The FDA continues to hang us out to die

http://gaia-health.com/articles51/000055-Stem-Cell-Advocacy.shtml

Just in case anyone missed this article that I wrote for the Gaia-Health site.

My blog was down for a couple of days for no rational reason that I could understand. The message just said that it was suspected of spam. Say what? I don't write spam. It is finally back up and running after having to wait a few days for them to make sure I am on the up and up I guess.

Went to a good meeting in Denver on Saturday. Dr. Schultz from Regenexx was one of the doctors who spoke there. He gave a great presentation on the use of stem cells to repair orthopedic injuries. He had the proof right there in black and white (X-rays that is).
The gal that put the rally/meeting on is named Shel. Her daughter's vision was restored after she had stem cell therapy. There were several other parents there of children who had been helped immensely with stem cell treatment, but sadly none of them were able to be treated in the U.S.

One of today's posts on the Stem Cell Pioneers forum (www.stemcellpioneers.com) tells us that India and China, analysts say, are poised to play a key role in the scientific, clinical and commercial development of stem cell research. We are really starting to take a back seat when it comes to progress in this field.

The U.S. has put itself in this position at the expense of its citizens. Other countries continue to forge ahead while we are still bickering about whether to continue funding for embryonic research that was in progress prior to President Obama's election. We are mired down in muck a knee deep that smells to high heaven of some kind of cozy agreement between Big Pharma and the FDA since the FDA has decided our own stem cells should be treated as if they were prescription drugs. We can't seem to figure it out in this country as we worry about things like the pathetic new regulation of cigarettes or the writing on a Cheerio's box. If you care about all this, get on your high horse. Join ASCTA to start with - www.safestemcells.org Then get it in gear and e-mail the FDA with your comments and also all of your legislators and the President of the United States himself.

Folks - The FDA is hanging us out to die. We have to rise up against this leg hold that they have on the desperately sick people in this country. I am fed up with it all - the media, legislators, some forums and blogs, ignorant people claiming they are concerned for our safety. We need the liberty to choose for ourselves if we want to have our own stem cells used in treatment that could possibly save our lives. This is up to us to decide, not some third party entity that has no clue what pain we are living with 24/7.