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Could Fish Oil Help Stroke Victims Recover?

Fish oil and omega 3 fatty acids have been on a roll lately, with study after study showing health benefits. While fish oil is anti-inflammatory, it also has the ability to promote healing. A while back I blogged that taking Motrin may ensure that your first stroke is fatal, now new research may show a…read more

Throw Away those Pills and Get Out and Exercise…

Are there actually any health benefits of exercise? Isn’t it OK to avoid the gym and just pop a cholesterol and blood pressure pill? A new study shows big risk reductions for older people who exercise that make the puny risk reductions you get from popping pills look like M & M flavored placebos! First,…read more

Hip Arthritis Steroid Shots Should be AVOIDED!

You almost can’t make this stuff up. The most common injection given worldwide for pain and swelling (corticosteroids) continues to have research mount that it’s really bad for you and your tissues, yet it’s still injected in millions of patients each year. The most recent study now shows that hip arthritis steroid shots are associated…read more

New Study Raises Spinal Stenosis Surgery Questions…

It’s been an awful few years for the orthopedic surgical model of care. Outcome study after outcome study continues to fell sacred surgical cows like so many dominoes. The most recent surgical victim is spinal stenosis surgery with a new study showing that the patients that had it did no better in the long run…read more

The Low Sodium Myth is Dead…

Government health guidelines are always an interesting nexus of science and politics. The long standing guideline to avoid salt was one such SNAFU. Why? A new study shows that avoiding salt doesn’t help, so in the end that our government created a low sodium myth was always more politics than science. Our government is getting…read more

Newly Discovered Azot Gene Keeps Tissues Healthy by Eliminating Underachieving Cells!

Most people want to stay younger and active forever. We’ve all seen 70 year olds behaving like they’re 30 by riding hundreds of miles or running marathons. We all secretly want to be that person when we get to that age. Now a new study suggests a path forward, by identifying a system in the…read more

New Stem Cells Found in Bone Marrow!

We’ve known for some time that bone marrow stem cells are better than fat stem cells at repairing orthopedic tissues like bone and cartilage. Now a new study might explain why this is the case. Turns out there’s more stem cells in bone marrow than anyone ever thought. Fat has a healthy number of stem…read more

Stem Cells Lower Back Pain: Confused?

Are you confused by the information you find when you search for “stem cells lower back pain”? You’re not alone. I see many patients these days that are bewildered by the claims of various providers that offer stem cells for low back disc bulges or other disc problems. Being the only physician on earth with a…read more