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The truth about the miracle cure that promises to treat everything: Stem cells are known for their remarkable healing powers. But while they work for many, others have been left unaffected by treatment
* Zoe Derrick was ‘cured’ of MS after getting stem cell treatment in Mexico * But when Gregg Burgess-Salisbury, from Berkshire, had stem cell treatment two years ago it didn’t work, and he is still confined to a wheelchair * Steve Storey, from Sheffield, was paralysed with MS but had successful therapy * Experts warn […]
Scandal of patients denied 5p pill that shrinks cancer: Last week we revealed NHS pays crazily high prices for life extending drugs. But the madness doesn’t end there
Sickening rip-off sees patients not being offered effective ‘old’ treatments Instead, the emphasis is on the latest, often eyewateringly expensive drugs Cancer patient Mary Nike, 58, from Brewood, was treated with a 5p pill Within seven weeks of starting on a new treatment, the tumour in Mary Nike’s left breast had shrunk from 1½ […]
Sickening rip off: Smaller than a matchstick, this is a year’s dose of a life extending blood cancer drug. The NHS pays £115,000 for it – yet it costs just £100 to make
Mani Coulter, 42, from Caversham, Berks, had only months to live in 2012 Became one of first people in Britain to be given Kadcyla for breast cancer Three years on, she’s convinced the £90,000-a-year treatment saved her life Mani Coulter is testimony to the wonders of modern medicine. When she became one of the […]