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Introduction and Medical Innovations 0:02 We wanna honor God because He sees everything.0:10 You were born with a plan and a purpose. He's the God of all things possible. He's the God of all0:22 miracles.0:52 Welcome to Grace Grace with Naina Michelle. I'm Michelle Humphreys.0:56 And I am Naina Keegan. Welcome to the broadcast today. You are gonna want to hear this broadcast today, so call your friends because we have 2 very, very important guests on with us1:07 today, doctors that are gonna talk to us about some new and exciting things and how to stay well and healthy. So, Michelle, you wanna introduce 1 of them?1:16 Yes. I do. We have with us a fellow of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is the founding medical director of Southeastern Medical Center1:28 in Sunset Beach, North Carolina. He is an expert in the field of orthobiologics, treating chronic soft tissue and joint disorders, including stem cell injections,1:40 platelet rich plasma injections, and prolotherapy. So for more than 28 years, he has performed interventional pain procedures. Will you please welcome1:52 doctor Henry Lepore? Welcome, Henry. And we have another doctor that Nina is gonna introduce. We're gonna have our very own version of Ask the Doctors.2:02 Yes. And this 1 just happens to be my husband, and I'm super proud of him. And he it's doctor Richard Klesnick, MD. He is a fellow of the American College of2:14 Radiology, also a fellow of the Society for Neurointerventional Surgery. He is board certified interventional neuroradiologist with more than 35 years of experience,2:26 skilled in the endovascular treatment of aneurysms, arterial venous malformations, vascular malformations of the brain and spine, and strokes. And, he's2:38 gotten his medical degree from Tufts, and I could just go on and on, but we need to get to this show. So welcome, guys, and we are so grateful to have both of you on. You guys are so highly experienced in2:50 your medical fields, and, you know, people just need to hear what is new and happening. So Henry Lepore, doctor Henry Lepore, we wanna start with you. So he is a good friend of ours, he and3:02 his wife. And so I know this man, and he is a man of of just brilliance and, just love to hear what he's got going on these days. So tell us what's new in your field, and what are3:14 patients mostly coming in and needing?3:17 I tell you, right now, my patients are most excited about the mesenchymal chymal stem cell derived embryonic tissue from umbilical3:29 cords. That's the, biggest thing going on right now for treating inflammation and joint pain and spine pain from, umbilical3:40 cord, live, birth, placenta, derived cells. That's 1 of the biggest things right now. Also, we find that that's we were getting a lot of questions these3:52 days from.3:53 What type of results are you seeing?3:56 In these patients, that do actually get the treatments here at our center, they actually get anywhere from 50 to 80 percent pain relief over a period of several months.4:08 So we're quite excited about that, and so are the patients.4:12 So what is, like, the process of that? Like, what what do you do to to, you know, how many treatments? What is typically that like?4:20 Well, we have the patients come in, and we ask them have they tried other conservative treatments, like injections. And some of these patients have undergone orthopedic,4:32 surgeries also, and they've been less satisfied with those treatments. So we offer them these mesenchymal stem cell derived umbilical4:44 cord, prenatal tissue treatments. And the way we do it is if they have soft tissue problems, maybe maybe tendonitis or maybe a joint pain4:55 that is from arthritis of the joint, for example, then we could do a local injections of these mesenchymal stem cells right into the area where the5:07 pain is and the inflammation. And they may also have scar tissue there. So that would help with the healing process, reduce the inflammation over a faster period of5:19 time than most treatments. If they have an autoimmune disorder, for example, like rheumatoid arthritis or, for example, they may have a peripheral nerve problem or a central nerve problem, they may suggest5:31 that they have stem cells that are infused. We may do an IV infusion for them, and we may actually have them in the office for 60 minutes.5:43 And by doing that infusion, it's amazing how these patients feel afterwards. They have more energy because they're getting these young cells from these umbilical5:55 cord prenatal tissue to have the mesenchymal cells. And these cells are growth factors. They help with inflammation, and they also boost the immune system. So we6:07 offer that for them either by IV infusion or by peripheral injections.6:14 So are these people in need of, like, physical therapy afterwards, or do they just keep coming in for those? Or or what is, like, a typical patient? Like, if they're seeing relief, do they6:26 come back at a certain point? Or6:29 Yes. What happens? They come back for comprehensive treatment. We like to use physical therapy, and we like them to come in for at least several injections. So they may come back6:41 after 2 to 3 weeks, and they could receive another infusion or they may receive, another prophylone injection with the stem cells.6:53 So we like them to have come back, and we also discuss how they're doing. If they're doing well, then, we continue with that treatment and also suggest they increase their function by7:05 going to physical therapy, for example, and also make sure they have a healthy diet. We also encourage them to increase the intake of vitamin b 127:17 and other vitamins to help along the healing process and to decrease the inflammation.7:23 So you're using natural means as well as these very different types of therapy. So what does the typical person that7:35 walks through the door of doctor Henry Lepore, what are their ailments? Like, who goes to see you?7:43 Most of the patients that have seen me, they have chronic pain conditions. It could be due to arthritic conditions like osteoarthritis, or it could be due to autoimmune7:55 problems. For example, inflammatory or autoimmune problems like rheumatism like I had mentioned before or it could be simply tendonitis, soft tissue8:07 injuries. And these are patients that have tried conservative treatments, but they're not getting much from the treatments. So they end up here, and we try to offer them different8:18 treatments that are natural and benefit the patient by trying to help them with their problem, trying to solve the problem as8:30 opposed to have them keep not continue doing what they've been doing in the past, for example.8:37 Well, I'm sure that you are their favorite doctor if you are relieving the pain. And we are gonna talk more to doctor Henry Lepore and doctor Richard Klusnick when we come back.8:48 When I started MyPillow, it was just a problem solution, 1 product company. Well, since then, with the help of my dedicated employees, we now have hundreds of products, some you might not even9:00 know about. To get the word out, we're having a 25 dollar extravaganza. 2 pack multi use My Pillows, 25 dollars. My Pillow sandals, 259:12 dollars. And for the first time ever, our 6 pack towel sets, you guessed it, just 25 dollars. Our brand new 4 pack dish towels, 25 dollars. And I've9:24 never done this before. Premium My Pillows with all new Giza fabric, any size, any loft level, even king-size for only 25 dollars, and there's so much more. So go9:35 to my pillow dot com or call the number on your screen. Use your promo code for our 25 dollar extravaganza. Order 75 dollars and over. Your entire order ships absolutely9:47 free.9:48 Welcome back to Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle. We are here talking to 2 amazing doctors that are just really highly specialized in their fields. And just, you know, we know that the Bible talks about it over10:00 and over again about how God heals, and he wants us well. But he is the greatest physician, but he also uses this very skilled hands and brains of these powerful doctors here on earth that have10:12 such amazing protocols lined up. So thank you, Henry. We just are so grateful for your your expertise and for sharing that with our audience. And so, doctor10:24 Richard Klesnick, so tell us about what you do. We know that you your 1 of your, biggest, areas of expertise is strokes and aneurysms. So what are the signs10:36 of strokes, and what should people do when this is going on?10:40 Yeah. So we have to define what a what a stroke really is, and there's there's basically 2 types of what we think of as stroke is a bleed in the brain or what we commonly think of as a stroke, non hemorrhagic, where a10:52 clot comes either from your heart or from other part of the body and goes up and gets stuck in your brain. That's what a that's what a stroke is. Once that clot hits the brain, the brain starts to die.11:04 So you have a limited amount of time to do something about that. So, basically, what do you have to do to define a stroke first? And there's a good mnemonic that's out there that we use. And it's simple for, basically,11:16 not only yourself, but for family members and people around you. It's b e f a b e f a s t, b for balance. And it's more important for family members because they're the ones who'll see somebody all of a sudden. We've had11:27 patients that were walking, and all of a sudden they're hugging the wall. And they say, what are you doing, dad? He's hugging the wall because he can't have balance anymore. Eyes, this conjugate gaze. Your eyes will go11:37 create a little bit off. F for face, facial droop. That's a very common thing that people notice about their their loved ones. Their face starts drooping. And then we say arm, basically11:49 strength. You lose your strengths. People pick up a cup of coffee, they drop it, or they can't pick up a cup of coffee. And then speech. Speech is a common 1. All of a sudden, even people on the phone with loved ones,11:59 they'll they'll notice that all of a sudden they're slurring their words. And the last 1 is time because time is brain. So you have to basically think you're having a stroke and call 9 1 1 and get to a place that can12:10 treat it. Now that goes to treatment because for many years, we were trying to treat stroke, and we didn't have things that could get it. But about 10, 12 years ago, there were some new studies done that would do12:22 devices, and we were able now to get up, go from either the artery over your hip or artery from the wrist. And we can go now up into the brain and pull that clot out, either a device that pulls it or we have a12:33 vacuum cleaner. Basically, it sucks the clot out. And once we did that, we've turned the paradigm against stroke. We've turned it to where a cardiologist used to you know, they're the heroes for heart attacks, and they12:44 have what's called a STEMI. It's the the fancy word that when you use that term, it means you're having a heart attack, and everybody immediately jumps in and you can save the heart. Well, we came up with a term12:56 called ELVO, emergency large vessel occlusion. In the society, we're trying to think of the same thing that cardiologists can use because we want emergency room people, EMS people, everybody to13:07 be on the same page. If they go on the field and they can diagnose it as a stroke, it institutes immediately. You get that patient to the best center that you possibly can that has somebody like me or some somebody like13:18 that that can get that clot out. And we came up a long time ago with LVIS, which is emergent large vessel ischemic stroke. And we thought, well, Elvis Presley and that all kind of stuff,13:30 that probably wouldn't work. So so you gotta come up with something else. So it came up with elvo, e l v o. So we know that when that word is used, EMS and the whole basically, it's a whole13:42 cascade of things that happen when that that word is used. And, you know, I work for the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery. We work with a place called Get Ahead of Stroke. So we're working with state legislatures13:53 to get out and get the EMS people to go out. And instead of bringing you to a local hospital where they languish for a little while before they get transferred is to bring those patients immediately to a comprehensive14:04 stroke center. And you have to use those words, comprehensive stroke center. As, you know, the Pat Robinson family knew that, you know, that she had a stroke and she wasn't brought to a comprehensive stroke center. But14:15 when Pat Robinson had a stroke, he was brought to a comprehensive stroke center, and they knew exactly what to do. And therefore, he didn't have a severe stroke at all.14:23 He went back to work.14:24 He went back to work.14:25 Worked until he decided to go to heaven. Right.14:28 Yeah. So but, isn't it like a law that the, the ambulance, if it's coming like, has to take you to the closest medical facility, and isn't that the law you're trying to change?14:39 That's14:39 what we're trying to change.14:41 So sometimes, if you notice a loved one's having a stroke, isn't it just better to maybe drive them, find out where your comprehensive stroke centers are, and drive them to that facility yourself? Wouldn't that be more14:52 beneficial if the law has not been changed where you live?14:55 It is true that we're trying to change. That's what we're doing state by state, trying to change that law because you're right. Most EMSs will go out and they can diagnose it, but they'll get them to a local hospital15:05 first. So we're trying to change that to make it a law. No. You bypass that and come to a comprehensive stroke center. And it is good for people to look up where the comprehensive stroke centers are. And the get ahead of15:16 stroke program has a listing of comprehensive stroke, centers, and the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery has a listing of people like us. So list people like ourselves, the interventionist who15:27 can go in and get the stroke. They're listed state by state by state. So you can look up those 2 things and find out where people can be treated. So you're right. Or drive. I'm we have a a story just happened last15:39 week where, they sent a patient to a local hospital, and next thing we're hearing, they don't have an ambulance. Like, what do you mean they don't have an ambulance to drive? And and, okay, we'll get a helicopter. The15:49 helicopter goes to the airport to get gas first instead of going to get their patients. So we're laughing if the patients only knew it would be faster to just put the patient in the car and drove down to us rather than16:01 languishing for 3 hours in this other small hospital. Oh, and I'm like, you're saying16:04 time is brain.16:05 Time is brain. If we can get to patients within 6 hours, we have great success at getting that clot out. And, basically, we've if you may not be able to reverse everything for the stroke, but they'll do far better than16:16 they were 10 years or so ago.16:18 Well, and now that you don't with this procedure, you're not getting cut open too. So the recovery is is pretty it's immediate. And The16:25 recovery is much much better in the kind of so the old days, 10 years ago, if you had a stroke and you couldn't do it, the brain would start swelling. You would actually have to take the skull off and allow the brain to16:35 swell. I know it sounds terrible. And then as the brain heals, you can put the skull cap back on. We hardly ever do that now. It's it's almost rare that that kind of procedure has to be done anymore16:47 because we're so successful at getting the clot out and getting patients back up and back them up. We may they may have to have a little bit of rehab, but might basically, it's it's so successful that we we need to get16:58 the word out so we can save more people.Health, Diet, and Spiritual Insights 17:00 Well, praise God. Well, thank you so much for that. That is amazing, both of you guys. We are gonna come right back with more with asking the doctors. Stay right there. We'll be right back.17:11 When I started MyPillow, it was just a problem solution, 1 product company. Well, since then, with the help of my dedicated employees, we now have hundreds of products, some you might not even17:23 know about. To get the word out, we're having a 25 dollar extravaganza. 2 pack multi use my pillows, 25 dollars. My pillow sandals, 2517:35 dollars. And for the first time ever, our 6 pack towel sets, you guessed it, just 25 dollars. Our brand new 4 pack dish towels, 25 dollars. And I've17:46 never done this before. Premium MyPillows with all new Giza fabric, any size, any loft level, even king-size for only 25 dollars, and there's so much more. So go17:58 to my pillow dot com or call the number on your screen. Use your promo code for our 25 dollar extravaganza. Order 75 dollars and over. Your entire order ships absolutely18:10 free.18:11 Welcome back to Grace Grace with Nina and Michelle and our fabulous, brilliant doctors here on with us today. We are so grateful for them and their expertise. We just believe so many people are gonna be helped through18:23 what they're saying today. So doctor Henry Lepore, we wanna ask you, you know, you were mentioning autoimmune, and, I've even heard, president Trump talking about how18:35 autoimmune is so on the rise right now, and so many people are suffering with these things, and how we know he's got, you know, Robert f Kennedy junior looking into these things. And so what do you think, you know, since18:47 you're seeing a lot of this, why do you think that that is on the rise now? And what do you think people can do to maybe ward off some of that or to what should they be doing to, help themselves a little bit if they can?18:59 Well, that's a great question. You know, I actually saw a patient today, and she's been, telling me how her headaches have gone away after, she19:11 was diagnosed with autoimmune, celiac, spruy disease, and she has other autoimmune problems. And she was telling19:22 me how she eliminated so many foods from her diet and how her headaches had disappeared. So a lot of the issues that we see in order to19:34 immune problems have to do actually right down to our stomachs, right down to the gut. And so we we see that diet plays a big role these days in what you're19:46 eating and how it affects your immune system. Either it could boost it up or could cause over inflammation or it can actually suppress it. So diet has a19:58 lot to do with it. And for example, a lot of people get inflammatory bowel arthritis from seronegative arthritis. For example,20:10 pachycardia spondylitis, or they may have other issues that affect their joints and their overall health because of information in their20:21 gut. The body is attacking their gut and is also attacking their joints. So it's really important that we follow a healthy diet and we eat the20:33 right foods, and we also try to lose weight. It's almost like when we have New Year's resolutions. We try to go to the gym. We try to lose weight. And all of these things20:45 put together are very healthy. And especially this time of the year where we have the possibility of flu outbreaks, it's a good idea now to20:57 think about these things, to commit to weight loss, eating the right foods, and things like that. So we always emphasize that you have to be really careful on how you treat your body,21:10 and that means the amount of weight you carry around and what kind of foods you eat. So we do suggest that patients be aware that some foods can trigger21:22 hyper inflammation in your body, and certain foods are good to eat. For example, you wanna eat salmon, which has high concentrations of vitamin d. You wanna eat berries that has high concentration21:34 of vitamin c, and you wanna maybe have some green tea with that. Or you could also have nuts, which have high concentrations of vitamin21:46 e. And also beans. I mean, high fiber is good for you, and that has a high concentration of vitamin b 12. So it's very important to look at the21:58 diet overall and and start a good exercise program and make sure that you follow through on it. And especially these days with obesity being so22:09 prevalent and increasing in our population, it's very important that these 2 things are, addressed for a specific population, especially the autoimmune22:22 population that is subjected to so much insult from their own bodies, from their own antibodies sometimes. It requires a lot of joint information, gut22:34 information. Should I be22:35 looking at poor. What are some of the top food offenders that you're talking about that trigger inflammation in your patients?22:44 Yes. There's, there's a lot of foods out there. Anything that I see right now is over processed, super processed food,22:56 anything almost in the cellophane packaging, beware of, anything that contains a lot of sugar and salt, those kind of things. And23:08 once you look at super, super foods, for example, like beets, are very good for you. They have a lot of elements now and the23:19 vitamins. And, for example and, like I said, all these foods like avocados, not only do they have vitamins, they also have23:32 excessive amount of elements like magnesium, for example.23:36 That's excellent. Yeah. So, yeah, those are some great suggestions because people I mean, really, they they, you know, they do say you are what you eat, and, really, it is about your gut health. I've I've, you know,23:46 talked learned so much about that, about your, you know, having that good bacteria and that your body's it really is about your immune system too if your gut is healthy. So it really does help with all the foods that we23:58 do have. So doctor Klesnick, so what what are some things that you think people could do to prevent strokes? Maybe some things that they need to be doing or watching.24:09 There's a a few simple things. Number 1 is, diet. Because if you have a bad diet, you're you're forming plaque in your arteries. If you have arteries plaque in the arteries in the heart, you have plaque in your arteries24:20 in the neck and also in the brain. Smoking is a big 1. Smoking, I mean, it caused all kind of problems, but the incidence of aneurysms is higher in people who smoke. And it's kinda leveling off in United24:32 States because of our cessation of smoking program, but still high in Europe and and China because smoking damages blood vessels. So this and high blood pressure. If you have high blood pressure, take your medication24:42 because it's the blood pressure that may lead to aneurysm formation in the brain because that pulsation hitting spots of the brain, your your arteries in the brain aren't the strongest things in the world. God gave us a24:54 nice big piece of bone to protect our arteries, so we don't have muscle in those arteries. So they tend to be weak. So a simple thing, you know, diet, high blood pressure, smoking.25:04 Well, look, it's diet for both. Like, so it's like isn't that about that for everything?25:08 What you eat.25:09 Because if you think about it, you know, nowadays too, where, you know, if you think about what they've contaminated all of our food and all of the chemicals and preservatives, things are are not allowed in Europe and25:18 things that we are facing. And and, you know, even just the the sugar and the mass amounts of, you know, in just a day, you ever see any of these shows where they show just it's endless how many how much sugar people are25:30 intaking. So very good information, you guys. Doctor Henry, where can people find you? They wanna know more about what you're doing. How can they find you?25:40 Well, I would be happy to have people go to my website, southeast in medical p a dot com, and they could find a lot more information there. And they could also call my25:52 office at Sunset Beach, North Carolina at Southeastern Medical PA, and we'd be more than happy to, make an appointment for them and speak to them.26:03 Awesome. You so much. How about you, doctor Richard Klesnick?26:07 Currently, I'm at Advent Hospital in Tampa, Florida, and you can find me there on on their website I'm listed, and neurointerventional surgery consultants.26:18 Awesome. And to doctors. Guys so much. We just believe that people are gonna be calling and and wanting to know more information. Be and thank you for all that you're doing. We know, again, God uses powerful26:29 powerful minds like you guys to to help in his healing process that he has for people. God wants to heal. That's a fact. So thank you guys so much. God bless you for coming on. Yes. And we are grateful.26:41 Does science disprove God? 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