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“Super size it” doesn’t work so well for Stem Cells

Reduce calories to improve stem cells? A study published this week may help provide an answer. Americans continue to gain weight at an alarming rate. This week an IOM report showed that a huge percentage of us will be obese in the next 10-20 years. You might remember a previous blog where I talked about how calorie restricted primates…read more

Does Having a Specialist Matter for Knee Stem Cell Injection Success?

Does stem cell knee experience matter? After all, stem cells are magic, right? I lectured at an age management conference in Florida this weekend and one of the other presenters lectured on a patient case. While the topic was age management medicine, her discussion with me is the impetus for this blog. She said that one of the doctors…read more

Activity after Knee Replacement – Lower than Expected

Knee replacement activity – Lower than expected.  Many patients are quite optimistic that once they get a hip or knee replaced they will return to high levels of physical activity. Direct to consumer ads placed by knee and hip replacement manufacturers don’t help the issue, as they show people climbing mountains and generally being extremely active with…read more

Fat vs. Bone Marrow Stem Cells for Orthopedics?

Fat vs. Bone Marrow Stem Cells…  When we first started studies using stem cells in 2005, we looked at two possible sources-fat tissue (adipose) and bone marrow aspirate. After a quick search of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, we learned that there was very little if anything published in human or animal models that…read more

Dr. Centeno Presents Stem Cell results at more Medical Conferences

Dr. Centeno stem cell research and results being presented at more medical  conferences…We’re always proud that we present our results about our knee, hip, shoulder and other orthopedic stem cell treatments to colleagues at medical conferences. Dr. Centeno has spent the week presenting at the ICMS Conference as well as the AMMG conference. We believe that…read more

Petition to Change the FDA’s “Your Cells=Drugs” Policy

We’ve been a staunch opponent of the FDA’s cells=drugs initiative as it makes little common nor public health policy sense. Recently, ex-FDA commissioner Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach jumped in through publishing a Wall Street Journal Op Ed and and agreed that the policy was stifling innovation. What’s the issue?  Under certain circumstances, the cells in your body can be classified as drugs.…read more

Trigger Finger Injection helps Patient Avoid Surgery

Can a trigger finger injection help without surgery? SM is a young elderly woman who is a bus driver. Through the years she developed triggering and catching when she moved her middle fingers. She became unable to flex that finger more than about half way and noticed her fingers locking and catching more in the…read more

Nailing the Latest Cross fit Craze with Knee Stem Cell Injections

NT is a 41 year old male who had severe loss of cartilage under his knee cap and who was told at age 40 that he would need a specialized anterior knee replacement. He was beginning to have difficulty climbing stairs and knew that his highly active lifestyle would be severely limited with such an invasive surgery.…read more