The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Dendrion as a Canary in the Stem Cell Therapy Industry Coal Mine
The cell therapy industry has a mounting problem that everyone goes out of their way to ignore. Dendrion is a company selling a cellular product that, like a canary in the cell therapy coal mine, exemplifies this little issue. What’s the problem? Price. Manufacturing and approving traditional chemical drugs has a distinct advantage over cellular…read more
What a Bizarre and Jumbled Attack by Ray Dirks, Pluristem Investor!
I woke up this morning to find a rather bizarre attack ad by a stock market writer. The first reason this is bizarre is that we’re not publicly traded nor do we ever hope to be. I guess you know you’re successfully rattling the cages of traditional orthopedic medicine when you get attacked for no…read more
Is Vitamin D Arthritis Pain Relief for Real? Maybe…
If you have arthritis, should you take or ditch Vitamin D? Is vitamin d arthritis pain relief for real, or are you wasting your money? Right now there are 241 scientific papers on the topic listed in the US National Library of Medicine. Regrettably, the research is all over the map on this one, so…read more
Is Soybean Oil Safe? This is Your Brain on French Fries…
Transfats have been in the news this past several years, mostly because of the FDA ban imposed last year. Because of this, fast food chains and food manufacturers have switched to fats like canola and soybean oil. The problem is that these fats are high in omega-6 fatty acids. So is soybean oil safe? A…read more
Neck Epidural Failed? What to Do Next…
What’s your next move if your neck epidural failed to relieve your pain or numbness? Mary-Frances is an airline pilot who was looking at more surgery and not being able to pass an FAA physical. Rather than get that second surgery, we were able to help her with the Regenexx-DDD procedure after her neck epidural…read more Do Arthritis Exercises Work? New Research Says Less Pain Related to Leg Strength
I’ve been asked many times by patients, “Do arthritis exercises work?” Knee arthritis is an exploding epidemic as our population becomes older and heavier. Several studies have confirmed that exercise is one simple remedy for the pain and lost function that comes with knee arthritis. However, nobody has been quite sure why this works. Now a…read more
