Vaxxed
The scientist, Dr. William Thompson, confessed that the CDC had omitted crucial data in their final report that revealed a causal relationship between the MMR vaccine and autism. Over several months, Dr. Hooker records the phone calls made to him by Dr. Thompson who provides the confidential data destroyed by his colleagues at the CDC. […]
KSNO Reports “Super Wellness ‘Spaceship Sauna’”
The Mammoth’s Elizabeth Drolet recently got heated in the test sweat of a lifetime. Drolet tried out the “mac daddy of saunas” at Aspen Integrative Medicine located in Basalt. The HOCATT Sauna, which stands for Hyperthermic Ozone and Carbonic Acid Transdermal Therapy is a super-wellness sauna. “It’s an interesting-looking machine. It looks like something out of space,” Elizabeth reported before […]
Dr. Hauser Explains Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis
In this article, Ross Hauser MD discusses the use of Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis, also known as PRP Knee Injections. In November 2015, research appeared in the medical journal Arthroscopy, the Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery. The research sought to answer Does Intra-articular Platelet-Rich Plasma Injection Provide Clinically Superior Outcomes Compared With Other […]
Platelet-rich Plasma (PRP) Treatment Shows Potential for Knee Osteoarthritis
A study by researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery has shown that platelet-rich plasma (PRP) holds great promise for treating patients with knee osteoarthritis. The treatment improved pain and function, and in up to 73% of patients, appeared to delay the progression of osteoarthritis, which is a progressive disease. The study appears online, ahead of […]
Intradiscal Injection of Autologous Platelet-Rich-Plasma for the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Degeneration
Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is an important clinical problem that often contributes to low back pain and degenerative disc diseases. Degeneration of the IVD induces anulus tears and fissures, which can cause severe discogenic low back pain. Because the IVD has little potential to self-regenerate, treatment of degenerative disc disease is one of the most […]
The role of platelet-rich plasma in rotator cuff repair
The shoulder is a common source of disability resulting from traumatic and degenerate tears of the rotator cuff, subacromial impingement, and osteoarthritis. Nonoperative management has focused on treatment of the predisposing factors, the use of analgesics and anti-inflammatory medication usually in association with local anesthetic and steroid injections. Surgical intervention allows debridement of the degenerate […]
Platelet rich plasma in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: a prospective RCT study, 2-year follow-up.
HYPOTHESIS: Local application of autologous platelet rich plasma (PRP) improves tendon healing in patients undergoing arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective, randomized, controlled, double blind study; considering an alpha level of 5%, a power of 80%, 22 patients for group are needed. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty-three patients who underwent shoulder arthroscopy for the repair of a complete […]
Chronic neck pain and whiplash: A case-control study of the relationship between acute whiplash injuries and chronic neck pain
The authors undertook a case-control study of chronic neck pain and whiplash injuries in nine states in the United States to determine whether whiplash injuries contributed significantly to the population of individuals with chronic neck and other spine pain. Four hundred nineteen patients and 246 controls were randomly enrolled. Patients were defined as individuals with […]
Platelet-rich plasma treatment more effective than cortisone for severe hip bursitis
Chronic hip bursitis is a common yet difficult condition to treat successfully. A recent study compared the results of PRP and cortisone injections in patients with severe chronic hip (greater trochanteric) bursitis. In the study, “Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) More Effective than Cortisone for Severe Chronic Hip Bursitis,” 40 patients were selected for the study and […]
Platelet-Rich Plasma Helps Tennis Elbow
Study: PRP Beats Cortisone Shots for Tennis Elbow Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) — the latest, still-controversial treatment for tendon injuries — heals tennis elbow better than corticosteroid shots, a new study suggests. Because they get very little blood, injured tendons heal notoriously slowly. Blood platelets attract healing growth factors, so the idea of PRP is to inject a […]