Research

Steroids for Asthma Now Associated with Brain Atrophy

High-dose corticosteroids are the most commonly used substance in medicine. There are literally hundreds of clinical diagnoses from asthma to joint pain to chronic skin rashes that will cause you to leave a doctor’s office with a steroid shot or prescription. Despite this common use, we’ve known for many decades that these drugs are trouble.…read more

A Mess of a BMA Study Can Teach Us About Orthobiologic Research

One of the hallmarks of good science is trying to limit variables. That’s what makes clinical research so hard, as making sure that there are only one or two differences between one group of patients and another isn’t always easy. That gets less complex when you’re measuring the lab metrics of something like a bone…read more

Does Testosterone Help Orthobiologic Procedures?

The same patient who asked the question about PRP vs BMC and ligament healing yesterday also asked about whether taking testosterone could help with healing after an orthobiologic procedure. That same prolotherapy physician who launched the last blog had also claimed that there was no doubt that the science showed that testosterone supplementation helped his…read more

Is There Objective Evidence that PRP Helps Tendons Heal? Concentration and Age Matter

This has been an interesting few months in the world of PRP research. We’ve seen a few studies that purport to show that PRP doesn’t work, after dozens of similar studies that showed it was effective. While it turns out that the studies that seemed to show that PRP was ineffective never used actual PRP…read more

Is a Little Alcohol a Wonder Drug or Poison?

You may remember 10 years ago when cardiologists recommended every US adult have a glass of red wine every night, convinced that this could bend the heart attack rate down. However, lately, we’ve been hearing a different story in the media about light to moderate alcohol use. Is alcohol a toxin with no fully safe…read more

Is Testosterone Supplementation Dangerous? New Research

Almost a decade ago, a paper was published that suggested that giving aging men testosterone supplementation was dangerous. Now, like all things in medicine, the recent research just reversed itself. Let’s dig in. Testosterone Supplementation Testosterone is produced by both men and women, even though it’s very much associated with male secondary sex characteristics. As…read more

Bone Marrow Concentrate and PRP: Is Keeling et al Just More Carefully Selected Misinformation?

I’ve written many times that we have an academic orthobiologics problem. There’s also a problem with orthobiologics and orthopedic surgeons. I’ll explore this today through a recent review article published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine that concluded that Bone Marrow Concentrate was no better than PRP, but seems to have carefully selected research…read more

New Research on Eye Movement and Memory May Impact Chronic Neck Pain Patients

Exactly how we create memories has always been an evolving science. Now a new research study pulls back the curtain on a really interesting part of the puzzle involving eye movements. In fact, this new data may explain why many patients with chronic upper neck pain have brain fog and memory issues. Let’s dig in.…read more