It's been nothing but 100% improvement.It just continues to get better.Ive been avoiding doing stairways and I have to be real careful climbing in and out of equipment. I find myself being a lot more relaxed, not having the problems, not having the pain. I don't have the swelling in my knees that I used to have and it hasnt been waking me up at night. View my video testimonial here My name is Susan and Im 62 year old I just finished having my second PRP treatment and Im very, very happy with the results I can do all kinds of things I wasn't able to do beforeI believe my knee will continue to get better as the cartilage grows. Thank you! View my video testimonial here Many thanks to the Stem MD team for giving me the use of my hands back, pain free! Professional, courteous and compassionate, describes this team of caring people. To anyone considering this procedure, I say you will be amazed and thankful at the results. Lenita Brewer Ansonia, Ohio Thank you for giving my life and health back. The PRP treatment worked wonders and helped alleviate the pain. I highly recommend the anti-inflammatory … Continue reading →

A variety of research studies are underway at area medical schools and hospitals, from figuring out why lung transplants arent as successful as other organ transplants to whether stem cell therapy can help avoid amputations. Using drugs to broadly suppress the immune system helps the body accept organ transplants of hearts, livers and kidneys. But not so with lung transplants, new research at Washington University School of Medicine suggests. In what researchers call a surprising discovery, newly transplanted lungs in mice were more likely to be rejected if key immune cells called memory T cells were missing. Typically, memory T cells are knocked down with immunosuppressive drugs. Memory T cells patrol the lungs for invaders from the environment such as viruses and bacteria. When researchers infused memory T cells into mice with lung transplants, the cells released signals that encouraged the immune system to accept the lung. The research may help partly explain why lung transplants are not as successful as other organ transplants. Five years after lung transplants, only half are still functioning, figures show. Researchers want to discover how to target immunosuppression in lung transplants in a way that would help memory T cells thrive while eliminating other … Continue reading →

Updated: 03/19/2014 7:06 AM Created: 03/13/2014 4:35 PM KSTP.com By: Brandi Powell Good news for parents with children who have autism. A new Harvard study shows more high-functioning children with autism are going to college. KSTP reporter Brandi Powell spent some time at a local autism treatment center, and learned the latest on how the Minneapolis Somali community will soon benefit from a first-of-its-kind program. For the Minneapolis Somali community autism is a foreign concept. "We don't even have a word for autism in our language," Mariam Mohamed said. She's a project consultant. "This is something very hard for our community to understand." Without knowing what it is, how can you combat it? "So imagine how hard that is for mothers," Mohamed said. Recent research from the University of Minnesota diagnosed autism in one in 32 Somali children ages 7 to 9 in Minneapolis schools. Experts say the research shows the need for early intervention. Beginning April, help will be more available. "We're ready," said Julie Sjordal, St. David's Executive Director. "Our site is ready, we have a solid partnership." KSTP took a tour of St. David's autism treatment center in Minnetonka. Like many autism treatment centers they focus on … Continue reading →

Exciting findings in mice suggest that common drugs effectively treated core autistic behaviors Image: Thinkstock/iStock Parents trying to help their children manage the constellation of symptoms associated with autism have had few drug options available to treat key aspects of the disorder. Now, encouraging results from a new study suggest that low doses of antianxiety medications already available on the market, such as benzodiazepines, might become the latest drugs parents ask doctors to prescribe, even if the drugs are not an approved treatment for autism. A move to antianxiety medications would mark a dramatic shift in how physicians treat autism spectrum disorder. Currently, treatments for autism are usually prescribed off-label and focus on helping treat aggression or hyperactivity with medications including Ritalin and antipsychotic medications, not social behavioral symptoms. But the new findings, in mice, have already sparked conversations among physicians about how the drugs could be used to help autism patients. Mice bred to have autismlike symptoms were injected with low doses of antianxiety drugs and showed notable behavioral shifts: improved social interaction, decreased repetitive behaviors and better spatial learning. Moreover, the low doses of the drug did not appear to cause lethargy, a common negative side effect of … Continue reading →