I've noticed a disturbing trend these days. For-profit healthcare companies, clinics, and hospitals are advertising direct to the public - either on hoardings or by taking out full-page ads in newspapers. They promise the equivalent of a miracle cure - and one of the most fashionable trends these days seems to be to use platelet-enriched fractions of plasma. These are used for all kinds of treatments, from head to toe, depending on the specialization of the doctor.
Neurosurgeons inject it in the CSF ( cerebrospinal fluid) to treat autism; trichologists inject these in the hair follicles to treat baldness, and orthopedic surgeons inject these in the joints to treat arthritis. The fact that these are used anywhere and everywhere itself should make them suspect! Let's look at just one area today - treating aching joints. These elixirs are supposed to regenerate aging joints and make them…
