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Speak Out in Support of Personalized Medicine: Oppose SB 959

This past year there was a pharmacy compounding tragedy that is now being used to kill personalized medicine. You may remember the NECC pharmacy catastrophe where contaminated samples of steroid were sent to various hospitals and surgery centers. Unsuspecting doctors then injected this medication while performing epidural steroid injections. This unfortunate event has caused a…read more

Partial Knee Replacement Recovery for People Under 60

Faster partial knee replacement recovery is often touted as the rationale for why someone would want to replace only half their knee versus a total knee replacement. However, the research of the last few years hasn’t been kind to other minimally invasive knee replacement options like hip resurfacing. Will partial knee replacement problems also surface?…read more

Et Tu Tylenol? Tylenol and Deadly Skin Rashes

Tylenol and deadly skin rashes?  This has been a bad year for over the counter pain relievers. First, the American Heart Association puts out a public education program about the cardiac dangers of NSAID drugs like Motrin, Alleve, and Celebrex and then more data is published showing that NSAID drugs have a host of deadly…read more

Fat vs. Bone Marrow Stem Cells: A Clinician’s Perspective

This week I treated a patient with adipose SVF stem cells to augment a low stem cell yield from bone marrow. I don’t do this often, as the quality of fat stem cells for orthopedic applications like arthritis is much less. We do use fat for an occasional structural graft in various procedures. Today I…read more

Doing the Caymans Stem Cell Tourist Scene…

This Cayman Islands stem cell clinic week I have my family down here. I have to say, summer is a great time to come, as it’s only a few degrees hotter and there are far fewer tourists. As a result, I have been doing the stem cell tourist scene here, which means that I’m finally…read more

Regenexx Stem Cell Supplement

Many years ago in 2005, when we began treating our patient’s orthopedic problems with stem cells, one of the first patient questions we got was, “What supplements might help my stem cells?” The first few times I heard this question, I had no idea. After I kept hearing it, I scoured the US National Library of…read more

Inflammation Tied to Fracture: Could this Have an Impact on Stem Cells?

Is inflammation tied to fracture?  A recent Swedish study just demonstrated that elderly men with elevated levels of low-grade inflammation are more likely to break a bone, particularly vertebrae. Fracture risk was 48% higher for men with the highest inflammation than all others combined. So the next question is why is this happening? Nobody knows right…read more

What is the Tommy John Surgery Recovery Timeline? Can Stem Cells Help?

Tommy John surgery is often used to repair tears in the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in pitchers. The problem is that the Tommy John surgery recovery timeline is substantial. Weeks to months spent in a splint and then months more of rehab and a whole season lost. Is there a better way? We’ve successfully treated…read more