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Motrin Side Effects: Knee Gel Shots are Safer than NSAIDs

Motrin is a bad news drug. While it works well enough for aches and pains, it also more than triples your risk of dying from a sudden heart attack. Is there an alternative therapy for knee arthritis? A recent study compared Motrin to gel shots and found that these knee injections were safer. Somewhere in…read more

Head Heavy Neck Pain: New Research Says There’s a Reason You Can’t Seem to Strengthen Those Neck Muscles!

This past week I got to experience head heavy neck pain and it wasn’t pretty. What’s that? This is when you feel like you can’t support your head. Your neck may be tight, stiff, and painful. A common recommendation by many physicians and physical therapists is that when you have this problem, it’s due to…read more

Stem Cell DNA Repair: Old Stem Cells Acquire DNA Damaged that’s Repaired as They’re Used

Stem cells and aging is a topic that’s all over the board. I recently blogged on the subject with a focus on fat stem cell injections. One of the pressing issues to consider is how age impacts the DNA of old stem cells. A new study shows that there may be less to worry about…read more

Fat Stem Cell Injections: Are Aged Adipose Stem Cells as Good as Young Ones?

Fat stem cell injections have been all the rage lately for everything from cosmetics to multiple sclerosis to arthritis. Many of the patients who want to have their fat stem cells injected to treat something are older. Does this make a difference or are older fat stem cells as good as younger cells? The issue…read more

Resveratrol Research: Does New Research Show that It’s More Hype than Reality?

I’ve blogged a few times this past week about Resveratrol research and the good things that many studies have found it can, or may, do. However, this past week there was also a big news cycle that seemed to show that resveratrol didn’t actually help reduce the risk of disease. So let’s look at the…read more

Do Energy Drinks Improve Soccer Performance?

I’m no fan of energy drinks, in fact I’ve never downed one nor would I let my teenage athlete use the stuff. However, when I came across a paper that seemed to show that energy drinks could improve soccer performance I was intrigued. By how much? Turns out by quite a bit. The research study…read more

Running and Aging: Would You Believe the World’s Fastest Female Ultra-marathon Age is 51?

As I was searching the US National Library of Medicine the other day I chanced upon a fascinating study. The authors indexed the ages of ultra-marathon winners (50-3,100 mile events) and calculated the age of the winners. The results were both astounding and puzzling. The younger runners were slower than the older runners! As seen…read more

Can a Stem Cell Supplement Ingredient Improve Blood Flow in the Brain?

Resveratrol as a Stem Cell Supplement Ingredient Resveratrol is an interesting supplement. I just blogged on how in animal models it can simulate the health benefits of fasting. However, what’s interesting about this supplement ingredient is that it’s generated enough buzz to cause researchers to use it in human clinical trials. One study in particular blew…read more