Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:10:03 +0200 (Reuters) - Raul Montejo, a 48-year-old South Florida neurologist who was paralyzed from the waist down after a traffic accident, receives treatment from a physiotherapist, at the La Cima Hospital, in San Jose, May 15, 2010. Costa Rica is cracking down on an unauthorized stem cell clinic that has attracted hundreds of foreigners seeking relief from degenerative diseases and serious injuries.The health ministry last month ordered the country's largest stem cell clinic to stop offering treatments, arguing there is no evidence that the treatments work or are safe. Picture taken May 15, 2010. To match feature COSTARICA-STEMCELLS/ REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate (COSTA RICA - Tags: HEALTH SCI TECH)
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