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The Not Old - Better Show

#400 Bad Batch - New From Wondery

The Not Old - Better Show

Paul Vogelzang

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7106 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Bad Batch - New From Wondery

The Not Old Better Show

In Wondery's new series Bad Batch, host Laura Beil (Dr. Death) investigates the multi-billion dollar underregulated industry of stem cell therapy where greed and desperation collide. When a group of patients wind up in a Texas hospital in critical condition, the trail leads back to one stem cell company and its charismatic CEO. What happens when a supposed miracle cure leaves you worse off than before? Listen to Bad Batch atwondery.fm/BadBatchPodcast

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelsang, and this is episode number 400.

0:09.0

This is a special episode on health care, which is so important to all of us but particularly so

0:14.7

to the members of the not old Better Show. Regarding health, health insurance,

0:20.2

treating disease and even health care research. There's an important new show I want to share

0:26.2

with you. The newest podcast from my partners at Wundery, Bad Batch, will investigate

0:31.8

the multi-million dollar under-regulated industry of

0:35.2

stem cell therapy where corporate greed and patient desperation collide.

0:41.2

It's an industry that claims to treat pain, autoimmune diseases, infections, and even autism.

0:48.0

It's a cautionary tale and an important new show and a very important listen.

0:54.6

We all know that every day hundreds of thousands of people in the US

0:59.3

have to make decisions about their health.

1:01.8

Treating diseases, managing pain, it can be scary, and it can be life-changing.

1:07.0

But what happens if you're offered a supposed miracle cure and you end up worse off than before. In Wundries' excellent Dr Death

1:16.3

podcast you heard about 33 patients in Texas who went in for surgery and

1:21.1

have their lives forever changed by an incompetent doctor.

1:25.6

The host of that show, reporter Laura Beale broke that story open and now she is reporting

1:31.5

on another great story, stem cell therapy and a bad batch that gave a group

1:38.9

of patients disastrous results.

1:42.8

You're about to hear a preview of Bad Batch.

1:45.7

While you're listening, go subscribe to Bad Batch on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you're listening now.

1:53.8

There's also a link to the episode in our show notes

1:56.4

that will take you directly there.

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