The New York Times did a hatchet job on regenerative medicine. A visiting researcher at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and other surgeons had performed numerous surgeries using BioBurst, a processed umbilical cord fluid, to help fuse together bones in minimally invasive surgeries. The fluid was administered to reduce healing time and reduce the need for more invasive back surgery.
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Blue Zones: A Spartan Lifestyle That Will Make You Blue
The concept of healthy living goes back to ancient Greece and then to the Romans. Nowadays healthy living often comes off as preaching about how people should live their lives rather than how they choose to live their lives. An interesting saga of improving life and longevity is by National Geographic Fellow Dan Buettner. He began with the study of centenarians, people who reach the age of 100.
Are Humans Becoming More Food Intolerant? Maybe, Maybe Not
A recent advice column in Slate was about a woman who liked to plan dinner parties but her friend had an ever-changing list of dietary requirements. Having to accommodate her friend’s fad diets was killing the fun of throwing parties.
Hospital Online Price Estimators Don’t Match Phone Quotes
Hospitals make it notoriously difficult to know the price prior to a service. Prices are hard to obtain and often meaningless when disclosed. Indeed, there isn’t one price but many prices depending upon who the payer is. There is a different price for BlueCross, Aetna, Cigna and most other health plans. There is the chargemaster…