Research

The Trouble With MRI’s

October 29, 2011

A New York Times Article explains some of the pitfalls of putting all of our trust in MRI’s. Dr. James Andrews, a sports medicine orthopedist, being skeptical of MRI’s performed MRI scans on 31 healthy professional baseball pitchers. The pitchers did not have any injuries or feel any pain, but the MRI’s revealed a different [...]

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Peer Pressure

October 29, 2011

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Studies Show Platelet Rich Plasma Injections are Ineffective

September 6, 2011

There has been a recent fad in treating athletic injuries with Platelet Rich Plasma Injections. The popularity of the procedure was greatly helped by celebrity athletes achieving great results from the procedure. Hines Ward of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Troy Polamalu also of the NFL and Tiger Woods were all treated with Platelet Rich Plasma Injections. [...]

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The Dangers of Aspartame & Nutrasweet

July 31, 2010

Does Aspartame or Nutrasweet cause brain tumours? Here is an excerpt from a 60 Minutes episode on Aspartame and Nutrasweet. There are some pretty scary allegations against the quality of the research that was done for the FDA approval. According to the investigation, the studies hid data of lab rats dying or getting brain tumors. [...]

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