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Platelet Gel and the Pittsburgh Steelers

Why is platelet gel or PRP (platelet rich plasma) becoming the latest rage in sports medicine/rehabilitation surgery? It is gaining attention simply because it works.  What better healing factor than the very healing factors present in your own blood could there be? It has gained some attention in the media because football players such as Hines Ward, and Troy Polamalu, both from the Pittsburgh Steelers...

Swine Flu “Pandemic”

Being in the medical field, the news on swine flu has got my interest. I find it amazing that a flu that has approximately 200 confirmed dead in Mexico has managed to become front-page news. What most people don’t realize is that there are approximately 38,000 deaths a year from influenza. Not to put too fine a point upon it, is also interesting that news of the swine flu outbreak came shortly...

Tired Feet? Morning Walker Review

Morning Walker In this day and age of fast results, with less work we are introduced to yet another miracle product. The Morning Walker! The Morning Walker is an aerobic exerciser for the entire body, designed by “the principle of a goldfish”, but never goes into detail about what exactly the principles of a goldfish are. Some of its health benefits include: improves digestion, weight loss,...

Will Fish Cure Psoriasis

One need only follow a vinegar-fungus post with a fish-psoriasis one. Evidently, in Japan, all the rage at the health spas is to have hundreds of little fish, called garru-rufa or doctor fish, chew away all the dead skin on your feet. For about 1500 yen, you can enter in one of these spas, immerse your feet in warm water and have these little fish suck away all your dead skin. Evidently, these little...

Will Vinegar Cure Foot Fungus?

I have often told patients that there is no effective cure for foot fungus.  Most of the treatment involves taking some oral anti-fungal, and painting the toenail with an anti-fungal topical. Expensive, and when patients hear about the potential liver damage, most are happy to live with that fungus among us. There does seem to be some anecdotal support behind the use of white vinegar for curing the...