
Fracture Risk Increases After Total Knee Replacement
Preliminary results, on a fracture risk study, have been published recently which show that the risk of sustaining a hip or vertebral fracture after having knee replacement surgery done increased as compared to the risk decades before surgery.

Why You Should Have Tea Tree Oil In Your Medicine Cabinet
Why should you add tea tree oil, a traditional Australian remedy for many things, to your own personal first-aid kit? Here's a sample of what you can do with it!

Insulin Allergy and Insulin Resistance
Insulin is a natural hormone produced in the pancreas in our body. This hormone is essential for the maintenance of blood glucose levels in our body. Insulin helps the different cells and tissues in our body to utilize glucose for energy production.

Chemotherapy Drug Combo Reduces Frequency Of Central Nervous System Metastases
Research has been done looking at the combination of certain chemotherapeutic drugs, in order to examine which worked better in the treatment of a specific breast cancer. One combination was found to be effective in reducing the frequency of metastases.

Russian Clinic Offers Leg-Lengthening Surgery
Perplexed about how to get taller? You won't need elevator shoes if you visit a Russian clinic now offering leg-lengthening surgery.

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Offers A High Cure Rate For Prostate Cancer
A study shows that Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT), to treat prostate cancer, offers a higher cure rate than other more traditional treatments.

Diabetic Drug Metformin Reduces Risk Of Heart Disease
An analysis of numerous studies has shown that the most frequently prescribed diabetic drug, metformin, reduces a patients mortality risk due to heart disease by 30-40% as compared to its closest competitor drug, the sulphonylureas.

Our Genes Multitask
Raspberries have 1/8 as many genes as humans. That isn't surprising. A raspberry isn't as complex as a human. But onions have 12 times as many genes and amoebas have 200 times as many genes as people. What is it about people that makes our DNA so simple?

Does Ayurvedic Medicine for Cancer Really Work?
The ancient Indian system of natural medicine known as Ayurveda offers a uniquely holistic perspective on the disease with genuinely effective methods of supporting the greatest health possible even when conventional medicine has run out of treatments.

Potatoes Cause High Blood Pressure? Really?
Eating potatoes causes high blood pressure! Or maybe it doesn't, and the real problem is that studies of foods are inherently unreliable, except for generating headlines.