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Should You Culture Expand Stem Cells for 10 Weeks?

One of the more interesting problems in the stem cell-treatment world is misaligned incentives. One of the places that issue tends to show up is in growing stem cells to bigger numbers, or a process called culture expansion. I’ve seen a number of outfits that charge by the number of cells used by the patient, and let…read more

Want a Brain Recharge? Ten Minutes of Exercise May Be Your Power Source

It’s that time of year again when many of us resolve to exercise more this year than last. What if only 10 minutes of high-intensity activity was needed to recharge your brain? Would you do that this year? Let’s explore some new research in that area today. Can You Get a Brain Recharge with Just…read more

Can Sleep Deprivation Make You More Vulnerable to Pain?

It’s the holidays and if you have pain and are a parent of little ones, you’ve likely lost some sleep. It’s just part of the season. However, new research is showing how sleep impacts pain. It turns out that lack of sleep is like throwing gasoline on a pain campfire. In addition, it may also…read more

Should You Get a “Quickie” Bone Marrow Stem Cell Procedure?

This past year there was an increase in physicians using what I call a “quickie” bone marrow stem cell procedure. This basically skips the bone marrow concentration step in favor of using a fancy device to draw the marrow. It’s certainly easier for the physician, but is it shortchanging the patient? What Is a BMC…read more

Fasting and Your Health: The Amazing Doug Orchard

If you’re like most of us, you’ve just woken up this morning after a feeding frenzy followed by a winter food coma. These holiday food celebrations have been going on for thousands of years. The Romans had Saturnalia, the Norse had the Yule celebration, and when Constantine made Christianity the state religion of the world’s most…read more

Happy Holidays from Regenexx!

I grew up Catholic, which is one of the reasons I leapt at the chance to speak about stem cells at the Vatican many years ago. Like many kids, I loved Christmas. It was magic growing up as a kid with five brothers and a sister in a middle-class family waking up to see the…read more

I am Very Proud of This Diploma

We started the world’s first fellowship in interventional orthopedics and regenerative medicine. Our program has been expanding year over year, and in 2018 it will feature three slots. The diploma above represents the work they do and, more importantly, how these young physicians have been trained to add to and grow this field. Suffice it to…read more

Lower Back Stem Cell Treatment: Top 5 Things to Know

In the last few years, there’s been an explosion in chiropractic and other clinics offering lower back stem cell treatments. The big problem, however, is that while some of these stem cell treatments are real, the vast majority are fake or just poorly done. As the first physician in the world to perform lower back…read more