The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog

Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.

Red Meat Makes a Comeback!

If you’re bored with eating chicken but haven’t wanted to risk your heart health by adding a juicy steak to your menu, savor this news:   When levels of saturated fat are the same, red meat and white meat have identical effects on bad cholesterol and neither have an impact on the really bad type…read more

Jupiter in Opposition, Father’s Day, and the Father of Regen Med

I usually wake up and get to bed early, but because of Father’s day, last night, I was up at 2 am and thought to myself, why not try to see Jupiter? This made me feel a bit like Galileo, which got me thinking, who is the father of regenerative medicine? Answering that question just…read more

Where’s Dr. Waldo: Avoiding Stem Cell Clinic Scams

I was pinged this weekend by an unfortunate gentleman with a spinal cord injury. We only treat orthopedic conditions, so he sent a clinic link for me to review and asked if this was a good clinic. It took me less than 60 seconds to answer a resounding NO. Why? It’s all about the physician…read more

The Regenerative Warrior Podcast Review

One of the most interesting things about the stem cell wild west is that new business models are being hatched every day. These will make FDA enforcement very complicated. A brand new one is what I’ll call the “Circus Barker”. This is how I would classify the “Regenerative Warrior” podcast after an extensive review of…read more

Your Jaw Bone Changes to Match What You Eat!

Your body constantly changes. In fact, most of the body that’s reading this blog post is not the one that you were born with, it’s long since been replaced by new cells. This morning we’ll focus on how researchers at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) recently discovered that eating foods that require more force…read more

Can Physical Activity Prevent Brain Atrophy? Don’t Become a “Little Brain”

I remember the first time I heard about brain atrophy as a young doctor. It sounded so awful, after all, if there is one thing in your whole body you hope never gets smaller, it’s your brain! Now new research on preventing brain atrophy may help most of us avoid this fate! Little Brains One…read more