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Governor Perry Attacked for Choosing New Medical Treatment

Aug 29, 2011 Comments Off by

By Jane M. Orient, M.D.

Should Gov. Rick Perry’s choice of medical treatment be between him and his doctor?

Recently, the governor of Texas and presidential hopeful had a bad back treated by injecting some of his very own fat cells, after they had been cultured and treated in a laboratory. The innovative use of a …

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