| Living with a chronic degenerative disease for which there is no cure - diseases such as MS, Parkinson's, COPD, and heart failure - can be a challenge for both patients and their loved ones. Health Travel Guides is proud to provides access to life-changing stem cell treatments through its featured providers around the world. Identifying your best treatment options can be challenging - it's important to work with certified specialists that understand chronic degenerative disease, as well as ensure all your treatment center is accredited to provide science-based therapies that are both safe and effective. Health Travel Guides works with providers specializing in Adult Autologous Stem Cell (A-ASC ) Therapy treatment programs. Adult autologous stem cells are extracted via micro-liposuction from a patient¿s bone marrow and adipose tissue (as opposed to bone marrow extraction which is longer and more difficult and can fail to yield enough stem cells to actually stimulate therapeutic value). Investigations performed by multiple groups demonstrates that ASCs are able to increase tissue perfusion and limit ischemic tissue damage in several circumstances, including chronic skeletal muscle, myocardial, and cerebral ischemia. Evidence derived from studies has consistently indicated that effects are mediated by angiogenic and anti-apoptotic factors secreted by ASCs. It has also been recently demonstrated that ASCs possess many characteristics of pericytes, and are capable of stabilizing endothelial networks as well as participate in the in vivo formation of new vessels which connect with host vasculature, conduct blood flow, and exhibit network stability. Conditions that can be treated include congestive heart failure, COPD, cancer, mulitple sclerosis, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, vision, joint health, diabetes and anti-aging. Contact a Health Travel Guides case manager for more information. | | | |