Late Night Health Radio

Joanne Halbrecht, MD joins Mark Alyn to talk about orthopedic stem cell therapy and how it all works.

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC's) were first isolated from bone marrow by Dr. Arnold Caplan in 1988. He found that when he combined the MSC's with certain chemicals in the lab, they were able to differentiate in to a variety of tissues such as cartilage, bone and tendon. Since 1988, extensive study of MSC's have proven that they do so much more! In the body, MSC's do not differentiate like they do in the lab. They are attracted to areas of inflammation and injury and act like little drug stores, releasing chemicals that signal the cells around them. MSC's are powerful anti-inflammatories, counteracting inflammation and the breakdown of cartilage. They signal the dormant stem cells in damaged cartilage to grow and proliferate. They inhibit scar tissue formation, promote the growth of blood vessels and accelerate healing. Thus, within our own bodies, we have the potential to heal ourselves.

Studies have shown that a single stem cell injection continues to relieve pain in osteoarthritic knees in 75% of the patients at 2 year follow up. A study conducted at USC and published in 2014 injected stem cells in patients after surgery for meniscus tears. No one in the control group (no stem cells) grew new meniscus, but some patients who received the stem cells regenerated more than 15% of their meniscus. The failure or re-tear rate for rotator cuff repair in a 70 year old is about 40%. A rotator cuff repair study published in 2014 with a 10 year follow up showed failure rate of 56% in a group that did not receive stem cells at the time of surgery and failure rate of 13% in those who did. The average age of patients at the beginning of the study was 61.

There are more stem cells in fat than in bone marrow. The more stem cells, the better the response. The number of stem cells in bone marrow sharply declines with age whereas the number of stem cells in fat remains fairly constant. Unless I am performing a rotator cuff repair, I harvest fat from the patient in the office under local anesthesia. The fat is injected soon after it is harvested. The procedure takes about an hour to perform. Some patients may need physical therapy afterwards. Often, return to impact activities occurs within 4 weeks. Most patients experience a beneficial effect within 2 weeks, others take up to 4 months.

air date: 11/25/16

Joanne Halbrecht, MD joins Mark Alyn to talk about orthopedic stem cell therapy and how it all works.

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC's) were first isolated from bone marrow by Dr. Arnold Caplan in 1988. He found that when he combined the MSC's with certain chemicals in the lab, they were able to differentiate in to a variety of tissues such as cartilage, bone and tendon. Since 1988, extensive study of MSC's have proven that they do so much more! In the body, MSC's do not differentiate like they do in the lab. They are attracted to areas of inflammation and injury and act like little drug stores, releasing chemicals that signal the cells around them. MSC's are powerful anti-inflammatories, counteracting inflammation and the breakdown of cartilage. They signal the dormant stem cells in damaged cartilage to grow and proliferate. They inhibit scar tissue formation, promote the growth of blood vessels and accelerate healing. Thus, within our own bodies, we have the potential to heal ourselves.

Studies have shown that a single stem cell injection continues to relieve pain in osteoarthritic knees in 75% of the patients at 2 year follow up. A study conducted at USC and published in 2014 injected stem cells in patients after surgery for meniscus tears. No one in the control group (no stem cells) grew new meniscus, but some patients who received the stem cells regenerated more than 15% of their meniscus. The failure or re-tear rate for rotator cuff repair in a 70 year old is about 40%. A rotator cuff repair study published in 2014 with a 10 year follow up showed failure rate of 56% in a group that did not receive stem cells at the time of surgery and failure rate of 13% in those who did. The average age of patients at the beginning of the study was 61.

There are more stem cells in fat than in bone marrow. The more stem cells, the better the response. The number of stem cells in bone marrow sharply declines with age whereas the number of stem cells in fat remains fairly constant. Unless I am performing a rotator cuff repair, I harvest fat from the patient in the office under local anesthesia. The fat is injected soon after it is harvested. The procedure takes about an hour to perform. Some patients may need physical therapy afterwards. Often, return to impact activities occurs within 4 weeks. Most patients experience a beneficial effect within 2 weeks, others take up to 4 months.

air date: 11/25/16

The holidays and the New Year can be stressful. Travel, snowstorms, lack of sunshine, and other issues can raise our blood pressure. One cure? The Blu Room, a new form of relaxation therapy.

Created in the pine forests in Washington State, it's a new technology that protects users from the outside world and wraps them in soft ultraviolet light. The sessions last 20 minutes and consist of UV-B light, music and meditation in a relaxing environment. It’s not a tanning device. Participants wear regular clothing. The Blu Room provides only UVB Narrowband fluorescent light, along with visible blue LED light. Users have reported benefits such as:
• Improved health
• Increased creativity
• Faster healing process
• Greater self-awareness
• Pain relief
• Relief from stress and anxiety
When the brain isn't responding the outside environment, the mind is free to relax, free associate, or hold a relaxed state of focus. Many customers are using the Blu Room to explore their deeper creative being.

There are many studies on the benefits of a short nap, which provides significant improved alertness and performance.

The Blu Room, which looks like a futuristic octagon with mirrors, blue light, and a massage table in the middle, was invented by well-known author and spiritual leader JZ Knight. Ramtha the Enlightened One has been channeling through JZ Knight since 1977. In the early 1990s, Ramtha taught about the healing power of the fourth level which he describes as Bridge Consciousness and Ultraviolet Blue Energy. He has described the Blu Room as an odyssey that can take you to the fourth level for a while.

The Blu Room experience varies from person to person. It bumps you into a different part of your brain and opens a door for a new mind perspective. Many users have described it as being deeply relaxing, lifting their mood, and bringing about a state of slightly detached calm or peace. A common side benefit of this state is a relief from aches and pains. Some experience dynamic shifts in perspective and spiritual insights. Others have reported profound personal healing. Since the mind is the greatest healer and the mind is inextricably intertwined with DNA, the Blu Room can augment a person's natural healing abilities.

In addition to a vitamin D boost, it is theorized that the Blu Room also triggers the brain to release endorphins. Among other effects, the secretion of endorphins induces a sense of euphoria and enhances the immune response. With higher endorphin levels, one feels less pain and is less affected by stress.

For customers interested in optimizing personal goals, a weekly session is recommended, others enjoy twice or three times per week.

air date 12/16/16

The holidays and the New Year can be stressful. Travel, snowstorms, lack of sunshine, and other issues can raise our blood pressure. One cure? The Blu Room, a new form of relaxation therapy.

Created in the pine forests in Washington State, it's a new technology that protects users from the outside world and wraps them in soft ultraviolet light. The sessions last 20 minutes and consist of UV-B light, music and meditation in a relaxing environment. It’s not a tanning device. Participants wear regular clothing. The Blu Room provides only UVB Narrowband fluorescent light, along with visible blue LED light. Users have reported benefits such as:
• Improved health
• Increased creativity
• Faster healing process
• Greater self-awareness
• Pain relief
• Relief from stress and anxiety
When the brain isn't responding the outside environment, the mind is free to relax, free associate, or hold a relaxed state of focus. Many customers are using the Blu Room to explore their deeper creative being.

There are many studies on the benefits of a short nap, which provides significant improved alertness and performance.

The Blu Room, which looks like a futuristic octagon with mirrors, blue light, and a massage table in the middle, was invented by well-known author and spiritual leader JZ Knight. Ramtha the Enlightened One has been channeling through JZ Knight since 1977. In the early 1990s, Ramtha taught about the healing power of the fourth level which he describes as Bridge Consciousness and Ultraviolet Blue Energy. He has described the Blu Room as an odyssey that can take you to the fourth level for a while.

The Blu Room experience varies from person to person. It bumps you into a different part of your brain and opens a door for a new mind perspective. Many users have described it as being deeply relaxing, lifting their mood, and bringing about a state of slightly detached calm or peace. A common side benefit of this state is a relief from aches and pains. Some experience dynamic shifts in perspective and spiritual insights. Others have reported profound personal healing. Since the mind is the greatest healer and the mind is inextricably intertwined with DNA, the Blu Room can augment a person's natural healing abilities.

In addition to a vitamin D boost, it is theorized that the Blu Room also triggers the brain to release endorphins. Among other effects, the secretion of endorphins induces a sense of euphoria and enhances the immune response. With higher endorphin levels, one feels less pain and is less affected by stress.

For customers interested in optimizing personal goals, a weekly session is recommended, others enjoy twice or three times per week.

air date 12/16/16

Comic Book, Pearl Harbor and the Day of Infamy,

Commemorates the 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day

Pearl Harbor and the Day of Infamy, a 24-page comic book, distributed under Monroe Publication's

World War II Comic imprint, has been published as part of the 75th Anniversary commemoration of the attack. It was launched publicly on the Pearl Harbor Day Troop Train on Saturday, December 3, 2016.

This short graphic history of the shocking events of December 7, 1941, details the true events of what President Franklin D. Roosevelt called “a date that will live in infamy” in his message to the U. S. Congress to ask for a declaration of war in response to Japan’s surprise attack on America’s principal military stronghold in the Pacific.

Every year, on the Saturday prior to Pearl Harbor Day, the Troop Train runs between Union Station in Los Angeles, CA, and the Santa Fe Depot in San Diego, CA. It makes the trip twice during the day.

A number of World War II Veterans were aboard and gave brief testimony of their service to our country. There were also re-enactors dressed in 40s uniforms and so much more. US Army Air Force Captain Theodore R. Tanner, who was a 386th Squadron pilot, flew 72 missions and received a Bronze Star for distinguished service against the enemy, enraptured everyone on the trip with his recollections of World War II.

Darrell Wayne interviewed noted historian Jay Wentz, who is the author of six books. These include two award-winning volumes in the War Stories: World War II Firsthand series, D-Day: The Campaign Across France and The Pacific – Volume One – Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, as well as The Pacific – Volume Two – The Solomons to Saipan. He has written The Native American Experience, also an award-winner; The Civil War Experience 1861-1865 and is co-author, with prominent historian Edwin C. Bearss, of Smithsonian’s Great Battles and Battlefields of the Civil War. Jay has also been a columnist for Civil War Times Illustrated, America’s Civil War, and a feature writer for America in WWII, Aviation History and Armchair General magazines

Pearl Harbor and the Day of Infamy is available as a full-color traditional comic book, $4.95, and in digital form for I-Books, Kindle and other digital formats, $3.95 to $3.99. It can be ordered through the WorldWarIIComix.com website, I-Tunes, Amazon and select retailers.

air date: 12/2/16

Comic Book, Pearl Harbor and the Day of Infamy,

Commemorates the 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day

Pearl Harbor and the Day of Infamy, a 24-page comic book, distributed under Monroe Publication's

World War II Comic imprint, has been published as part of the 75th Anniversary commemoration of the attack. It was launched publicly on the Pearl Harbor Day Troop Train on Saturday, December 3, 2016.

This short graphic history of the shocking events of December 7, 1941, details the true events of what President Franklin D. Roosevelt called “a date that will live in infamy” in his message to the U. S. Congress to ask for a declaration of war in response to Japan’s surprise attack on America’s principal military stronghold in the Pacific.

Every year, on the Saturday prior to Pearl Harbor Day, the Troop Train runs between Union Station in Los Angeles, CA, and the Santa Fe Depot in San Diego, CA. It makes the trip twice during the day.

A number of World War II Veterans were aboard and gave brief testimony of their service to our country. There were also re-enactors dressed in 40s uniforms and so much more. US Army Air Force Captain Theodore R. Tanner, who was a 386th Squadron pilot, flew 72 missions and received a Bronze Star for distinguished service against the enemy, enraptured everyone on the trip with his recollections of World War II.

Darrell Wayne interviewed noted historian Jay Wentz, who is the author of six books. These include two award-winning volumes in the War Stories: World War II Firsthand series, D-Day: The Campaign Across France and The Pacific – Volume One – Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, as well as The Pacific – Volume Two – The Solomons to Saipan. He has written The Native American Experience, also an award-winner; The Civil War Experience 1861-1865 and is co-author, with prominent historian Edwin C. Bearss, of Smithsonian’s Great Battles and Battlefields of the Civil War. Jay has also been a columnist for Civil War Times Illustrated, America’s Civil War, and a feature writer for America in WWII, Aviation History and Armchair General magazines

Pearl Harbor and the Day of Infamy is available as a full-color traditional comic book, $4.95, and in digital form for I-Books, Kindle and other digital formats, $3.95 to $3.99. It can be ordered through the WorldWarIIComix.com website, I-Tunes, Amazon and select retailers.

air date: 12/2/16

Over 40 million people suffer from anxiety in the United States. Anxiety is when your body prepares to go into fight or flight in the face of perceived danger. Living with chronic anxiety can become debilitating, creeping into all the aspects of your life and leaving you unable to cope with daily activities. Substance abuse is twice as likely to be exhibited in a person dealing with anxiety. That is, self-medicating to lower their anxiety and have

Over 40 million people suffer from anxiety in the United States. Anxiety is when your body prepares to go into fight or flight in the face of perceived danger. Living with chronic anxiety can become debilitating, creeping into all the aspects of your life and leaving you unable to cope with daily activities. Substance abuse is twice as likely to be exhibited in a person dealing with anxiety. That is, self-medicating to lower their anxiety and have a moment of calm and peace.

This reprieve is short lived unfortunately. The anxiety increases as the addiction sets in. When the drugs or alcohol wear off, the symptoms or anxiety return and they bring with them the symptoms of withdrawal from the drugs or alcohol as well. This only exacerbates the problem and creates another set of issues for individuals with anxiety. Psychotherapeutic techniques can help you manage your anxiety and help you maintain a life with sobriety.

Here are some ways you can reduce anxiety in your life.

Begin by going outside and getting some sunshine and exercise. It doesn’t matter if this is only for a few minutes. Start small and build yourself up. Exercise, in general, helps mediate your anxiety symptoms.
Try to get at least 8 hours of sleep a night.
Take a moment out of your day to do some deep breathing techniques. They help calm your levels of anxiety.
Work on not being as critical and negative. Our levels of anxiety are directly related to how we interpret the world around us and how well we think we can manage them. Just changing how we frame things makes a world of difference.
Find a good treatment center or therapist. Finding a good support system is very helpful in dealing with addiction.
Educate yourself on what anxiety is. Anxiety with treatment does get better. With some training and tools you too can be living the life you deserve to live.

air date: 11/11-16

“Life is best described metaphorically as continuously transitioning through each of the four seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall,” says DeLores Pressley. “Truly successful people are not those who try to avoid certain seasons, but rather are those who choose to embrace, overcome, and thrive as they seamlessly flow between seasons, regardless of how long or difficult each one may be. And, successful people don’t just overcome the difficult season of winter, but actually thrive during the harsh cold; they also blossom throughout the spring; reap a lush harvest during the summer; and adequately prepare for the fall and winter that inevitably follow. Such cyclical expectations and preparations are mindsets that are key to sustained and ‘against the odds’ success.”

As America’s leading expert on helping individuals live “the best season of their life,” DeLores now teaches others how to be bold, confident and courageous—no matter what “season” they themselves are in—to overcome obstacles and excel.

Here are five tips from DeLores on how to be confident and courageous through every season of your own life:

Fuel future successes with past achievements. No matter where you are in your career or life, you have undoubtedly done something that has made an impact. Not every past achievement needs to be as profound as something like saving a life, find those times you made a difference in the world and know that you can do it again.
Regularly invest in "The Power of You." A great way to create a visual bank of your accomplishments is to make deposits in what I call, “The Power of You Jar.” Then any time you’re feeling bad or doubting yourself, just reach into the jar and get that reminder of what you’ve already accomplished.
Channel your inner prize fighter. You can learn a lot from boxers. They spend three minutes fighting each round and 60 to 90 seconds resting. They have a whole training team that is supporting them and speaking life into them. Any doubt during a fight could lead to a knock out. Yet we allow negative people in our corners all the time - people who are not encouraging and people who don’t help us.
Cease self-doubt with an actual "Stop" sign. After even the best motivational seminars, the principles you've learned and the changes you want to make often quickly fade in following weeks or months. If you want to stop thinking negatively, get an actual stop sign - it doesn't have to be full sized, just big enough to be a reminder. Put it in your office, your bedroom, or wherever it needs to be visible.
Don’t outsource your success. In an era where outsourcing is very popular, everything from manufacturing jobs to administrative duties are being outsourced. One thing you must not outsource is your success. If you have achieved something, surmounted an obstacle, or had any sort of triumph, take credit for it. If you find yourself saying, "It was nothing," or "I didn't really do much," people will believe it.

“Life is best described metaphorically as continuously transitioning through each of the four seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall,” says DeLores Pressley. “Truly successful people are not those who try to avoid certain seasons, but rather are those who choose to embrace, overcome, and thrive as they seamlessly flow between seasons, regardless of how long or difficult each one may be. And, successful people don’t just overcome the difficult season of winter, but actually thrive during the harsh cold; they also blossom throughout the spring; reap a lush harvest during the summer; and adequately prepare for the fall and winter that inevitably follow. Such cyclical expectations and preparations are mindsets that are key to sustained and ‘against the odds’ success.”

As America’s leading expert on helping individuals live “the best season of their life,” DeLores now teaches others how to be bold, confident and courageous—no matter what “season” they themselves are in—to overcome obstacles and excel.

Here are five tips from DeLores on how to be confident and courageous through every season of your own life:

Fuel future successes with past achievements. No matter where you are in your career or life, you have undoubtedly done something that has made an impact. Not every past achievement needs to be as profound as something like saving a life, find those times you made a difference in the world and know that you can do it again.
Regularly invest in "The Power of You." A great way to create a visual bank of your accomplishments is to make deposits in what I call, “The Power of You Jar.” Then any time you’re feeling bad or doubting yourself, just reach into the jar and get that reminder of what you’ve already accomplished.
Channel your inner prize fighter. You can learn a lot from boxers. They spend three minutes fighting each round and 60 to 90 seconds resting. They have a whole training team that is supporting them and speaking life into them. Any doubt during a fight could lead to a knock out. Yet we allow negative people in our corners all the time - people who are not encouraging and people who don’t help us.
Cease self-doubt with an actual "Stop" sign. After even the best motivational seminars, the principles you've learned and the changes you want to make often quickly fade in following weeks or months. If you want to stop thinking negatively, get an actual stop sign - it doesn't have to be full sized, just big enough to be a reminder. Put it in your office, your bedroom, or wherever it needs to be visible.
Don’t outsource your success. In an era where outsourcing is very popular, everything from manufacturing jobs to administrative duties are being outsourced. One thing you must not outsource is your success. If you have achieved something, surmounted an obstacle, or had any sort of triumph, take credit for it. If you find yourself saying, "It was nothing," or "I didn't really do much," people will believe it.