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Diabetes Weakens Bone Stem Cells…

Blood sugar has become the “new black” in our understanding of how the human body functions.  While the impact of cholesterol levels was hugely exaggerated and resulted in a Pharma controlled-cholesterol – statin empire, though previously under estimated, the pervasive impact of blood sugar on multiple body systems has finally become the subject of many…read more

Regenexx Research: Meet Our Sexy Little Multiplex Microarray ELISA!

Unlike almost all medical practices involved in regenerative medicine, Regenexx and it’s network benefit from an ongoing active Regenexx research program to continue to improve what we can offer patients. One of those projects is a knee stem cell research project which involves observing the micro environment of the knee. Think of it as a sophisticated…read more

MRI Nerve Injections Review: “Never use a cannon to kill a fly”

Many times, as I’ve blogged before, the tail wags the dog in medicine in many ways. One way that occurs is the “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail” doctrine. This morning, I’d like to show just how far some doctors take this, by introducing you to my $50,000 MRI…read more

Getting a Golfer Back on the Links with Stem Cells!

This is a great video about Mike, an avid golfer and a healthcare executive who underwent a Regenexx-SD knee stem cell procedure with Dr. Schultz. Mike says some interesting things about why many surgeons will dissuade you from trying stem cells before a knee replacement! Enjoy!

Fat vs Bone Marrow Stem Cell Video

This is part of a lecture that I’ve been giving the last few months and many people have asked that I turn it into a video so that everyone can see the truth about fat vs bone marrow stem cell counts. I’ve also blogged on the topic of stem cell counts in adipose and bone…read more

Stem Cell “Experts” Bending Reality…

The last few years have seen an explosion of clinics with physicians all claiming to be experts in stem cell treatment. Some of these are orthopedic focused, but most, not wanting to miss a business opportunity, have decided to offer care to all sorts of vulnerable sick patients. I’d like to dissect some web-sites that are great…read more

Can a Disc Stem Cell Injection Work When All Else Fails?

RT is a 56 year old male with a very long history of back pain which began in the 70’s when he injured himself on a boat. He’s one of the more recalcitrant back pain patients that I have seen in years, failing to show significant improvements with just about everything we, or anyone else, did. That was…read more

Statins Hurt Stem Cells: I Hate Being Right on this One…

The wonder drug of the 20th century that’s poised to be the thalidomide of the 21st century is statin cholesterol lowering drugs. Many years ago we saw profoundly negative effects of these drugs on human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in culture. As a result, since then we have been restricting our stem cell patients from…read more