THE MICHIGAN STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY ANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARE TAKING A NEUTRAL POSITION ON AN UPCOMING BALLOT PROPOSAL THAT IS ASKING MICHIGAN TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH.
THIS IS A CHANGE IN THEIR POSITION OF THE LAST 5 YEARS OF SUPPORTING TAXPAYER FUNDING OF EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH.THE ARTICLE ISN'T CLEAR ON WHY THEY ARE CHANGING THEIR POSITION, BUT IN ADDITION TO THE MORAL ISSUES, I SUSPECT THE PRACTICAL DOCTORS OF MICHIGAN THINK IT IS A WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY TO SPEND ON SOMETHING THAT HAS SHOWN NOTHING IN TERMS OF POSITIVE RESULTS.
I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THIS PROPOSAL:
Michigan residents would have access to any therapies and cures that may result from the research.LOOK AT THAT SENTENCE ABOVE ONE MORE TIME. LET'S TAKE THIS A LITTLE FURTHER AND LOOK AT IT PRAGMATICALLY. WHAT DO MICHIGAN TAXPAYERS REALLY HAVE TO GAIN BY FUNDING EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH?
Let's say the proposal passes and some state funded researcher 5 years from now discovers a cure for Alzheimers. I am purposely being overoptimistic for argument's sake (as there isn't an inkling of promise that embryonic stem cells will be able to cure any condition in the near future). Then, this cure for Alzheimers would have to be approved by the FDA and then go through the gauntlet of clinical trials and research that would take another 5 years at least (again, this is being overly optimistic as the trials most likely would take longer). If this cure passed muster, what then? Would this cure be only available to Michigan residents? An Alzheimer's patient in Ohio wouldn't be able to receive it? I presume the state of Michigan would own the intellectual property rights and then license it out for what? More money? And where would this money go? back into the taxpayers' bank accounts? I very much doubt it, back into the public coffers for more research most likely. In this best case scenario I just played out, the taxpayer funded research would be an investment for Michigan residents- and judging embryonic stem cell research based on its past failures- A very high risk investment at that with very little reward.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS BLOG
In this blog, if nothing else, I want to share a monumentally significant truth because I know that it may change both the way you live and the manner in which you die. If I impress nothing else on you, I want you to gain knowledge of one simple truth.
To date,
Adult stem cells have successfully treated 73 diseases around the world
73 diseases believed to be “incurable in the United States!
Embryonic stem cells have successfully treated none![i],[ii]
The world is embracing the research and successful treatments of diseases with Adult stem cells, reaping huge rewards of life extension, improved quality of life and the curing of so-called incurable diseases. The USA continues to be locked in an unwinnable argument over embryonic stem cells. I couldn't believe that Americans are so unaware of the options and alternatives available to them now. So I created a personal and for the duration of six months I took an informal survey, speaking to every janitor, school teacher and business man, every doctor (yes doctors too); every butcher, baker and candlestick maker. All walks of life were included, all levels of education and all occupations. My hope was that Americans were more aware of the medical accomplishments going on in the world around them than they appeared to be. And if they were more aware, why were they choosing to not avail themselves of the options?
For better or worse, the overwhelming consensus was:
1. Embryonic stem cells are the only stem cells available, being researched and used to treat human beings.
2. Embryonic alone have shown potential success at treating disease.
The plain and disturbing truth is that Americans know less about Adult stem cells and their life saving properties than 10th graders the world over. Simply put, Americans are not choosing health, recuperation and life; over illness decompensation and death because they just don't know the choices available to them.
THIS MUST END!
The purpose of this blog is to educate the world and especially Americans about the existence of Adult stem cells and the fact that 5 continents (other than North America, north of the Rio Grande) have been treating human patients with diseases that are believed to be incurable in only within North America. And they have been doing so successfully, by any standard, in some locations, for over 10 years.
Adult stem cells have proven to be life improving and/or life enhancing and/or life saving. Before you read this list, understand that for some diseases, i.e. heart and diabetes, one or two stem cell implants usually does the trick. But newly discovered neurological disease treatments, i.e. Spinal Cord Injury, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, etc., 5 to 10 stem cell implants are necessary over a period of 5+ years.... very difficult if you live in Paducah and the closest treatment in a world-class hospital is in China.
Adult stem cell therapies available on five continents are giving thousands of once-dying CARDIAC patients a new, energized life. MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS is being treated on three continents; SPINAL CORD INJURIES ("Christopher Reeve's disease), is being successfully treated a half-hour's drive from our southern border, plus all over Asia, and even in Argentina; DIABETES treatments are spreading over the world like wildfire; ALS or LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE is also being treated, but ironically, only in countries that never heard of Lou Gehrig; ALZHEIMERS, a half dozen forms of BLINDNESS, and even AUTISM.
Odds are, if you are an American, you know nothing about this and worse, your teachers, advisors, medical mentors, sources for medical knowledge and even your doctors - don't either. Why? Because virtually all the accounts of these successes have been strangely absent from all the major US media and medical journals.
In the recent December 3rd, 2007, issue of Newsweek, there is an article entitled:
“Reality Check on an Embryonic Debate
So skin cells can turn into stem cells. That doesn't mean cures are in sight.
Paul Nurse (President of Rockefeller University and a Nobelist in Medicine) is quoted from when he addressed the New York Stem Cell Foundation conference in November of 2007: “Opponents [of embryonic stem cell research] recognized that this was an overselling of the technology¦The typical time between such a discovery and a new drug is at least 15 years.
I, myself, did not believe that number, so I worked on it myself. The result is my recent article, “The Stem Cell Story of the Year. Click at the bottom of this post if you would like to read this 3-page article.
The choice is simple. If your health is such that you feel you can wait 15 years for a cure, I wish you good continued health and the best of luck. BUT, if you can't wait 15 years for a cure and your doctor tells you all options have been exhausted, please remember:
To date,
Adult stem cells have successfully treated 73 diseases around the world
73 diseases believed to be “incurable in the United States!
And they have barely scratched the surface!
Embryonic stem cells have successfully treated none!
Please view this science-based video:
http://www.micatholicconference.org/mcc_photos/displayimage.php?album=12&pos=0
Educate yourself about the wonders of Adult stem cell treatments available now! Learn that which may ultimately allow you to reclaim your ability to choose what is best for your health, based on ALL of the available facts and treatments! Read my blog: www.DonMargolis.com/blog. For your education and convenience, we are constantly updating www.DonMargolis.com/blog with new articles on the latest available science of Adult stem cells, editorial commentary on the state of stem cell research around the world, links, videos, etc. And if you review the information there and still have questions, please feel free to email us at info@donmargolis.com
Remember:
you learned it at www.donmargolis.com/blog!
There is a great deal for all of us to learn on the life-changing subject of Adult stem cells, so please stay tuned. Please submit your email address if you would like receive our free newsletter and be kept abreast of current developments. Pass our site and the information within on to the people you care about. Some day, they may have one of these diseases and have to make a life-changing decision about their health and treatment. Before they do, wouldn't you want them to know ALL of the choices available to them?
Click here to read "The Stem Cell Story of the Year": http://donmargolis.com/blog/?cat=8
[i] http://www.stemcellresearch.org/facts/asc-refs.pdf
[ii] http://www.stemcellresearch.org/facts/treatments.htm