Orthohealing » ABC News http://www.orthohealing.com/blog Providing cutting edge non-surgical orthopedic healing techniques. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:39:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Breakthrough treatment boosts stem cells to heal bone fractures http://www.orthohealing.com/blog/2009/04/14/breakthrough-treatment-boosts-stem-cells-to-heal-bone-fractures/ http://www.orthohealing.com/blog/2009/04/14/breakthrough-treatment-boosts-stem-cells-to-heal-bone-fractures/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:58:51 +0000 dosampson http://www.orthohealing.com/blog/?p=376 compression fracture

Recent research on a drug FDA approved in 2002 for Osteoporosis, Forteo: suggests that it may enhance release of adult stem cells to heal bone fractures.Of the six million fractures in the United States each year, approximately five percent will have slow or incomplete healing. Options are few for some patients who suffer with prolonged healing. Perhaps until now…

This is another example of how we are learning more & more that the key element to healing revolves around circulation of stem cells. We are entering the dawn of a “cellular phase” of medicine. Research is being done to treat challenging diseases like arthritis & diabetes. This drug helps turn stem cells into bone cells to cut fracture healing time down & reducing pain. This prompted a large government funded study.platelet_1

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-04/uorm-sdw040809.php

The story was covered on ABC nightly news:
World News – ABC News

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PRP is getting a lot of attention in the media lately…here is a link from Good Morning America. This treatment speaks to the concept that the body has a remarkable ability to heal itself. Through innovative technology, we are revolutionizing how we address treatment of tendon and cartilage injuries.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainNews/Story?id=6895441&page=1

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