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- Foes of stem cell research now face tough battle
- Iraq returns to its alternative medicine roots
Naturopathic doctor popular among Hispanics
Newsday, NY
After the visit, Robinson summed up the philosophy ofnaturopathic doctors. “We all believe the body has a natural ability to healitself,” she said. As a practitioner of alternative medicine, Robinson said she issometimes marginalized. Some insurance companies do not cover her work, and it can bedifficult to connect her patients with low-cost access tospecialists for X-rays, blood work, MRIs and other services, shesaid. Sometimes patients need treatments, such as surgery, that areout of her realm, she said. But Robinson’s philosophy of using herbs and natural cures isone that many people from Latin America are quick to embrace, saidIngrid Fallaque, Robinson’s translator and intermediary with theHispanic community. Many Hispanics are familiar with naturalremedies from their own countries and feel more safe using themthan taking pills, said Fallaque, who is from Peru.
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Foes of stem cell research now face tough battle
The Associated Press
“We still intend to try and talk about the real facts that it’s the adult stem cells providing the actual treatments,” said David Prentice, senior fellow at the Family Research Council. Added Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America: “There’s a lot that’s happened over the seven years that includes some remarkable scientific discoveries, which really should have made the issue of federal funding of embryonic stem cell research moot. “But Sean Tipton, director of public affairs at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, took aim at those arguments. “It’s a little disingenuous for opponents who have effectively blocked federal funding of the work to then cite a lack of progress,” Tipton said. “You hold someone at the starting line then you criticize them for not getting very far. Chi Dang, professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, agreed there have been tremendous advances with adult stem cells.
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Iraq returns to its alternative medicine roots
USA Today
Insurgents and weapons poured in from neighboring countries. So, too, did illegal pharmaceuticals, says Sayed Kathem Khawasiya, the Ministry of Health’s inspector general. Unlicensed medicine companies and sidewalk stands sprung up around Iraq, selling unregulated drugs from China and elsewhere. Today, 70% of drugs on the Iraqi market are illegal, and one in five are total fakes, such as starch pills pawned off as legitimate antibiotics, Khawasiya says. “The demand for herbal remedies has skyrocketed because of fake pharmacies and counterfeit medicines that don’t work,” says Faris Kadhem, director of the Health Ministry’s herbal medicine center. The government has raided and closed 120 illegal pharmacies across Iraq in the past two months, Khawasiya says. Many more continue to operate, she says.