It's a confusing time at the Vatican, which has an international stem cell scandal of its own making on its hands.

What the heck is going on?

It seems like a lot of my blogs have the word "baldness in them", huh?

The latest post today is on the apparent inverse correlation between baldness and pediatric cancer.

You might be scratching your head (bald or not) at this point.

The connection is explained by the St. Baldrick's Foundation (St. B).

Every year St. B raises money for kids with cancer and a core fundraising event is shaving heads.

A month ago I did a very widely read piece on cosmetic applications of stem cell technologies in the U.S. Many cosmetics websites asked for permission to run the piece and it was re-run in a number of languages around the world as well.

It is clear there is big interest in stem cell cosmetics. There is big money to made. I would venture to say it is in the billions with a “b”.

In just a month even more stem cell-based cosmetic clinics have come up on the radar screen.