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Regenerative medicine approach to the prescription drug epidemic, using your own cells

Prescription opioid drugs were at one time a major advance in medicine that allowed millions of people to reduce suffering. Still in many parts of the world these medications are not available and needless pain and suffering continues. But clearly in this country we...

Concave vs Convex Risk taking and how to think about your Musculoskeletal health

Concave and convex risk taking are concepts from quantitative finance, and are discussed throughout Nicolas Nassim Taleb’s books, his most recent being Antifragility. In essence a convex risk is one where the downside risks are limited and the upside...

Complications of Knee/Hip replacements in RA patients

Joint replacement surgery is a fairly major procedure that has certain well known risks. For the general population risks of heart disease, blood clots, stroke, and infection are increased after surgery. A recent article published in Arthritis and Rheumatism reports...

Sacroiliac pain in a Crohns patient

Back pain is a complicated subject. There are so many potential issues at stake, it’s really not one entity at all. Here is an example of a potentially confusing back pain story that responded great to treatment after a correct diagnosis was made. Ms P is a 52...

More problems with steroids

There are times steroids can save lives. Unfortunately, there are a ton of potential issues with steroids as well. One of them is infection risk. A recent article in the Annals of Rheumatic Disease shows that infection risk in individuals using a high dose of steroids...