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Subscribe to the BlogAre You at Risk for a Heart Attack Due to Knee or Hip Replacement Surgery?
Yesterday I saw a new patient in the clinic and told him that because his hip arthritis was too severe that we couldn’t help and that he should get a hip replacement. He had done his homework and read my books, so he knew that there is a big increase in the risk of a…read more
Happy New Year from Regenexx!
2020 is here! It’s been an exciting year, so let’s review where Regenexx has been in 2019. Let’s also see where we’re headed as the 2020s unfold. 15 Years I remember back in the early years of the Internet that finding anyone involved in the industry for a decade was rare. Meaning, by the late…read more My Top 10 Favorite Blogs of 2019
I’ve been blogging now for more than a decade. Every year I try to find the 10 blogs that were my favorites for my readers to review in case they missed them. Let’s dig in. This Blog First, why do I take the time to blog? It’s really a form of educational catharsis. What we…read more Why Is Regen Med Out of Control? The A4M Conference Example
With all of the information in the media and that being distributed by the FDA going after “bad actors” in the stem cell wild west, why is the regenerative medicine space getting more and more out of control and not less? In my opinion, look no further than pay for play conferences. There are many…read more Happy Holidays from Regenexx!
When I was growing up, Christmas was always a blow out at my house. Hence for me, this is always a special time of the year. A time to reflect, recharge, and give back. And for our fellows, it’s a time to cut up and entertain. Let me explain. Saturnalia I love history. If there’s…read more Is True Needle Arthroscopy on the Way?
We have been both excited and then disappointed by the state of the art in small arthroscopes. Now a new technology could one-day produce a true “needle scope”. Let’s dig in. The Promise of Needle Arthroscopy vs. The Reality I first heard the term “needle arthroscopy” about a decade ago. The idea, at least as…read more Teaching Bench Scientists about EBM in Orthobiologics
This was an interesting week. It ended with a conference in Las Vegas with me yelling at my colleagues about how they needed to tame the stem cell wild west and then an uninformed bench scientist in Vermont threw orthobiologics under the bus. The two events couldn’t be any farther apart, so I figured it…read more What I am Thankful For 2019 Edition…
It’s that time of the year again and once more I’m staffing our licensed, advanced cell culture facility in Grand Cayman. What’s it like to be out of the country for Thanksgiving? So what am I thankful for? Out of the US for a US Holiday? I’ve been staffing our licensed advanced culture expansion site…read more 