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Secrets of a Hot Pepper: Capsaicin Patches Help Relieve PainRecent research suggests that the chemical so hot in peppers that it can make your eyes tear and your mouth feel scalded can also reduce the pain from postherpetic neuralgia (lingering pain following shingles), sore muscles, backaches, arthritis pain, and sprains and strains.
Personal Health: Too Much Medicine, and Too Few ChecksOvermedication has become “a crisis among the elderly,” Jane Brody reports in the New York Times. More than 40 percent of people over age 65 are taking five or more medications, and one-third of them suffer a serious adverse event each year. To combat this problem, a panel of geriatric experts reviewed more than 2,000 [...]
The Healing Power of MusicMusic therapy has helped people with traumatic brain injuries regain lost skills, for example. It helped former Representative Gabrielle Giffords regain her ability to speak after suffering a gunshot wound to her brain. It has helped stroke patients regain speech, according to work by a Harvard team.
