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What is a Functional Medicine Doctor & What Do They Do?
From family doctors to internists, there are many types of physicians that patients see regularly. Yet, one often overlooked discipline in the medical world is functional medicine. Functional medical professionals still receive formal education and clinical training,...
Fighting Against Tissue Injury: Stem Cell Exosomes
Tissue injury is common to many human diseases. Cirrhosis results in damaged, fibrotic liver tissue. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and related lung diseases cause damage to lung tissue. A heart attack damages heart tissue, just as a stroke damages brain tissue. In...
Protecting the Heart and Blood Vessels with Exosomes
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, killing over half a million people every year. Heart disease encompasses several conditions and diseases, but the most common causes of deadly heart disease are a heart attack, heart rhythm problems,...
New Evidence for How Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Alleviates Neuropathic Pain
Recent evidence has been accumulating that suggests that hyperbaric oxygen can improve neuropathic pain, or pain that results from injuries to the central or peripheral nervous systems. Despite increasing evidence for the value of hyperbaric oxygen in pain management,...
Are You Taking the Right Multivitamin?
If you’re among the 40% of the U.S. population taking multivitamins each day, you may already have found a daily supplement you like and plan to stick with. Indeed, you’re in good company – with the body requiring upwards of 40 essential vitamins and minerals to...
5 Foods That Spike Blood Sugar Levels
For people with diabetes or pre-diabetes, making healthy dietary choices is an important aspect of disease management. In particular, patients should avoid foods that are known to spike blood sugar to keep their levels within a healthy range. Even for individuals who...
Stem Cell Exosomes Speed Up Muscle Regeneration
Muscle health and strength is an important determinant of a person’s ability to function in daily life. One of the major determinants of healthy aging is how well people retain their muscle mass. The more that skeletal muscle declines, the more likely someone would...
Stem Cells Isolated from Stroke Patients Could Be Used in Stroke Treatment
Patients who suffer ischemic stroke have some treatment options, but many of them require immediate intervention and so are not useful if too much time has elapsed between the stroke and treatment. Therapies that employ stem cells are promising alternatives because...
5 Foods Multiple Sclerosis Patients Should Discuss With Their Doctors
The complex interplay between nutrition and health is still being researched by experts. In many cases, there are already established links between certain foods and undesirable health outcomes. For example, recent dietary guidelines recommend limiting added sugars to...
3 Lifestyle Factors That Can Impede Gut Health
The importance of gut health has been gaining more and more attention in recent years. The GI tract has been called “the microbiome,” “the body’s second brain,” and will likely receive countless other nicknames. No matter what you choose to call it, maintaining your...
Stem Cells Reverse Paralysis Caused by Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord injury can be one of the most devastating injuries. Long neurons that extend from the brain down the spinal cord are severed and scarred. In most cases, this damage can never be repaired. If patients survive an injury to the spinal cord, they can be...
What is “Leaky Brain” Syndrome?
You may have heard about leaky gut syndrome – a condition characterized by intestinal permeability, which could be linked to autoimmune disease – but now, a new phenomenon is emerging: leaky brain syndrome. Researchers suspect this condition could be responsible for...
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