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“Weed Eater” Protein May Destroy Viruses Without Damaging Cells

I still remember the first time I used a weed eater as a kid mowing the lawn. It was an amazing experience of power over weeds and, frankly, anything else that got in its way. Now scientists have discovered a weed eater protein that can shred viruses the same way that a weed eater shreds…read more

Is Arthritis a Human Created Disease? Nope, Dino Arthritis Was a Thing…

There’s a movement in medicine that states that most of the chronic diseases that now plague man, like heart disease and arthritis, are created by modern society. But is this true for arthritis? We know that ancient skeletons of our ancestors have arthritis. Now a research team has taken that back even farther, as it…read more

Turning Chiropractors into Stem Cell Experts: Stem Cell Institute of America

Understanding how stem cells work and how to precisely place them into joints, tendons, ligaments, muscles, and bones is hard work. In fact, if you wanted to learn the entire course curriculum on the subject given by the Interventional Orthopedics Foundation, it would take about 190 hours of your time, excluding travel. This is why…read more

A Serious Public Health Issue Exposed? Stem Cell Institute of America

Of all of the different challenges negatively impacting the ability for orthopedic stem cell therapy to be adopted by all practicing physicians, the biggest single barrier is the entry of chiropractors and other alternative health practitioners into the space. Why? Every new technology goes through an adoption phase, but one of the things that can…read more

American CryoStem Review 2: Busted for Expanding Stem Cells

A while back I warned about a company called American CryoStem (ACS) and physicians who were holding a seminar on how fat cells could be collected and culture expanded. You see, this was clearly illegal, but the physician network (who put on the seminar) claimed it was all under an Institutional Review Board (IRB), so…read more

Is Parkinson’s Disease a Gut Problem?

My dad died of a horrible disease called Lewy Body dementia. It’s like all of the bad parts of Parkinson’s mixed with all of the bad things associated with Alzheimer’s. Back then, not much was known about what caused Parkinson’s disease. The most bizarre thing is that as we dig deeper into what causes these…read more

My New Years Resolutions for Patients

Every New Year’s Eve, my father would write down his new year’s resolutions on little pieces of paper. We never really knew what he wrote on these papers, as in keeping with Spanish tradition, he would burn them. This morning I’ve written out my new year’s resolutions for my patients. No matches required! Here goes: Get…read more