Platelet Rich Plasma is a technique where an injection of the patient’s own blood is concentrated with the “healing factors” – but does it work? There is no good study saying it works. Athletes like Tiger Woods and others have tried it. But with years of use, there is no randomized, double blind study that shows efficacy.
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An overview of evidence based medicine – the techniques we use to show if a treatment, drug, or device works. This is the scientific method we follow. Essentially when someone says that something works – we want you to prove it!
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Why do we have healthcare inflation in the United States? Because of price, not because of quality – because of prices. The ability of national systems to negotiate with drug companies, device makers, and hospitals has driven health care costs down. The effect of this is that other countries can afford to cover everyone, without high deductibles.
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PCB’s and the state of our seafood: years after PCBs were banned from manufacture, they continue to contaminate our waterways, and sources of fish. While levels of PCBs have been decreasing, the impact of PCBs on people is substantial.
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The rise of fish farms provides the ability to feed a hungry planet. But the issues with fish farms can be negative to the environment. Some solutions are available and discussed.
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Overfishing and fishery collapse has been going on for over 100 years. It is reaching a critical point with poorly managed fisheries. If no changes are made, by 2048 all Native fisheries will collapse. Here is a list of fish to avoid, and what you can do to insure the fish you buy were obtained in a sustainable, responsible manner.
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Environmental mercury is threatening our food supply from fish. This article shows how mercury gets into the seafood, and what seafoods can be safely eaten.
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There is good news and bad news about increasing coverage of health care. Here are the simple facts of Obama-care and where we should go next with our system.
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February, March, and April are the major tree allergy months in Phoenix- and our highest allergy months of the year. Here are a few of the trees that bother us- and why. Knowing the daily allergy levels allows you to know when to start taking antihistamines, as well as when to stop, or if the day is heavy to consider taking other medications such as inhaled steroids.
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