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Dr. Richard Bedlack's Unconventional Approach to Finding a Cure for ALS
TLDR Dr. Richard Bedlack is investigating unconventional treatments for ALS through his website ALS Untangled, including a soybean supplement called Lunacin and energy healing. He believes that exploring unconventional ideas and studying specific genes may hold the key to finding a cure for ALS.
Timestamped Summary
00:00
This episode of Reply All is about a doctor named Dr. Richard Bedlack who is trying to find a cure for ALS in an unusual way.
03:36
Dr. Bedlack builds a website called ALS Untangled to investigate the outlandish treatments that ALS patients are trying in order to protect them.
07:20
A man with ALS claims that a supplement made from soybeans called lunicine has improved his condition, allowing him to swallow and regain some motor function.
11:15
Dr. Bedlack is conducting a trial with 50 ALS patients to test the supplement Lunacin, but so far it hasn't shown the same dramatic improvements as Mike's case, leading Bedlack to consider other factors such as the placebo effect or Mike himself.
15:45
Dr. Bedlack considers studying energy healing as a potential treatment for ALS after seeing a video of a woman who claims to have been cured, but his colleagues are uncomfortable with the idea.
19:15
Dr. Bedlack believes that in a field where there are no successful treatments for ALS, it is important to consider unconventional ideas and explore cases like Nelda's, who may hold the key to finding a cure through a specific gene.
22:41
Dr. Bedlack has found several cases of ALS reversals, including Kim Cherry and Derek Swinard, and is compiling a list of 24 people who have experienced improvements in their symptoms, but many of them are wary of mainstream medicine and doctors.
26:34
Dr. Bedlack is interested in drawing blood from Nelda to study her genes in order to potentially find a way to stop or reverse ALS.
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