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Gardening for the Health of It!
Gardening provides benefits beyond beautiful flowers and homegrown vegetables. The act of digging in the dirt offers several unexpected boosts to your physical and mental health and the gratifying experience of growing your own food. If the warmer weather has...
How Do You Know If You Have Degenerative Disc Disease?
According to the Medical Advisory Secretariat, approximately 40% of people over 40 have degenerative disc disease. It is not easy to know that you have disc disease because its development is gradual and can present with related problems, like herniated discs and...
Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Osteoarthritis: The Critical Role of the Cell Secretome
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, affecting over 525 million people around the world. Characterized by pain, swelling, and stiffness resulting from the degradation of cartilage that provides cushion and protection between our bones, OA is...
Chrononutrition: Is There a “Best Time” to Take Nutritional Supplements?
For many people, nutritional supplements are a part of their daily routine. Whether you take specific supplements or a multivitamin, you want your nutritional supplements to be as effective as possible. This is why it’s important to take your supplements in a way that...
Can Regenerative Medicine Help Spinal Cord Injuries?
When someone sustains a spinal cord injury, they may believe there is little to be done in terms of treatment. In the past, treating spinal cord trauma has been focused on providing support to the patient and accommodating any limited capabilities caused by the...
Human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for treatment towards immune- and inflammation-mediated diseases: review of current clinical trials.
Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hMSCs) are the non-hematopoietic, multipotent stem cells with the capacity to differentiate into mesodermal lineages such as osteocytes, adipocytes, and chondrocytes as well ectodermal (neurocytes) and endodermal lineages (hepatocytes). ...
What Is Spinal Cord Stimulation and How Does It Work?
When the body experiences damage, pain signals the brain that an injury occurred, allowing the body to react and prevent further damage. However, in some cases, the body’s pain response to injury lasts longer than it should, leading to chronic pain that causes its own...
Effective Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure
High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, affects almost half of the adults in the U.S. Hypertension causes blood to apply long-term force to the artery walls, making sufferers more susceptible to heart disease and stroke. While high blood pressure is...
Stem Cell Knee Injections: What to Expect
Stem cells are gaining more acceptance as a form of regenerative medicine, thanks to the promising results seen in laboratory settings. That's why an increasing number of people are turning to regenerative medicine and stem cells as a way to manage their knee pain. ...
Effects of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Paracrine Signals and Their Delivery Strategies
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been widely studied and increasingly recognized as a potential therapeutic with the ability to initiate and support tissue regeneration and remodeling. While over 1100 clinical trials have been conducted to assess the therapeutic...
Stem Cells for Transverse Myelitis
Patients suffering from uncommon conditions, such as transverse myelitis, often have limited treatment options, since these conditions lack the funding and the research needed to understand the disease and its causes. Here we will discuss stem cells for Transverse...
A Detailed Guide to Following a Vegetarian Diet
According to a poll in January 2022, about 10% of Americans over 18 consider themselves vegan or vegetarian. The sudden rise in popularity of a meat-free lifestyle is attributed to environmental concerns, animal welfare concerns, and increased convenience as new...