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    Dr. Bill Quick

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    posted 12/10/2008, comment (1)

    Sophisticated Stemcell Scam

    A few months ago, I clicked on a Google ad that looked interesting. Turns out that there are physicians in Germany who promise to use your own stem cells to somehow "treat" your diabetes. And they have a very sophisticated website, where they promise people with diabetes and myriad other conditions that stem cell treatment would be... Read moreChevron
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    posted 11/09/2005, comments (0)

    Scams and Quacks

    People often write to ask about some new miracle solution to diabetes. I give them the usual warnings that anything that appears to be too good to be true probably is good for the salesman and especially to question anything that cures just about everything. Nobody is better at exposing these quacks and scams than my friend, endocrinologist Bill... Read moreChevron
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