10.18.2009 8:55 am

New study shows no effect of magnetic and copper bracelets for arthritis

Special to the Post-Dispatch

A study carried out in Yorkshire, England, found no effect of either magnetic or copper bracelets in decreasing pain or improving function in patients with wrist arthritis. The study involved 45 patients. It was published in Complementary Therapies in Medicine.…

Health-weather forecasting system sends local warning emails

By Cindy Gregorian

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In the early 1980s, John Bart, a Toronto doctor, began noticing that patients were having similar complaints on the same days. Hmmmmm, he wondered, could weather be the common factor?

As luck would have it, one of his patients was a…

Poll: Medical marijuana — legalize or not

By Harry Jackson Jr.

Medical marijuana is used to help all sorts of people deal with their illnesses. People with end-stage HIV disease say it restores their appetites so they’re not so emaciated, people with cancer, joint pain, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, and other…

New study shows no effect of magnetic and copper bracelets for arthritis

Health-weather forecasting system sends local warning emails

Poll: Medical marijuana — legalize or not

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