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> The centre > in Cologne , Germany boasts about having good success rates and no > negative results from their treatments www.XCell-Center.com/StemCells/ Here is part of a review about those treatments : ''What interpretations did the researchers draw from these results? The researchers concluded that direct-to-consumer portrayal of stem cell medicine is optimistic and unsupported by published evidence. They also suggest that the results have other implications including: Providers are making inaccurate claims in their direct-to-consumer advertising. Importantly, patients may not be receiving sufficient and appropriate information and may be being put at increased risk. Clinics may also be contributing to a public expectation that exceeds what this field of research can reasonably achieve. What does the NHS Knowledge Service make of this study? The researchers mention some limitations to the methods that they used to collect the data: The information available from websites may not be the same as the information actually shared with patients in the clinic. The overall data was collected from a diverse range of clinics. The results cannot therefore be used to evaluate the claims of any particular clinic. The researchers did not directly assess the accuracy of the websites’ claims by analyzing the results of treatment they had carried out. These are valid points. The researchers also say that even if improvements had occurred, it would be impossible to say with confidence that these were due to the treatment. If on the other hand the treatments did not work, then patients would have been subjected to inappropriate risk and the cost of the treatment. The average cost of a course of therapy among the four websites that mentioned costs was $21,500, excluding travel and accommodation for patients and caregivers.'' As for glutathione, it has been done for many years now. If it worked that well, we would all know about it, I would think. maryse ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn