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A Review of the Harrell Paper on Marrow Cellution (Maxx Regen) Device

These past few days, my LinkedIn post of the issues with the Marrow Cellutions white paper has blown up with upset sales reps who vend the device. During that back and forth, another paper put out by the company was brought up, one by Harrell et al that seemed to show that the device was…read more

Diet Soda Dementia Risk: Do You Really Want That Diet Coke?

We’ve known for some time that artificial sweeteners are really not good for you. In some ways it defies logic as people use them to avoid sugar, which too much of is not good for you. The problem is your brain and pancreas can’t tell the difference, and because the general assumption is that you’re…read more

Are Interventional Spine Physicians Capable of Practicing Interventional Orthopedics?

This past month I had an interesting back-and-forth with an interventional spine physician about interventional orthopedics. This dialogue brought up an important issue that I think most interventional spine physicians don’t yet understand. While they have the requisite skills to start training in interventional orthopedics, they don’t have the skills needed to practice the specialty. In…read more

My New Annual All Stem Cell Type Orthopedic Infographic

As I promised yesterday, for the first year ever, I have updated my orthopedic stem-cell-research infographic to include other stem cell sources outside of bone marrow. It’s exciting to finally have enough data on fat to believe that it will be a factor in what’s best for orthopedic patients. (Click here for a larger view)…read more

Has Arkansas Really Passed a Bill to Pay for Regen Med?

This past week, a few different press releases and blogs commented that Arkansas just passed a bill through the statehouse that requires payors to reimburse for PRP and stem cell treatments? If true, this would be a game changer for physicians offering these services. However, like all things in life, this is a little bit…read more

CoQ10 Halves Heart Disease Deaths in Well-Done Study

A paper was published in 2015 without much fanfare that showed that a supplement could reduce the rate of death due to heart disease by half. However, the study got little play compared to the medical machine that’s been built to push statin cholesterol drugs. I just found it again this week because I saw…read more

Knee Arthritis Caused by a Bad Ankle?

It’s always interesting to see how modern medicine doesn’t care about how a problem began. This is generally because doctors don’t get paid much to figure things out, just to fix what’s broken. However, at Regenexx we try hard to figure out the complex reasons why our patients have their problems, as that increases the…read more

Lowering the Standard of Care for Knee Stem Cell Procedures

I just examined a patient who has knee arthritis and had a bone marrow stem cell procedure at another local clinic. While it didn’t work and I can’t guarantee him that our more sophisticated procedure will work, I thought reviewing what he received would help explain why his prior procedure was below the standard of care…read more