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Orthokine therapy- what is it? Orthokine therapy (Autologus osteoarthritis therapy) uses Orthokine injection (Autologus conditioned serum), where a conditioned serum derived from patients own blood, to treat osteoarthritis and chronic pains. Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease, most prevalent form of arthritis, which involves remodeling of the bone, synovitis and progressive degeneration and destruction […]

Concierge medicine, in its essence, is a kind of one to one service provided by a primary care physician to a patient in a set up where the patient pays a yearly or an annual fee, also called as a retainer to the doctor. This retainer is in cash and insurance might have no role

INTRODUCTION: IUPAC name: (R)-5-(1, 2-Dithiolan-3-yl) pentanoic acid. Other names: α-Lipoic acid; Alpha lipoic acid; Thioctic acid; 6, 8-Dithiooctanoic acid; Lipoic Acid (LA). Formula: C8H14S2O2. Molecular weight: 206.317 g/mol Melting point: 46 – 48 ºC. Solubility: Soluble in water & ethanol. Appearance: yellow solid needle-like crystals. ALA is naturally occurring in each and every cell of

Synonyms: Vitamin H, Vitamin B7, Coenzyme R. It belongs to Vitamin B-complex. Origin: Biotin – comes from Greek word ‘biotos’, meaning life. Biotin is also known as vitamin H (the H represents Haar und Haut, German words for “hair and skin”). Think of Vitamin H as hair vitamin! Biotin can only be produced by bacteria,

The large intestine is made up of colon, which terminates as anal canal (4 cm long), from where the faeces are then expelled. The rectum has the same diameter as the sigmoid colon above (about 4 cm in the empty state). The digested food is in different forms in different parts of large intestine. It

IUPAC name: 2-[(2E,6E,10E,14E,18E,22E,26E,30E,34E)-3,7,11,15,19,23,27,31,35,39-Decamethyltetraconta-2,6,10,14,18,22,26,30,34,38-decaenyl]-5,6-dimethoxy-3-methylcyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione. Q denotes quinone group & 10 denote the number of isoprenyl subunits in the tail of its molecule. Synonyms: coenzyme Q, ubidecarenone, ubiquinone. Abbreviations: CoQ10, CoE Q10, CoQ, Q10. Definitions: A protein molecule which acts as a catalyst, enhancing the rate of a chemical reaction is known as an enzyme. Coenzyme is

INTRODUCTION: Curcumin is derived from the rhizome (root) of Curcuma longa plant. Curcumin (diferuloylmethane) is a polyphenol & yellow-orange powder that is not soluble in water. It is nontoxic in nature. Curcumin is commonly used as a spice in the Indian kitchen as well as an additive color in food and yarn. It is analgesic

What is Saw Palmetto? Saw palmetto is an extract made from the deep purple colored berries of a plant known as saw palmetto fan palm (Serenoa repens). It is found growing naturally at the coast of the southern United States and southern California. Pharmacology: Contents: Saw palmetto berries contain sterols and lipids, including relatively high

The seed of a plant develops into root and shoot. This shoot then becomes the stem. The stem gives rise to branches, leaves, fruits & flowers. In this same way, stem cells of our body have the potential to develop into more stem cells, as well as specialised cells such as muscle cell, blood cell

The Immune system plays an important role affecting the health and quality of life among people. Nature-sourced products with functions of immunomodulation are more and more in the reckoning as frontline therapeutics . This has also come to become possible due to the fact that boosting ones immune system through several natural methods and a