Stem cell therapies: why they’re expensive, unproven and often dangerous: Rogue clinics selling stem cell therapies are popping up everywhere. There are thousands of them around the world, and they claim to be able to cure everything from autism to cerebral palsy. The highest concentration of stem cell therapy clinics is in the US, Mexico, …
Long COVID: with no treatment options, it’s little wonder people are seeking unproven therapies like ‘blood washing’: Schira/Shutterstock A recent investigation published by the British Medical Journal revealed that long COVID patients are travelling abroad to seek expensive “blood washing” treatment. This experimental treatment – the medical name for which is apheresis – involves taking …
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Mushrooms on Mars? Five unproven claims that alien life exists: Mushroom-like structures on Mars. Nasa A recent study claims to have found evidence for mushroom-like life forms on the surface of Mars. As it happens, these particular features are well known and were discovered by cameras aboard Nasa’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, shortly after it …
South Africa in the news: South African medics using unproven worm drug to treat Covid-19: The drug Ivermectin, which has been touted by some as an effective coronavirus treatment. Even though it is clinically unproven, is at the centre of a legal battle in South Africa …: “South Africa” – BingNews Covid mutations ‘will reinfect …
Claims female genital mutilation can have evolutionary benefits are unproven and potentially damaging: A new research paper has made the strange claim that female genital mutilation (FGM) can have an evolutionary benefit in societies where most women are subjected to the practice. FGM involves altering or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons, and is …