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Colon's fountain of youth: Stem cell injections
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08:14 AM ET 05.12 | Bartolo Colon may have found a fountain of youth, one that could raise eyebrows. The Yankees signed Colon in January after he pitched during the offseason in the Dominican Republic. ... The 37-year-old Colon has gone 2-0, with an earned run average of 3.81, since being inserted into the club's starting rotation. A doctor in Florida would like to take some of the credit. Joseph R. Purita, an orthopedic surgeon who runs a regenerative medicine clinic in Boca Raton, said he and a team of Dominican doctors that he led treated Colon in April 2010. Purita said he employed what he regards as one of his more pioneering techniques: he used fat and bone marrow stem cells from Colon, injecting them back into Colon's elbow and shoulder to help repair ligament damage and a torn rotator cuff.
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A shot a day keeps the doctor away, Bro?
I Love LA
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Oh no - not another athlete using PED's!!!
Otis B. Driftwood
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Raise eyebrows? It's a medical advancement that's seems to have worked. Or would the writer of this crap prefer we still use leeches for bloodletting.
trooper707
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What do you have against leeches?
clemtheslowson
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Morning Clem et al...COJONES!!!
barkeep
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Morning barkeep.
BALLS!!!
clemtheslowson
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Morning Clem...tough thread choice today...Colon using stem cells or Lackey saying his whole life sucks now
barkeep
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This one seems ok. The Lackey thread is too obvious. Nothing to dispute. Here we can get into what is a PED, messing with God, any number of directions.
clemtheslowson
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I'm not sure we need to be discussing man love on these threads. All this hugging is making me uncomfortable.
clemtheslowson
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Morning Lou!
barkeep
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Oh. And nice avatar.
clemtheslowson
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Good morning all - Go Rays!
The Moose
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I know Lou. I think I detect rampant sarcasm when those comments are being made.
clemtheslowson
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Are you aware that there is much evidence that shows targeted bloodletting for infected ares is most beneficial?
Rex Racer
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The question is - what else was mixed in with the cells?
The Moose
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