Ocata Therapeutics Inc fka OCAT

[Dragon Lady]

"Hockey legend Howe" is what's known as an "anecdote". It means ZERO in terms of actual science.

1) People who take a baby aspirin after a stroke often show "improvement".

2) No one knows if ole "Gordie" would be the same or the self reported, vaguely described "better" if he'd done nothing, received no "treatment", etc.

3) Also, one does not know what other medications and physical therapy he's receiving,etc The family's self report is loaded with vague terms like, "We really SEEMS to be improving" and "We THINK he looks a lot better" etc.

The hardest thing in the world to beat is a sugar pill placebo. It's been proven beyond all doubt, using large scale data meta analysis, that most drugs/therapies can't beat the ole sugar pill, even after Ba $BILLION are spent to develop said drug. It's confounded the best minds in the pharma and bio-tech biz for yrs. The mind is an amazingly powerful things, as is the body- no one is even remotely clear to scratching the surface at understanding it. The human brain is truly the last great frontier in the universe and will probably never be cracked or fully understood.

Great article explaining the "placebo effect"- one of the greatest mysteries in all of medicine. The FDA doesn't use a phase I, II, III "blinded" format for nothing. It's cause they know the simple fact that a sugar pill is often the "best medicine" available.

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/cnbc/32628345

http://archive.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_placebo_effect?currentPage=all