Cellular Orthopedics Blog
Scientific Evidence Supporting Cellular Orthopedic Recommendations
In my last blog, I used anecdote and two patient experiences to justify my treatment recommendations. This blog will feature a scientific and statistically significant outcomes study that I will be presenting next week at the Orthobiologic Institute Symposium (TOBI)...
Stem Cell Patient Outcome Anecdotes
There are statistics and anecdotes that are used to review the outcomes of a particular cellular orthopedic treatment option and help determine what is best for a patient with arthritis. At times, it is difficult, and even impossible, to develop a sufficient number of...
Reigniting a Regenerative Medicine Cellular Orthopedic Practice
Actually, we never closed, but many patients stopped coming for care due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, and the Surgicenter that I depend on temporarily shut down. The good news is that patients are returning and the Surgicenter has reopened allowing me to offer arthritic...
What About Stem Cells and Back Pain?
Stem Cells and Back Pain? I estimate that more than 60% of patients seeking regenerative medical options for an arthritic joint have a major co-morbidity; namely, degenerative disc and joint disease of the low back. The backache complaint is so frequent that I only...
A Short Course on COVID-19 Immunity and Testing
Or: Why the Vice President “I tested negative” should wear a mask Types of Testing for COVID-19 Immunity There are two types of COVID-19 tests: molecular and serological. Molecular tests (PCR) look for the presence of a virus’s genetic material, showing that there is...
Options for Patients with Delayed Joint Arthroplasty Due to COVID-19
Because of the COVID-19 crisis, many surgeries have been cancelled or delayed for patients who qualified for, or had scheduled a total joint replacement or other orthopedic surgical procedure. Post COVID-19, operating rooms will be occupied by other urgent procedures...
Love in the Time of Isolation During Coronavirus
The end of a multi-faith week of combined personal and virtual observances and celebration is at sunset. As most Americans, my wife and I are glued to the Television each evening from 7pm until 10pm. At 8pm, our choice is to experience and celebrate Chris Cuomo’s...
Quarantine and Isolation for Infectious Diseases
National Library of Medicine Quarantine signs, for scarlet fever and other diseases, were a familiar sight during the first half of the last century. Last week, my Blog focused on Social Distancing; not for the Coronavirus but that was how we survived the annual Polio...
On Social Distancing and the Developing Stem Cell Trials for COVID-19 Patients
Every July 4th through Labor Day, from 1945 until 1954, my family would pack up the car and head off to spend the summer in Glenn, Michigan, several blocks from the lake. We lived in Humboldt Park on Division Street in Chicago. It was a third floor, one-bedroom...
Could Stem Cells Help Coronavirus infections?
On Thursday, a report appeared in the South China Morning Post that reviewed the case of an elderly woman in an Intensive Care Unit in China. She had been there for two weeks and her organs were clearly failing, so the Chinese doctors got approval to use stem cells...
Most Misguided Medical Treatments of all Time
Naveed Saleh, MD, MS, for MDLinx | February 26, 2020 The evidence-based medicine (EBM) movement is considered one of the most significant milestones of modern medicine. It’s described as “the conscientious, explicit, judicious and reasonable use of modern, best...
Stem Cells and Spinning Classes
Well not really Stem Cells, but certainly Platelet Rich Plasma and Growth Factor Protein Concentrate. Knowing that the term Stem Cells attracts attention, I used it here so hopefully, you would read this Blog. On Saturday, February 15, I departed for a week of skiing...