Tuesday, July 15, 2008
For some reason, I can not find one single reference in all of the Jordanian newspapers archives about these two Jordanian doctors, a brother and a sister whose story I have been following for some years. Professor Yousef Abu Baker, and his sister Muna, if I remember their names correctly, have claimed over and over again that they have come up with a medicinal miracle that heals numerous incurable ailments such as Aids and Cancer.What has always fascinated me, is how would anyone in his right mind believe that such an invention/discovery can be found without creating a huge echo in international medical and social mediums alike. If such a treatment existed would it be our best-kept secret that Jordan wants to monopolize..wouldn't huge pharmaceutical companies be running after the Super Siblings to grant them immortal fame? I understand that as the arabic proverb goes, a drowning person would hold on to a straw, but is there any common sense in buying and using medicines that are not recognized by any renowned medical establishment?
Especially when you read that this same "Professor's sister" as she was often labelled is also very politicaly active and has just established the first Jordanian political party headed by a woman. Jeez! How many hours are in that woman's day?!
In today's Al Ghad, I read this article. Turns out our dear doctors have been selling out colored water that has been used to soak 6ormos ( some type of pulse,I guess called the pigeon peas, that is soaked boiled, then salted and eaten as a popular snack) to heal cancers and aids. After three years of investigation and close follow up, they were able to determine that this miracle medicine is indeed 6ormos water. What I find mind-boggling is did they really need to spend three years, investigating the skills of a Jack-Of-All-Trades who looks this professional:
to find out this must be a scam. It's true, you can not judge a book by its cover, but if the cover looks like this, I, for one would not use its pages to wrap handfuls of 6ormos to sell for kids in the streets.
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well Salam few day ago Dr Michael deBakey American heart surgeon passed away at age 99
he preformed over 60000 opertions
he was from Lebanese background
for Micheal DeBakey Istand a minute silence
below some world media mentioning him'
Dr. Michael DeBakey,whose heart surgery innovations saved countless lives, dead at age 99
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Saturday, July 12th 2008, 8:43 AM
Philip/AP
Dr. Michael DeBakey 'has improved the human condition and touched the lives of generations to come,' said the president of the hospital system where he did his pioneering work.
HOUSTON - Dr. Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, has died. He was 99.
DeBakey died Friday night at The Methodist Hospital in Houston from "natural causes," according to a statement issued early Saturday by Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital.
DeBakey counted world leaders among his patients and helped turn Baylor from a provincial school into one of the nation's great medical institutions.
"Dr. DeBakey's reputation brought many people into this institution, and he treated them all: heads of state, entertainers, businessmen and presidents, as well as people with no titles and no means," said Ron Girotto, president of The Methodist Hospital System.
Girotto said the surgeon "has improved the human condition and touched the lives of generations to come."
While still in medical school in 1932, he invented the roller pump, which became the major component of the heart-lung machine, beginning the era of open-heart surgery. The machine takes over the function of the heart and lungs during surgery.
It was only a start of a lifetime of innovation. The surgical procedur