May 19, 2012

The other side of the story

Dr. SteenblockOccasionally a browser will ask about negative articles concerning Dr. Steenblock that appear on the Internet. If you have come across these and wondered if there was a flip side to these, there is and you can now read “the other side of the story” (as the late radio broadcaster Paul Harvey was fond of saying.)  These links will whisk you to material that will fill in the blanks and help set the record straight:

Special issue of Dr. Steenblock’s Newsletter that takes on the “dark press” about him and his work

Goliath v. David

Ecce signum!

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Have you been misdiagnosed? Misdiagnoses are fairly common.

Dr. SteenblockHave you been Misdiagnosed? Come see Dr. Steenblock

Have you ever wondered how often doctors misdiagnose? One on-line report that delves in to this is titled “How Common is Misdiagnosis?” and appears on WrongDiagnosis.Com. Here is one salient portion from that insightful piece:

The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) commissioned a phone survey in 1997 to review patient opinions about medical mistakes. Of the people reporting a medical mistake (42%), 40% reported a “misdiagnosis or treatment error”, but did not separate misdiagnosis from treatment errors. Respondents also reported that their doctor failed to make an adequate diagnosis in 9% of cases, and 8% of people cited misdiagnosis as a primary causal factor in the medical mistake. Loosely interpreting these facts gives a range of 8% to 42% rate for misdiagnoses.

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/intro/common.htm

I’m not here to knock doctors for being fallible. It is, after all, a “universal affliction” among our species. Of course, the consequences of physician misdiagnoses exact a toll in the sense of wrong treatments implemented and right treatments delayed or never done. Some on the receiving end of wrong diagnoses no doubt suffer terribly due to being misdiagnosed and I’m sure some wind up prematurely deceased.  And while new and better diagnostic tests, equipment and software promise to help drive the rate of misdiagnosis steadily downward, it is doubtful that this will totally eliminate it. After all, making a diagnosis requires not just test results, but their interpretation by a skilled physician who draws on his education, experience and professional judgment.

To my way of thinking, one sure way for a doctor to set a course to becoming a first rate diagnostician is to spend the early part of his career in pathology, which is a medical specialty devoted to the study and diagnosis of disease. USC’s Keck School of Medicine Department of Pathology website puts it this way: ‘Pathology is a medical specialty that provides the scientific foundation for all medical practice. The pathologist works with each of the clinical specialties, using the tools of laboratory medicine to provide information essential to problem solving in clinical practice. As such, the pathologist is the “doctors’ doctor.”’

One physician who actually became a pathologist before venturing into medical practice was none other than this blog sites’ namesake and focus, Dr. David A. Steenblock.

Not surprisingly, Dr. Steenblock has an impressive track record of not just making correct medical diagnoses, but also in readily spotting misdiagnoses. As a result he has saved many patients from wasting their time and resources treating the wrong problem.  I have, in fact, talked with more than a few folks who had Dr. Steenblock go through their medical records and zero in on telltale test or scan results that overturned the diagnosis they had been given, which set the stage for their being properly diagnosed and then successfully treated.

If you have been handed a diagnosis you question, take your case to a first rate diagnostician for a proverbial second opinion.  If you’d like to retain Dr. Steenblock for this purpose, he is more than willing and able to lend a helping hand.  To learn more visit his website or just pick up the phone and call toll free 1-800-300-1063 .  And just to “sweeten the pot” as we say in my native state of Texas, Dr. Steenblock is offering consultations today!

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Multiple Sclerosis: Dr. Steenblock’s “Whole Person” Approach

MS Multiple SclerosisMultiple Sclerosis (MS): Dr. Steenblock’s “Whole Person” Approach

If you or a loved one are among the 30,000 Americans with MS, reflect for a moment on what your principle physician has done so far to help you manage your condition. Most likely he has prescribed drugs to help reduce inflammation and symptom severity, plus perhaps a “healthy diet,” exercise program and possibly physical and other therapies. There is no question but that these approaches have helped many MS sufferers “muddle through,” though often with side effects and complications. Dr. Steenblock on-the-other-hand takes a more comprehensive or “whole body” approach to MS. Among the things he employs to help MS patients realize substantial clinical improvements that stick around:

(1) Identify and eradicate any infections, allergies and other contributors to inflammation including those in the GI track, gums or elsewhere.

(2) Test for toxic, tissue-damaging heavy metals and then remove any that are present in high amounts by means of IV chelation therapy.

(3) Identify and implement the best ways to foster repair of the MS patient’s leaky blood-brain barrier and remyelination of their demyelinated nerves. Among the many innovative treatment approaches that are part of Dr. Steenblock’s clinical repertoire:

(a) Dietary & Nutritional measures geared to reduce neuroinflammation and provide the body with what it needs to combat the MS autoimmune process, as well as repair and restore disease-ravaged tissues.

(b) Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT): HBOT helps reduce inflammation in the Central Nervous System (CNS) and increases oygen to diseased and hypoxic (oxygen-starved) tissues.

( c ) External counterpulsation (EECP): This noninvasive medical device painlessly and safely pushes blood from a patient’s legs and trunk to his heart, which results in better circulation. Although the FDA has only approved EECP to treat angina and congestive heart failure, Dr. Steenblock has found it to benefit MS patients when used in concert with HBOT (See b. above).

(d) Intravenous therapies: Many have similar effects to what you’ll find under (a) above, but work much quicker than dietary measures and supplements.

(e) Whole bone marrow transplants: Bone marrow contains stem cells that have been shown to help dampen the MS autoimmune attack on myelin and promote remyelination of demyelinated nerves. You will find some of these studies on http://www.stemcelltherapies.org/umresearch/ms-research2.html.

You can read more about Dr. Steenblock’s approach to MS in this free 33 page report: http://biotheorist.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/free-report-alternative-therapies-for-multiple-sclerosis1.pdf

If you’d like to discuss your case with Dr. Steenblock, you can do so anytime.  To arrange for your consultation just call 1-800-300-1063.

 

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Stem Cells age with our Bodies but there are ways to Rejuvenate them

stem cellsStem Cells age with our Bodies but there are ways to Rejuvenate them

As this technical review that appeared in the prestigious journal NATURE signals, the stem cells in our bone marrow and elsewhere lose vitality as we age: “Stem cells, ageing and the quest for immortality” (NATURE review) by Thomas A. Rando.  Part of this is due to the fact the tissue environment (such as the extracellular matrix or ECM) in our bodies is littered with heavy metals, metabolic byproducts and more (Think of your ECM like a field filled with crops and seeds. If the soil becomes littered with impediments to the growth and health of plants then decline and die-off sets in.) Thankfully physician and stem cell expert Dr. Steenblock has come up with ways to revitalize the tissue micro-environment and also purge out old stem cells (which prods the body to replace them with new, healthier ones.) If you’d like to know more about Dr. Steenblock’s rejuvenation program you should: (1) Go to http://www.stemcellmd.org/?page_id=337 and read the posted report; and then (2) call Dr. Steenblock’s Clinic and request a  consultation. Just call toll free 1-800-300-1063.

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Parkinson’s disease: Powerful preventative & treatment measures

Parkinson’s disease: Powerful preventative & treatment measures

As we say in Texas, Dr. Steenblock has “cored the apple” with respect to Parkinson’s disease:

“Parkinson’s patients have immune and detoxification problems compared to healthy people of the same age. They have exaggerated inflammatory responses to bacterial and fungal infections which may be due to the amounts of heavy metals like copper, iron, mercury and lead in their brain, intestinal tract and the rest of their body.  These metals accumulate in these people for a variety of reasons some of which are from environmental exposures including excessive consumption of heavy-metals sequestering fish and in some genetic issues and problems that together facilitate increased absorption of these heavy metals as well as intestinal bacteria and their cell wall components. Endotoxins and Bacteria derived peptide (fMLP) have been found to be toxic to dopamine neurons and cause selective dopamine neuron loss at very low levels- the type of levels that can be produced from straining to pass stool, poor dental care and from consuming too many salted nuts and seeds, refined sugars, acid foods, alcohol and other intestinal tract damaging substances that allow these bacterial and fungal poisons to migrate through the intestinal wall into the blood stream. From the blood, these endotoxins and bacteria derived peptides are picked up from the blood by the astroglia that line the brain’s blood vessels and whose function (in part) includes protecting delicate neurons from these toxins.  These poisons stimulate the blood-brain-barrier astroglia to make free radicals that cause damage to the nearby dopamine producing cells (and this by using up the free radical-scavenging glutathione normally present within astroglia that is needed to detoxify chemical poisons generated by internal metabolic processes or which enter the body from outside sources.)”

OK, so now you have insight into part of the disease process that gives rise to and fuels Parkinson’s disease. Where can you find out about other players? And what can you do to counter these “monkey wrenches in the cogs” or, where Parkinson’s disease already exists, remediate or even reverse it? One good place to start is this article: http://www.stemcellmd.org/?page_id=389 In it you will read about what powerful therapeutic measures for PD including the use of your own stem cell-rich bone marrow. You can learn more by calling Dr. Steenblock’s Clinic at 1-800-300-1063 and setting up a consultation!

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Stem Cell consultations!

Stem Cell TreatmentsStem Cell consultation!

Physician David Steenblock has based his medical career on finding solutions to health issues and problems that elude other doctors. Not surprisingly, “hopeless” and “no option” cases are his call-to-arms. He adamantly refuses to do “ho hum” or “prescription pad” medicine or give his patients less than his best. For over forty years now he has been on an indefatigable quest to find or craft novel solutions and ideas. If you are ready for the best, give Dr. Steenblock a call.  He is offering stem cell consultations today! To arrange for yours just call his clinic toll free at 1-800-300-1063.  

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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for stroke, autism, CP, MS and more!

hyperbaric oxygenHyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for stroke, autism, CP, MS and more!

Hyperbaric oxygen refers to treating disease by saturating patient’s tissues with pure oxygen under pressure. It use took its present form back in the 1950s. Physicians have found it incredibly effective in promoting wound healing, cyanide and carbon monoxide poisoning, anemia associated with sudden blood loss, and burns. Many pioneering doctors such as Dr. Steenblock are using hyperbaric oxygen “off label” to treat autism, chronic and acute stroke, multiple sclerosis, macular degeneration, neuropathy and cerebral palsy, and are reporting often impressive results. Want to know what HBOT might do for your medical issues? You can find out for free by calling Dr. Steenblock’s Office at 1-800-300-1063.           

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Stem Cells & More for Lung Disease

stem cellsStem Cells & More for Lung Disease

Dr. David Steenblock shares how antibiotics, diet and stem cells are being used to prevent as well as turn the tables on emphysema in this informative and FREE article: http://biotheorist.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/improving-emphysema-with-stem-cells-by-dr-david-steenblock.pdf  TAKE NOTE: If you’d like to discuss your case with Dr. Steenblock, you can get a consultation by calling toll free 1-800-300-1063.

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Platelet Rich Plasma: Using a patient’s own blood to heal

prpPlatelet Rich Plasma (PRP): Using a patient’s own blood to heal

It sounds almost magical. A doctor takes some blood from a patient and puts it through a filtering system or spins it in a centrifuge at high speed, which separates red and white blood cells from the platelets (Typically a 15 minute or so process.) He then injects the platelets along with the blood plasma they are floating in into an injured or diseased area, typically a torn ligament or tendon. The injury heals up.

How is this possible for platelets to pull off such a medical feat? Don’t platelets just help blood clot normally? They do. But this isn’t all they do.  Platelet rich plasma (PRP) is rich in growth factors and compounds such as serotonin, fibronectin, adenosine diphosphate, thromboxane A, platelet factor 4, platelet derived growth factor, platelet activating factor and transforming growth factor beta, and SDF-1 that directly effects tissue repair as well as activates stem cells and encourage them to proliferate and grow wherever the PRP is placed.

And because Plasma-Rich Platelets (PRP) is typically injected in places where blood would rarely go otherwise, it can facilitate healing without triggering a clotting response. It can thus shorten rehabilitation time and even make surgery unnecessary in some cases.

Depending on the medical issue he is treating, Dr. Steenblock takes a patient’s PRP and either injects or infuses it directly into the diseased or damaged tissue (such as an arthritic joint) or mixes it with a patient’s own (harvested) bone marrow and then infuses it – or both. The patient responses have often been impressive, even dramatic.

Three new studies show platelet injections may help several conditions, including osteoarthritis – 3-11-10

 

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Dominican Republic government to close stem cell clinics

stem cell treatmentsDominican Republic government to close stem cell clinics

Those of you have kept up with this and other blogs that touch on stem cell matters know that the X-Cell center in Germany ceased taking patients recently. Readers interested in learning more can do so by clicking this link (UK newspaper article.)

Now comes word that the government of the Dominican Republic “has moved to close several less-than-reputable stem cell clinics and ban untested stem cell procedures. Health Minister Bautista Rojas warned two weeks ago that he will direct regional health officials to directly notify the centres that the procedures are banned. Rojas told Dominican Today that he will seek to stop the stem cell treatments until they are authorised by the Bioethics Health Council, whose members said two weeks ago that they were concerned about the treatments. They noted that the methods were not scientifically proven and that their effectiveness in humans is unknown.”

You can read the entire article by clicking this link.

Obviously folks thinking of having a stem cell treatment in either Germany or the Dominican Republic must look elsewhere. If you happen to be in this boat you will logically want to zero in on a program that is legally bound to observe the highest medical standards and is subject to regulatory oversight. Many overseas stem cell programs claim this applies to them when it fact it doesn’t. This article will help fill in some of the proverbial blanks in this regard:   Foreign Stem Cell Treatments: How to Avoid Being Scammed 

But why go abroad at all when alternatives exist right here in the US? Specifically, Dr. Steenblock’s Clinic in Mission Viejo, California where over 1,000 legally sanctioned stem cell rich bone marrow transplants have been done during the past seven years; a clinic where physician and stem cell expert David Steenblock and his stem cell savvy medical team insist on making sure that things that interfere with stem cells have been identified and dealt with prior to each stem cell treatment; a clinic that takes into account the fact that the stem cells in the bone marrow of older people tend to be devitalized which they deal with by doing a unique series of treatments that helps purge the marrow of these (This promotes their replacement with healthy, robust new stem cells.) Then and only then are stem cell rich tissues harvested and given back to patients using very safe, approved medical methods.

In addition, Dr. Steenblock’s employs a through head-to-toe (Whole body or wholistic) approach with each patient that is based on his 40+ years of experience doing results-driven CAM (complementary alternative) medicine. Nothing is left to chance.

If you’d like to talk to Dr. Steenblock about your particular health challenges or needs you can do so by calling 1-800-300-1063. Dr. Steenblock is offering consultations today.

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