http://brianvastag.net Science Journalist Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:50:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://brianvastag.net/2010/02/live-radio/ http://brianvastag.net/2010/02/live-radio/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:49:02 +0000 Brian http://brianvastag.net/?p=243 I discuss stem cell tourism with BBC superstar Matt McGrath. My yapping starts about halfway in. From Feb. 19, 2010, San Diego.

]]> http://brianvastag.net/2010/02/live-radio/feed/ 0 http://brianvastag.net/2008/09/injections-of-hope-doctors-promote-offshore-shots-but-some-patients-cry-foul/ http://brianvastag.net/2008/09/injections-of-hope-doctors-promote-offshore-shots-but-some-patients-cry-foul/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:24:09 +0000 Brian http://brianvastag.net/?p=93 The Washington Post turned up dozens of stem cell clinics and plenty of unhappy patients. ]]> Patients are paying tens of thousands of dollars for stem cell treatments overseas, yet there’s little evidence the shots do any good. My reporting for the Washington Post turned up dozens of stem cell clinics and plenty of unhappy patients [Read Story]

]]> http://brianvastag.net/2008/09/injections-of-hope-doctors-promote-offshore-shots-but-some-patients-cry-foul/feed/ 0 http://brianvastag.net/2008/05/foreign-clinics-lure-americans-with-unproven-treatments/ http://brianvastag.net/2008/05/foreign-clinics-lure-americans-with-unproven-treatments/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 21:40:28 +0000 Brian http://brianvastag.net/?p=52 As part of a U.S. News package on medical tourism, I cast a sharp eye on overseas stem cell treatments, which cost tens of thousands of dollars and carry little evidence of working. [Read Story]

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