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Clínica 0-19 and IDOI: Not making DIPG history in Monterrey (part 2 of 4)

Drs Siller and Garcia and Clínica 0-19 and IDOI: Not making DIPG history in Monterrey
Clínica 0-19: Not making DIPG history in Monterrey with Dr. Alberto Garcia and Dr. Alberto Siller.

Earlier this week, I discussed Clínica 0-19, a clinic “making DIPG history in Monterrey” whose doctors claim to be able to successfully treat the deadly brainstem cancer DIPG using intra-arterial chemotherapy and immunotherapy. This week, I discuss what I’ve learned since last week, specifically a lot more about just what it is that these doctors do, why it is scientifically dubious and unproven, and why I am becoming even more harsh in my assessment of this clinic, which shows every indication of being a predatory clinic selling an unproven treatment for a very high price.

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Antivaccine pediatrician Dr. Bob Sears finally faces discipline from the Medical Board of California

Dr. Bob Sears
Dr. Bob Sears in his element, publicizing antivaccine nonsense.

Antivaccine pediatrician Dr. Bob Sears has been disciplined by the Medical Board of California, complete with a requirement for medical educations, ethics courses, and a practice monitor to make sure he doesn’t practice outside the standard of care. I wonder how his patients’ parents will like him now that he has to administer vaccines according to the CDC schedule.

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As I predicted, the exploitation of desperate patients using right-to-try begins

Right-to-try

I warned you. I’ve been warning you for four years. Now that a federal right-to-try law has passed, the profiteering has begun. Let patients beware!

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Some final thoughts (for now) on right-to-try, the Stanislaw Burzynski of drug regulation laws

Trump signs right-to-try
Trump signs right-to-try

Right-to-try is now the law of the land. Unfortunately, it’s a law custom-made for the unethical who don’t mind taking advantage of the terminally ill.

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Right-to-try: A bait and switch intended to weaken the FDA

Trump signs right-to-try
Trump signs right-to-try

On Wednesday, President Trump signed a federal right-to-try bill into law with great fanfare, making extravagant claims for it. It’s time to reiterate one last time that right-to-try will not help terminally ill patients but it will strip important protections from them. It’s pure snake oil.