DMB March 2010

March 2010 Newsletter

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First, I would like to thank everyone who took the time to complete the survey; we received invaluable feedback for the whole Dragon’s Medical Bulletin team!

Our readers find the most useful sections are the Clinical Quickies, the feature article and Targeted Research, while the least useful section is the Events Calendar. We are also excited that several readers have volunteered to write feature articles and look forward to their contributions. Sadly however, the survey revealed that half of the respondents had not recommended the DMB to a colleague or friend yet (sigh…).

If you enjoy reading the newsletter, please do pass the word to your colleagues and friends.

Some time in February I heard about a new bill Senator John McCain is sponsoring. The bill is called The Dietary Supplement Safety Act (DSSA), which, if passed, will give the FDA the discretionary power to determine which supplements are allowed to stay on the market and which are to be banned. Surely, anyone involved in the manufacturing, selling, prescribing, and consuming of natural medicine would see the tremendous detriment this bill could bring. I strongly encourage all readers in the US to take action and tell your senators NOT to co-sponsor this bill.

For more information, go to http://www.anh-usa.org/new_site/?p=2307.

Adipose tissue is a novel extramedullary tissue? Yes, indeed.

Researchers in Korea published their finding in the February issue of the journal Blood.* Apparently, hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells also exist in the stromal vascular fraction of adipose tissue, and these cells could potentially be used in the reconstitution of multilineage hematopoiesis one day (i.e. possible alternate source of bone marrow).

Nature never stops amazing me!

Dr. Martin Kwok, ND, Dr. TCM
Publisher and Editor

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*Han J, et al. Adipose tissue is an extramedullary reservoir for functional hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Blood 2010 Feb 4;115(5):957-964.

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