To treat arthritis, doctors often prescribe a combination of treatments that include physical therapy, certain types of exercise, alternating hot and cold compresses, and almost always, painkilling anti-inflammatory drugs. While these treatments have a time and place, it turns out the best way to relieve the pain of osteoarthritis doesn’t [...]
Tetanus – also known as “lockjaw” – can be a painful and fatal disease. In light of those facts, the invention of a tetanus vaccine, in the years between World Wars I and II, has saved many lives by making people immune to this disease. Nowadays, nearly all kids are [...]
If you’ve ever had surgery, you’re familiar with the groggy scene when you wake up after your operation. You’re disoriented. You struggle to remain alert. You find yourself in a recovery room that is lit the same way many hospital rooms are lit – in a diffuse light where you [...]
Only about one in ten of us get enough of a vitamin that plays a central role in keeping muscles healthy. Your muscles depend on it to repair themselves. And even though research indicates that this nutrient might also help the heart muscle heal after a heart attack, it’s sorely [...]
