.”

You can learn more about this discovery at this link.

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107: Utilizing Effective Methods to Treat Cancer by Dr. Gerhard Siebenhuner and Martin Czaikowski

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John Koehns on Healthcare ElsewhereDr. Gerhard Siebenhuner from the German Medical Center located in Frankfurt, Germany was joined by Martin Czaikowski, who is the Vice Director of the German Cancer Society shares the breakthrough therapies and treatments they use in their country that is proven to be effective in treating various types of cancers. These include hyperthermia, insulin potentiation therapy, detoxification or a combination of each practiced only in Germany. Pharmacies in Germany are allowed to promote drugs and substances which are very known to be successful in treating cancer but for some reasons, the big companies would not produce it.

In this episode, Gerhard and Martin have detailed the processes involved in each type of treatment and how one patient from Australia and another patient from Netherlands, who traveled to Germany, have both been diagnosed with cancer and had successful results using these treatments.

Find out how these therapies work and the processes involved in it and how effective it is in treating a patient with cancer.

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  • About the different types of treatments they use to treat cancer
  • These therapies are only administered in Germany since the drugs and substances used in these treatments are not allowed in other countries.
  • About a patient in Australia who was diagnosed with cancer in his home country and was supposed to be dead half a year ago
  • About the various treatments this patient has received for his cancer
  • Germany is a very highly regulated country
  • An ethical commission in their country controls the ways these treatments are developed therefore ensuring the efficacy of each treatment
  • About a patient in Netherlands who was diagnosed with breast cancer with metastasis in 2007
  • How this patient received hyperthermia and Insulin Potentiation Therapy respectively and was able to cope with the treatment
  • How these treatments are proven to be effective in treating cancer but leaving no side effects to patients
  • About the general experience of a patient traveling to their facility
  • About the after-care treatment they provide their patients
  • The cost of detoxification and the process behind it

The Resources

  • Contact information : German Medical Center – Dr. Siebenhuener
    Vilbeler Landstr. 45b
    60388 Frankfurt am Main
    Germany
  • www.erweiterte-medizin.de – (Then select English language, and you will also see ways to get in touch with us)
  • Email info : info@erweiterte-medizin.de
  • Martin Czaikowski email : trayhurn.eu@gmail.com
  • Skype ID : martin.czaikowski
  • Blog : martinczaikowski.blogspot.com

The Onwards Medical Breakthrough

We can now remotely control paralyzed rats, letting them walk again: Humans are next

“In the void left by the anticlimacticWorld Cup exoskeleton adventure, other efforts to make the paralyzed walk again are recapturing the spotlight. Chief among them is Grégoire Courtine’s research group at the EPFL in Switzerland. Their latest breakthroughs, just published in Science Translational Medicine, suggest that a more grounded approach is to repower the locomotive effort at the level of the spinal cord. The researchers were able to get the paralyzed rats to walk on their hind two legs with the help of a treadmill and harness.”

You can learn more about this discovery at this link.

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106: Empowering Women to Overcome MS through Active Living with Lisa Cohen

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Lisa Cohen on Healthcare ElsewhereLisa Cohen is the published author of the book called “Overcome The BS of MS: A 3-Step Plan For Women Living With Multiple Sclerosis” and the founder of Rockstar Women with MS.

In 2001, Lisa was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS and at that point, her symptoms don’t come and go. She experienced worsening physical impairments which made her daily activities more difficult to do. After much realization, Lisa has developed a “rockstar” mindset and believed that there are options to get better and be the person she wanted to be. She got used to dealing with the illness and it became easier for her to live the rockstar life.

Through her own experience and by talking to women suffering from MS in the different states in the US and in other countries, Lisa was compelled to write the book and establish a unique global community which aims to empower women and help them live actively to further improve their way of life.

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  • About how Lisa Cohen’s diagnosis of MS and how she overcame this adversity in her life.
  • How Lisa was compelled to write her book “Overcome The BS of MS: A 3-Step Plan For Women Living With Multiple Sclerosis”  and how women with MS can learn so much from this
  • How Lisa embarked on a journey to live actively and live a “rockstar” life
  • How she founded the global community called Rockstar Women with MS which provides coaching services for women with MS
  • How psychological mindset plays a vital role in living a rockstar lifestyle
  • About her crowd-funding project she is starting that aims to establish an active support community for women with MS

The Resources

The Onwards Medical Breakthrough

Memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s reversed for first time

“The study, which comes jointly from the UCLA Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, is the first to suggest that memory loss in patients may be reversed, and improvement sustained, using a complex, 36-point therapeutic program that involves comprehensive changes in diet, brain stimulation, exercise, optimization of sleep, specific pharmaceuticals and vitamins, and multiple additional steps that affect brain chemistry.”

“The findings, published in the current online edition of the journal Aging, “are very encouraging. However, at the current time the results are anecdotal, and therefore a more extensive, controlled clinical trial is warranted,” said Dale Bredesen, the Augustus Rose Professor of Neurology and Director of the Easton Center at UCLA, a professor at the Buck Institute, and the author of the paper.”

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105: Helping People Achieve their Path to Wellness with Dr. Robyn Benson

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Robyn Benson on Healthcare ElsewhereDr. Robyn Benson is the Founder and CEO of Healthy Traveler’s Global Summit and the Founder of Santa Fe Soul Center for Optimal Health. She is also the author of the book called Healthy Traveler’s Guide: Retrain, Regain, and Renew Yourself – Eight Pathways to Smart and Conscious Travel.

Her 23 years of medical experience and her travel quests into 70 different countries have changed her life and have brought the best of her skills and knowledge to every treatment she provides her patients. Her passion is to take people through a major transformation in their healthcare as well as empower them to take charge of their own well being for years to come.

They provide different services which varies from Acupuncture, IV Therapies, Life Coaching, Chiropractic, Prolozone, Skin Regeneration, Therapeutic Massage and many others. They also provide a two-day retreat for patients who are determined on improving their healthcare.

This year Robyn will be hosting the Healthy Traveler’s Global Summit wherein she will be interviewing 30 highly-acclaimed medical and travel experts and hear insights from them about the health, wellness and travel industry.

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  • About the Healthy Traveler’s Global Summit wherein Robyn will be interviewing 30 experts on the medical, health, wellness and travel industry.
  • About her book Healthy Traveler’s Guide: Retrain, Regain, and Renew Yourself – Eight Pathways to Smart and Conscious Travel
  • About her decade of experience as a doctor, as well as, her travel experience has helped her gather information to which she add to her list of skills and knowledge
  • About the different health issues they attend to and the services they provide their patients
  • About what she has learned from traveling abroad
  • Her favorite travel hacks
  • About the cost of each treatment they offer in her clinic
  • About the two-day exclusive retreat they provide patients who are serious about getting their health and vitality back

The Resources

The Onwards Medical Breakthrough

Heated nanoparticles trigger immune systems deactivated by cancer

“Researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center have developed a method to use heat with nanoparticles to wake up the immune system so it recognizes and attacks invading cancer cells, according to Steve Fiering, PhD, Norris Cotton Cancer Center researcher and professor of Microbiology and Immunology, and of Genetics at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.”

“The innovation uses a well-known method of killing cancer cells: a metallic nanoparticle containing iron, silver, or gold injected into the cancer cell and then heated externally, using magnetic energy, infrared light, or radio waves;”

“But that method can’t kill all of the resilient cancer cells. What’s new is the use of heat to trigger the immune system to attack cancer cells — overcoming a tactic used by cancer cells to protect themselves by tricking the immune system into accepting everything as normal, even while cancer cells are dividing and spreading.”

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104: Improving Cellular Function Through High-Voltaged Magnetic Therapy with Pat Ziemer

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Pat Ziemer on Healthcare ElsewherePat Ziemer is the Founder and CEO of Magna Wave Inc. which operates on a device called Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field (PEMF) Therapy equipment for the last 10 years. This device has been widely used in Europe to treat humans for more than 30 years already. It is a device that creates a very strong magnetic field of about 1700-1900 Gauss which is basically stronger than any other MRI devices. These magnetic fields go into the tissue of the body which makes the cell wall more permeable allowing more oxygen into the cells and helps the cells function more properly.

The process helps reduce pain, inflammation and also promotes healing in a non-invasive manner. People who suffer from mild to severe conditions can benefit from this therapy and through the high voltage of Magna Wave, immediate results can be felt after the first treatment.

Find out how this medical device has helped improve the lives of many people experiencing pain and other conditions.

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  • The concept of Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field Therapy and how it works
  • That this magnetic therapy device has been widely used in Europe for the last 30 years
  • How this device helps improve the cellular function and how it enhances the body’s ability to heal itself
  • About the good success of this device in treating several conditions such as back pains, arthritis, strokes, autoimmune diseases and even cancer  and many other health conditions.
  • How the device produce a nano-second burst of energy producing immediate results
  • How it improves the oxygenation in the blood and helps release the toxins out of the blood as well
  • How they are working for certifications and FDA Approval in the US for treatments of other diseases
  • About their successful distribution and manufacturing in the international market

The Resources

The Onwards Medical Breakthrough

Cancer drug destroys tumours in pre-clinical trials

“Scientists at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute have used an experimental drug produced from the seeds of a rainforest plant to cure solid cancer tumours in pre-clinical trials.”

“The study led by Dr Glen Boyle at QIMR Berghofer’s Cancer Drug Mechanisms group found a single injection of the drug EBC-46 led to rapid breakdown of tumours in a range of human tumour models.”

“Dr Boyle says the findings of the pre-clinical trials at QIMR Berghofer suggest the drug could be effective in human patients.”

You can learn more about this discovery at this link.

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103: Helping Canadian Patients Receive Quality Healthcare in Latin America at an Affordable Cost with Pablo Castillo

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Pablo Castillo on Healthcare ElsewherePablo Castillo is the Founder and CEO of Medbrick, a Montreal, Canada-based company which caters to Canadian patients wanting to receive healthcare specifically in Latin America. Canadians typically use their public system for their healthcare, however, in some cases, medical procedures are not covered by their system and these treatments are expensive if done in the private hospitals which could be very costly if paid out-of-pocket.

This led to the founding of Medbrick 5 years ago to help patients receive medical treatments abroad giving them a huge amount of savings but still receive great quality of service.

In this episode, Pablo also shared about the first Canadian Medical Tourism Tradeshow to be held in Canada this August gathering the medical and wellness providers all over the world which aims to educate Canadians and help them gain more awareness of the opportunity to receive medical care abroad.

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  • That Canadians are used to going to the public system for healthcare
  • Most Canadians are not aware of the medical care outside their country
  • About their patient who wanted to have a bariatric surgery done in Mexico which was considered one of the most popular surgeries Canadians go for.
  • How they helped the patient by setting up with other medical providers
  • How Medbrick has helped in cutting the cost of the procedure including the trip
  • How they vet out doctors to ensure patient’s safety
  • They provide quotations from different providers for which patients can choose whatever that works for them
  • They also provide professional translators specializing in the medical field to aid patients who need translation
  • How they aim to find at least 50% of savings for patients
  • About their travel insurance business
  • How they find hospitals to negotiate with for travel insurance
  • What types of procedures international patients are usually traveling for
  • The new trends they see for Canadian patients in the medical tourism aspect
  • About the First Medical Tourism event that they are holding on Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • His top three tips to patients wanting to travel abroad for a medical procedure

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The Onwards Medical Breakthrough

Lung Cancer ‘Breathalyzers’ to Boost Early Detection

“There’s an old story that dogs can smell cancer. At first, it sounds like an urban legend. And while it isn’t untrue—there is evidence dogs can smell cancer—the research isn’t universally accepted, nor has it been shown clinically useful yet.”

“But what if we take the central proposition, that a dog’s nose can detect molecules associated with a disease, refine it, and instead of relying on a hunting dog point, build a machine to do the same thing? Scientists are already on it.”

“The efforts are part of a larger push for earlier diagnosis of debilitating and dangerous diseases, like cancer and Alzheimer’s. Often, by the time symptoms show up, the disease is at an advanced stage and much more difficult to treat.”

“It’s believed that in the earliest stages, when treatment may prove more effective, the body is still full of microscopic molecular clues. Called biomarkers, these molecules associated with diseases may provide enough proof for diagnosis.”

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102: Ken and Carol Purves Shares their Wonderful Experience in Mexico for their Dental Treatments

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Carol Purves on Healthcare ElsewhereKen and Carol Purves narrate their wonderful experience when they traveled down to Mexico to receive dental treatments. Their trip was facilitated by Dental Departures and were attended by Sani Dental Group in Los Algodones, which is basically just minutes away from the US border.

In this episode, Ken and Carol shared about the extensive dental procedures they had which is way cheaper than what they could have in Canada or in the US. They have also taken into account how the dental staff of Sani Dental Group displayed an excellent level of professionalism and dedication to their service.

Find out about this interesting story and how traveling to Mexico has brought back their confidence.

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  • About Ken and Carol’s trip to Mexico to receive dental treatments
  • About Ken’s kidney transplant 17 years ago
  • How they had an estimate cost of $30,000 for their dental work in Canada that will not be covered by insurance
  • How their friends who had gone down to Mexico had helped them in deciding to receive dental treatments there as well
  • How Dental Departures facilitated their first trip to and from Los Algodones
  • About the dental works they both had which cost sums up to $6800
  • How they described the facilities, materials and the staff of the dental clinic
  • How the staff exuded an excellent level of professionalism and dedication towards them
  • About a friend of theirs, who has not seen or been to a dentist for 25 years, traveled with them in Mexico and got a full mouth restoration for only $4600

The Resources

The Onwards Medical Breakthrough

Artificial Spleen ‘Cleans’ Blood of Pathogens

“In one of the gutsiest performances in sports history, NFL quarterback Chris Simms had to be carted off the field after taking several vicious hits from the defense during a game in 2006. Remarkably, Simms returned to the game shortly thereafter and led his team on a scoring drive before having to leave the game for good.”

“As it turns out, Simms had ruptured his spleen and lost nearly five pints of blood.”

“While you can live without your spleen, it serves several important functions in the body including making antibodies and maintaining a reservoir of blood. It also works to keep the blood clean by removing old blood cells and antibody-coated pathogens.”

“Now, scientists from Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering in Boston havedeveloped an artificial spleen that has been shown to rapidly remove bacteria and viruses from blood. The technology could be useful in many scenarios, including protecting people who suffer from immunodeficiencies and those infected with difficult to treat pathogens like Ebola virus. It also has great potential to reduce the incidence of sepsis, a leading cause of death that results from an infection that the immune system tries but fails to control effectively.”

You can learn more about this discovery at this link.

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101: Providing Dental Services to Patients to Gain Back their Confidence through their Smiles with Paul McTaggart

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Dental Departures CEO Paul McTaggart

The rising costs of dental care preventing family members from obtaining the treatment they needed inspired Paul McTaggart to establish Dental Departures – an online company that hooks up global dental providers with patients.

Surprised his new wife had not been to a dentist in years because a chef’s salary couldn’t afford it was the motivation for McTaggart to explore inexpensive dental care on the internet. He found a lack of affordable dental care was not just a problem in the US, but in Europe, Australia and New Zealand too.

The results also pointed to savings of around 70% in countries including Mexico, Thailand and Hungary – but with scant authoritative information about the quality. With his wife and young family, McTaggart set about finding out, moving to Mexico and then Thailand. Coupled with his background in technology, Dental Departures was born.

McTaggart says one of his proudest moments was helping his dad get a new smile, “Changing people’s lives by providing affordable, quality dental care is one of the joys of what we do.”

Find out how Paul and his staff ensure an excellent overall experience for patients and helping them achieve a quality of life through their smiles.

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  • About Dental Departures, their selection of countries to go to and their affiliation with over 4400 dentists
  • About a gentleman from Canada assisted by Dental Departures, who was nearing the retirement age, and needed an extensive mouth restoration
  • How they improve overall patient experience by providing legitimate and verified reviews
  • How they ensure the general safety and security of patients when traveling and throughout the whole process
  • What the travel experience is like when booked with Dental Dpartures
  • How the dental office, together with Dental Departures, do follow ups from patients as part of their after care service
  • About the cost savings patients get but still getting the same level of commitment and quality
  • What kinds of trends they are seeing now in terms of dental tourism and medical tourism in general
  • The top three questions he would ask when traveling abroad to receive treatments

The Resources

The Onwards Medical Breakthrough

Tuning light to kill deep cancer tumors

“An international group of scientists led by Gang Han, PhD, at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, has combined a new type of nanoparticle with an FDA-approved photodynamic therapy to effectively kill deep-set cancer cells in vivo with minimal damage to surrounding tissue and fewer side effects than chemotherapy. This promising new treatment strategy could expand the current use of photodynamic therapies to access deep-set cancer tumors.”

You can learn more about this discovery at this link.

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100: Dr. Cristy Kessler Shares How Stem Cell Transplant Saved Her Life After Being Diagnosed with 3 Rare Diseases

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Brighton 2012Dr. Cristy Kessler is a motivational speaker, author, a tenured professor in University of Hawaii and a survivor. For the first 26 years of her life, Dr. Kessler has been in chronic pain and fatigue and in 2007  she was diagnosed with three rare autoimmune diseases: scleroderma, ankylosing spondylitis, and vasculitis. She received several treatments and medications in the different hospitals in the US which, apparently, did not seem to be a success because they were only treating the symptoms not the disease itself.

Because of this, Dr. Kessler, together with her rheumatologist, decided that she finds other healthcare options for her illness and made a choice to live. In 2011, she traveled to Istanbul, Turkey to receive stem cell transplant which literally saved and changed her life.

Find out more of this inspiring story!

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  • About Dr. Cristy Kessler’s 26 years of struggle in chronic pain and fatigue
  • About the three autoimmune diseases that attacked her simultaneously
  • How she saw several doctors and underwent different procedures hoping it could treat the disease.
  • How she was disapproved by the FDA to receive SCT despite of her autoimmune diseases because she did not fit into the FDA sanctioned research study.
  • That after several treatments, she decided to travel to Istanbul to receive stem cell transplants in 2011
  • How her expertise and experience inspired her to design and author her book “5 S.T.E.P.S to Being Your Own Patient Advocate”

The Resources

The Onwards Medical Breakthrough

Human skin cells reprogrammed directly into brain cells

“Scientists have described a way to convert human skin cells directly into a specific type of brain cell affected by Huntington’s disease, an ultimately fatal neurodegenerative disorder. Unlike other techniques that turn one cell type into another, this new process does not pass through a stem cell phase, avoiding the production of multiple cell types, the study’s authors report.”

“The researchers, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, demonstrated that these converted cells survived at least six months after injection into the brains of mice and behaved similarly to native cells in the .”

You can learn more about this discovery at this link.

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