CBS 60 Minutes - Stem Cell Snake Oil - Part 4

On Sunday, April 18, CBS 60 Minutes aired a segment about a medical conman near San Diego who preyed on victims by using a pitch that capitalized on the promise of stem cells as a cure.

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[LucaBlightBadass]

Evil motherfucker!!! ive seen many people like this in my lifetime, if i was there i'd love to kick his face in!!!

[Natureboywhooo]

@we15dan Are you dr stowe or the fat fucking evil git or work for em! The guys aint even got proper qualifications and why didn,t they give those patients a refund when they didn't even do the treatment! Want to knock that smug face of that fat fuck and then maybe he can repair his broken face with his stem cells, he probably claims he can grow his leg back too lol!

[we15dan]

Glad you recognize that alternative approaches have helped people with MS. Dr. Stowe is also an alternative practitioner, who recommends vitamins, change of diet, etc. CBS ignored that and focused on a couple of people who Dr. Stowe had started trying to treat with stem cells, and ignored his treating them as well with the alternative approaches. He has cured many people of AIDS and cancer altho I'm not aware of his MS track record. CBS edited the interview to make Dr. Stowe look very bad.

[elvez1231]

@we15dan Horseshit! This asshole has not cured one single person - not one!  There's not any objective/neutral documentation showing he has even helped someone. As you said-alternative approaches to sickness and disease do sometimes help a great deal. This is not an indictment on alternative medicine. This is an indictment on one evil motherfucker. Like I said before - there is a very special place in hell for people who give false hope and profit from people who are dying. Fuck Stowe!

[we15dan]

@elvez1231 How many people have died from chemo & radiation? from pharmaceuticals, Tylenol?

Like most alternative practitioners, he recommends dietary and other changes -- EFA supplements to reduce inflammation.... Natural methods, such as juice fasts, have cured cancer & MLS -- or at least extended lifespans & improved quality of life. Read any natural magazine.

In most big pharma tests, statistical effect usu not much more than placebo effect -- people want and need to believe to be cured.

[Natureboywhooo]

@we15dan Haha you work for this dr stowe or what! what a smug fat git ripping off people who are suffering!

[TristanLAX311]

Nothing would make me happier than to see these bottom feeding, smug fucks get what they deserve in prison, hopefully from someone with a disease. I'm surprised the interviewer didn't beat the shit out of him on the spot.

[jtbeith]

How can people be so awful/

[Armaetyle]

At 3:28 he can't even hide his smile while trying to bluff.

[elvez1231]

Of course the FDA blows. But this fucking guy - come on. There is a very very special place in hell for this motherfucker. My closest and best friend died of ALS. This guy LIED to people about his success with his treatments and took their money when they were at their weakest and most vulnerable. Why? Money and only money. He is the lowest form of life there is.