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Stem Cells: Alternative to Knee Replacement?
ABC News, Stem Cells: Alternative to Knee Replacement? By LIZ NEPORENT, ABC Medical Unit Last year, Patricia Beals was told she'd need a double knee replacement to repair her severely arthritic knees or she'd probably spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. Hoping...
NBA player gets second chance at career with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy
MINNEAPOLIS – On December 10, 2011, Portland guard Brandon Roy announced his retirement. He was 27 years old at the time, at the end of just his fifth year in the league. He'd been the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2007 and was a three-time All-Star. Yet in the face of...
Maximize Your Regeneration Potential With Weight Loss 5×5
Healthy bones and tissue are solely successful with regenerative therapy. In order to perpetuate a healthy, healing body, it’s important to take care of you as a whole person. This may mean making a few dietary adjustments to ensure optimal healing occurs. StemCell...
Growth Factor Delivery: Management of Sports Injuries
Abstract In recent years there have been rapid developments in the use of growth factors for accelerated healing of injury. Growth factors have been used in Maxillo-facial and Plastic Surgery with success and the technology is now being developed for Orthopaedics and...
Prolotherapy
Get Lasting Pain Relief If you are living with persistent, recurring pain, you know the debilitating effect it can have on every aspect of your life - from physical difficulties to your job, your relationships, even your mental outlook. Don't give up hope....
Achilles Tendon Treatment Shows Promise
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 6 A promising treatment for chronic Achilles tendon injuries may beon the horizon, researchers report. A pilot study of ultrasound-guided dextrose injections for the treatment of painful, often debilitating Achilles tendinosis was...
Stem Cells: Safety & Complications Reporting Update
Safety and complications reporting update on the re-implantation of culture-expanded mesenchymal stem cells using autologous platelet lysate technique. Abstract Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) hold great promise as therapeutic agents in regenerative medicine. Numerous...
The Diet That Prevents Heart Attacks
People at high risk for heart attacks, strokes, and death from heart disease can significantly cut their risk if they eat a Mediterranean diet that’s high in fish, nuts, fruits, vegetables, olive oil, and even red wine, according to a major new study published in New...
The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food
On the evening of April 8, 1999, a long line of Town Cars and taxis pulled up to the Minneapolis headquarters of Pillsbury and discharged 11 men who controlled America’s largest food companies. Nestlé was in attendance, as were Kraft and Nabisco, General Mills and...
Increased Knee Cartilage Volume Using Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells. The American Journal of Case Reports.
Increased knee cartilage volume in degenerative joint disease using percutaneously implanted, autologous mesenchymal stem cells, platelet lysate and dexamethasone. Background The purpose of this study was to see if percutaneously injected autologous mesenchymal stem...
StemCell ARTS is an Affiliate of National Spine and Pain Centers
If the regenerative treatment options offered by StemCell ARTS are not right for you, National Spine and Pain Centers provide more traditional treatments for spine and joint conditions.