We have all been told that acupuncture works wonders for the body, but most of us don’t believe it. Of course who in their right mind would want needles placed into their body. And when I saw needles I mean many not just one. But new studies show us that acupuncture could be just the thing you need to relieve that chronic back pain.
Surgeons are taking more risks and discovering new ways of performing more advanced, but safer operations to perform on people. One of the first that we have heard of was performed in Australia. The Australian patient was awake and talking to his doctors while they were performing a life-saving procedure on his brain.
Heart related problems are something that people keep an eye on the most. There are so many things that can give you heart problems, but it isn’t too often that you hear about medicine causing that problem. Two leading diabetes drugs seem to be a problem and are being pulled from the market.
As medical correspondent Dr. Emily Senay explained on The Early Show Wednesday, the drug that’s received the most attention is Avandia, which is prescribed for people suffering from type 2 diabetes. It’s one of a class of drugs intended to improve the body’s ability to use insulin to regulate blood sugar levels.