When you skip knee surgery:

If youre battling knee pain but the joint still has full range of motion, you may want to hold off on surgery. Even uf an MRI reveals a meniscus tear. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that one of the most common knee surgeries doesnt always repair rips in the knee-cosh-ironing cartilage. THis studdy adds to the ecidence that surgeons may be performing way more knee surgeries than neccessary. The bottom line: “Meniscus tears don’t always warrant surgery”, says Dr. Edward Laskowski, of the Mayo Clinic.

More Documented Benefits of Meditation
A new meta-analysis finds that daily medication for those experiencing depression fights the disease as well as prescription drugs. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University discovered that about 30 minutes of meditation a day relieves symptoms of depression by up to 20 percent. They also found that anxiety was decreased by 10 percent. Futhermore, most the the participants benefit quickly. “It was surprising to see that with little training we saw consistent results.

Heart Exams Increase Radiant Risks
According to a recent study, up to 50 percent of the most common hear exams are performed unnecessarily, and even in cases when these exams are warreneted, the radiation doeses are ofrten up to 10 times. Thesre include CT scans, percutaneous coronary interbention, cardiac  electrophysiology and nuclear cardiology, each of which is equivelent to 750 chest x-rays. In all, radiation from cardiologists accounts for some 40 percent of all radiation exposure in patients. Before any tests, ask your doctor what is the likely radiation dose youll get from that examination and whether it’s absolutely necessary. “Whenever the test is appropriate and the radiation dose is optimized – such as for a heart attack patient recieving a lifesaving coronary angioplasty, or a chest CT used for a suspected pulmonary embolism – then the benefit far exceeds the risk.

Coffee Boosts Long-Term Memory
New research shows that a cup of coffee may improve everyday long-term memory. In the study, participants who took caffeine were significantly better at recalling images they had seen previously than those eho tool a placebo, suggesting that coffee may not just make us sharper as we go about everyday but also give us better recall. While coffee has been shown to fight alzhimer’s age-related congnitive decline, and even liver disease, this is the first study to tackle its impacts on day-to-day memory.

Another Resson to Aviod Antbacterial Soaps

Antibacterial liqud soaps, and body washes dont protect you from disease-causing germs any better than regular soap and water, and they could be randsacking your health. Public health