Author Archives: Dana

Chicken, Yellow Belly, Scaredy Cat  — whatever term you choose to use, it would describe me to a tee.  I’m afraid of my own shadow and always have been. I might talk a big game, but when it comes to … Continue reading →

I don’t know about you, but I do some of my best thinking in the car.  I was driving though my favorite coffee joint this morning when a stem cell-related thought struck me.  Maybe it was just the idea of … Continue reading →

Regardless what you think of Texas, with its bigger than life personality, they sure are trend-buckers.  While most of the country zigs, Texas zags. On April 13, 2012 the Texas Medical Board approved new rules on experimental stem cell therapies.  … Continue reading →

This was a contemplative week for me.  One of the things that kept rolling around my head was the kind of guarantee I would want before traveling outside the US for stem cells.  I’ve never been much of a risk … Continue reading →

I come from a deeply religious family.  I’m talking deeply, deeply religious.  These are terrific, loving people who have convinced themselves that I’ve lost my way (or perhaps, my mind).  They are overcome with vapors upon hearing that I write … Continue reading →

Back in high school I was in a history class that bored the spit out of me.  It was odd, because I adored all things history – at least, I thought I did.  This particular class was about the Viet … Continue reading →

You ever find yourself bragging about something, only to end up embarrassed about how you’ve gone on and on (and on…)? I’ve done that a number of times recently, talking to virtual strangers about RMI.  Weird, right?  After each conversation … Continue reading →

I have always loved the 1939 movie, “The Wizard of Oz.”  There’s a scene in the movie when the Wizard doesn’t want the visitors to Oz to realize that he’s just a man, a regular Joe.  As Dorothy, the Tin … Continue reading →

I have the attention span of an antsy four year old, a fact that anyone who has ever sat through a meeting with me will gladly attest to.  I find the idea of attending a lecture pure torture.   Normally, I … Continue reading →

If you’re at all interested in stem cell treatment, if you have a list of questions you’re just dying to ask, please take the opportunity to join us on February 1, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. for an informal lecture headlined  by Howard … Continue reading →