The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog

Regenexx Network Annual Conference

This week we held our second annual Regenexx Network  provider medical conference. This was preceded by a Regenexx Network ultrasound skills advancement course. Why? To better understand, let’s first discuss how many orthopedic, neurology, physical medicine, radiology, or family doctors would have the skill set covered in these courses. Very, very few. As an example, adding…read more

Our Original Stem Cell Safety Paper has been Declared in the Top 1% of Papers in it’s Area

Our original stem cell safety paper was just declared in the top 1% of the papers in it’s field. This means that it’s been cited by more than 20 other papers as research of authority. This is on the heels of it’s successor paper that again looked at stem cell safety in the same patients…read more

Knee Replacement Cost: Prices Soar as the Outcomes Drop and the Complications Mount

What does a knee replacement cost? There was a great New York Times article on Sunday that reported that patients without insurance (and some with insurance), as being priced out of knee or hip replacement surgeries. One of the issues brought up is that the cost of a knee or hip device is controlled by…read more

General Anesthetics and Dementia: Do You Know Which One Is Less Likely to Fry Your Brain?

Is there a link between the use of general anesthetics and dementia risk?  General anesthesia is the type where they put a patient to sleep with a tube in the throat. This topic has a personal interest for me as my father started a serious cognitive decline after hip surgery, so I’ve always wondered if…read more

Et Tu Tylenol? Tylenol and Deadly Skin Rashes

Tylenol and deadly skin rashes?  This has been a bad year for over the counter pain relievers. First, the American Heart Association puts out a public education program about the cardiac dangers of NSAID drugs like Motrin, Alleve, and Celebrex and then more data is published showing that NSAID drugs have a host of deadly…read more

Doing the Caymans Stem Cell Tourist Scene…

This Cayman Islands stem cell clinic week I have my family down here. I have to say, summer is a great time to come, as it’s only a few degrees hotter and there are far fewer tourists. As a result, I have been doing the stem cell tourist scene here, which means that I’m finally…read more