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Regenerative Medical Supply: Scam Alert

There isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t hear about another amniotic, umbilical cord, or exosome scam. The latest is interesting in that the sales rep tried to poach one of our most loyal patients on Facebook. How that was done is educational in that the sales pitch contained multiple easily debunkable falsehoods.…read more

Stem Cell Therapy Near Me?

Lots of patients are performing the Google search stem cell therapy near me. However, this is a search with some peril for uneducated patients. Why? One of the hardest things for patients to understand is that the level of knowledge of >90% of the physicians and other providers out there offering stem cell treatments is…read more

Should Medical Education Be For-Profit?

When I began my career as a physician decades ago, almost all medical education was not for profit. Fast forward a few decades and that has flipped, with most education now being hosted through money-making ventures. So is this a good thing or a bad thing? The Traditional Non-Profit Medical Education System Medical education was…read more

Fish Oil and Cardiac Health-An Update

Supplements and traditional medicine have a serious love-hate relationship. On the one hand, many physicians recommend them, but supplements have been a thorn in the side of traditional pharma for years. Fish oil is one of the best-researched supplement options out there, but the research findings keep pinging back and forth. Now large new studies…read more

Ask Dr. C-Episode 6 -Why is Regenexx the Best?

It’s that time again and for today, I’ll focus on one specific question. This is because it’s such a key one that every reader can learn something. Let’s dig in. What makes Regenexx any better or different than any other stem cell treatment centers? I’ve spent the last 15 years of my career answering this…read more

Ask Dr. C – Episode 5

This is another blog where I answer selected patient questions in a long format. So here goes: Interested in seeing mri evidence that stem cells injected into knee heals meniscus tears and how long it takes. There are two issues here. The first is what I called the meniscus fetish. The second is the MRI…read more

Let Me Have Your Ask Dr. C Questions!

It’s that time again for “Ask Dr. C”. If you have questions you want me to answer in a long format, leave those in the comments section on this post! I’ll then write a series of “Ask Dr. C” episodes to answer your selected questions.

My Recent ProActive Journey

We have a concept at Regenexx called ProActive. I just recently got a ProActive injections series, so let’s dive into the concept. What is it and what did I do? What is ProActive? ProActive is a Regenexx program where our physicians focus on treating small problems while they’re small before they become big issues that…read more