SmartChoice Adult Stem Cell Procedures - Back Pain Relief SmartChoice Adult Stem Cell Procedures can help relieve your knee and back pain as well as other orthopedic conditions. Hear first hand what our patient has... By: Hardesh Garg … Continue reading →

Hip Flexors post-stem cell treatment Caleb doing hip flexors lifts at Push to Walk NJ in Riverdale, NJ on January 2, 2014 3 months after stem cell treatment. By: Caleb Bartlett … Continue reading →

(PRWEB) January 16, 2014 The Miami Stem Cell Treatment Center, PC, located in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, and Boca Raton, Florida, announces a series of free public seminars on the use of stem cells for various degenerative and inflammatory conditions. They will be provided by Dr. Thomas A. Gionis, Surgeon-in-Chief, and, Dr. Nia Smyrniotis, Medical Director. The seminars will be held on January 18th and 19th. On January 18th, the seminar will be held at the Boca Raton Marriot, at Boca Town Center, 5150 Town Center Circle, Boca Raton, Florida 33486, at 1 p.m.; and on January 19th at the Courtyard Marriot Aventura, 2825 NE 191st Street, Aventura, Florida 33180, at 1 p.m. At the Miami Stem Cell Treatment Center, utilizing investigational protocols, adult adipose derived stem cells (ADSCs) can be deployed to improve patients quality of life with a number of degenerative conditions and diseases. ADSCs are taken from the patients own adipose (fat) tissue (also called stromal vascular fraction (SVF)). Adipose tissue is exceptionally abundant in ADSCs. The adipose tissue is obtained from the patient during a 15-minute mini-liposuction performed under local anesthesia in the doctors office. SVF is a protein-rich solution containing mononuclear cell lines (predominantly autologous mesenchymal … Continue reading →

Dr. John M. Freeman, a longtime Johns Hopkins University pediatric neurologist and medical ethicist who was known as an expert in pediatric epilepsy, died Jan. 3 of cardiovascular disease at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He was 80. His death was announced by Johns Hopkins. Dr. Freeman's iconoclastic questioning of established medical practices revolutionized the treatment of pediatric epilepsy and became the hallmark of his work. He became a forceful advocate of two long-abandoned therapies one that required a strict, unconventional high-fat ketogenic diet known as KD, the other involving surgery to remove half of the brain of children who were tormented by unremitting epileptic seizures which led to their revival and current acceptance as effective treatments. "Few Hopkins physicians have had a more profound effect than John Freeman on how we treat young patients who suffer from epilepsy and congenital abnormalities and how we address the often-difficult ethical issues surrounding these potentially heart-breaking cases," said Ronald R. Peterson, president of the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System and executive vice president of Johns Hopkins Medicine. Dr. Guy McKhann, founding head of Johns Hopkins' Department of Neurology, explained in a Hopkins announcement of Dr. Freeman's death that his "resurrection of … Continue reading →

Nick Hanson (@nickhanson) published a blog post November 26th, 2013 Mayo Clinic Experts Available to Discuss New Epilepsy Therapy ROCHESTER, Minn. People withepilepsymay have a new high-tech way to manage hard-to-controlseizures. A new implantable medical device that delivers responsive neurostimulation has been approved by theU.S. Food and Drug Administration. The technology is designed to detect abnormal activity in the brain and respond and deliver subtle levels of electrical stimulation to normalize brain activity before an individual experiences seizures. The treatment is available at all Mayo Clinic sites. MULTIMEDIA ALERT: For audio and video ofDr. Joseph Sirventalking about the device, visit theMayo Clinic News Network. Mayo Clinic inArizona,FloridaandMinnesotawere all involved in the clinical trials for the device (and have collectively enrolled the highest number of patients into the trials). The device is indicated for use as an adjunctive therapy in reducing the frequency and severity of seizures in people 18 years of age or older with partial onset seizures who have undergone diagnostic testing that localized no more than two epileptogenic foci, are refractory to two or more antiepileptic medications, and currently have frequent and disabling seizures (motor partial seizures, complex partial seizures and/or secondarily generalized seizures). According to NeuroPace, Inc., … Continue reading →

It wasn't mentioned in today's state of the state, but Governor Nathan Deal has announced he will allocate funds for autism treatment for all state employees. It's a small victory for Evans area lawmaker Ben Harbin, who has fought to mandate autism coverage for all Georgians. A year ago, we introduced you to the Bullard family. Ava, their second daughter, is the namesake of Georgia's Autism Insurance Reform Bill (Ava's Law). 34 states have some kind of legislation that requires insurance coverage for autism treatments. Anna Bullard, Ava's mother has worked tirelessly to pass the law for five years, "This is important for our state. We're better than this. We don't exclude a group of people because they have autism. It's wrong." A couple days ago, the Early Autism project released this video telling Ava's story to people all across the nation The video shows Ava's progress since her diagnosis to now. A child who couldn't speak and screamed at the sound of "Happy Birthday" is thriving, thanks to intensive therapy. Ava has big career goals, "I want to be a fashion designer. I'm going to make all kinds of stuff, like purses and all that stuff." Opposition to Ava's … Continue reading →