Scleroderma

Scleroderma is an autoimmune condition that affects between 75,000 and 100,000 Americans. There is no cure for scleroderma or any other autoimmune disease, but adipose fat stem cell therapy from Innovations Stem Cell can help relieve painful inflammation and other uncomfortable symptoms. What Is Scleroderma? Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease that affects the body’s connective […]
Stem Cells Can Help Diabetes-Related Erectile Dysfunction

Did you know that the effects of diabetes go beyond the pancreas? Diabetes impacts organs like the heart and kidneys, causes painful peripheral neuropathy of the legs and feet, and can even impact the vision. Diabetes can also cause erectile dysfunction in men. Dr. Johnson uses stem cell therapy to treat the side effects of […]
Why Does Diabetic Nerve Pain Intensify at Night?

Why Does Diabetic Nerve Pain Intensify at Night? Diabetic Nerve Pain Diabetic nerve pain usually means pain, burning, and tingling all day, but for many people with diabetes, it means pain and tingling all night, too. The keeps many people with diabetic nerve pain wide awake, tossing and turning all night. Dr. Johnson treats patients […]
All About Asthma Stem Cells Treatment

All About Asthma Stem Cells Treatment For the 25 million Americans with asthma, managing multiple medicines and avoiding triggers requires a lot of time, energy, planning and effort. The chronic lung condition can also put a limit on exercise and activity. Asthma can be fatal, and the condition prematurely claims the lives of more than […]
Heading for a Hip Replacement?

Heading for a Hip Replacement? Hip Replacement Surgeries The number of hip replacements performed in the United States each year has doubled since 2000, according to reports from the U.S. Center for National Health Statistics. While the number of hip replacements is increasing, the age of hip replacement patients is actually decreasing. More people in […]
Investigating Inflammatory Bowel Disease: How Stem Cells Can Help Reduce Symptoms

Investigating Inflammatory Bowel Disease: How Stem Cells Can Help Reduce Symptoms Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) isn’t exactly a topic that many people talk about. In fact, anything related to the bowels is pretty taboo in most conversations. Even though IBD doesn’t usually come up in everyday conversation, 1.6 million Americans experience the painful symptoms of […]
Reduce the Urge to Go: Stem Cells Can Help Interstitial Cystitis Sufferers

Stem Cells for Interstitial Cystitis: Reduce the Urge to Go Interstitial cystitis is a chronic urinary condition that can leave sufferers very uncomfortable, in pain, and extremely frustrated. Most of all, it can leave you making many trips to the restroom. Some sufferers report the need to urinate up to 60 times a day! If […]
Anatomy of Autoimmune Disease

According to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, Inc., autoimmune diseases affect as many as 50 million people in the United States. These diseases often leave patients with chronic pain, or with other life-altering symptoms and disabilities that reduce their quality of life. Many of the patients we treat at Innovations Stem Cell Center have […]
Seeing New Hope for Macular Degeneration

Over 200,000 cases of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, are diagnosed in the United States each year. AMD is the leading cause of vision loss in people over the age of 50. The loss of vision is very scary and extremely overwhelming for many patients. Dr. Johnson offers patients with age-related macular degeneration and other […]
Synthetic Stem Cells – Risk or Reward?

Late last year, a synthetic cardiac stem cell was created at the University of North Carolina and the North Carolina State University with the hope that the synthetic cell could offer the same or similar benefits to patients as therapies that use natural stem cells. While researchers behind the project have high hopes for treating […]